Are there any bookmakers giving odds on whether the Artic won't be ice free.this year.?

Question

You might have heard some scientists are saying there's a 50/50 chance that the Artic will be ice free this year.

I don't know about anyone else, but i'd be willing to bet that the ice will still be there if I could find a bookie who'll give me odds. Anyone know one?

Answer 1

Not that I know of.

Excellent reference, which gives a clear idea of the reasons for this speculation, and the speculative nature of the "prediction":

[I'd say it's even-odds whether the North Pole melts out," said Dr Serreze. ]

People reading all of it will be well informed on the issue.  Starred.

Answer 2

According to this article, this one's close to it...

http://www.1800-sports.com/record-temper...

Answer 3

I'd broaden the question beyond "bets" - they do make predictions and then the predictions turn out to be false.

Remember when they were posting about "one cool January?"

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 4

Believers will tell you that scientist didn't predict the ice would be free, they said that the arctic "could" be ice free because of the "probability" that "global warming" "may" be worse this year.

When ever they discuss climate change, they throw enough qualifiers to overheat the servers they post this bogus data on.

Answer 5

LOL!! You know whats funny. There is more ice this year and last year than there was in 1999.

Answer 6

I'd love to take that bet, because I know we'd win.

http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/test...

http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/

Answer 7

"LOL!! You know whats funny. There is more ice this year and last year than there was in 1999."

A pity this statement doesn't seem to be backed up by facts

http://igloo.atmos.uiuc.edu/cgi-bin/test...