Is this really a dead polar bear, and if so, is this hard evidence that carbon dioxide kills lots of polar bears?

Climate change: Dead polar bears in Alaska and political storms in America | Alaska Dispatch

At issue has been whether Monnett ever fudged his data or improperly abused his position overseeing contracts in order to influence how other scientists rated his work.

Alaska scientist Charles Monnett describes finding drowned polar bears in 2004 | Alaska Dispatch

MONNETT: By the time we attended the meeting, the paper was already submitted to a journal. It probably had been reviewed by that point. By the time we went to the meeting, most of the top polar bear researchers were aware of our work and were like, 'Get this out as fast as you can. This is important information.' ...

I've been the messenger more than once. But I haven't been shot. Yet. ...

Even though we did quite a bit of work, MMS has steadfastly refused to acknowledge that we know anything about polar bears. But we have all this data. ... We have the longest-running survey. We're doing a lot of other people's jobs.

We are the ones that are permitting the oil development, and we have an interest in making sure nothing untoward happens.