Al Gore’s ‘polarbeargate’ scientist forced to retire

◼ Monnett’s legal case is over, and he has been forced to resign - Watts Up With That?

WUWT readers may recall our coverage of Charles Monnett, whose antics with polar bear sitings and attribution led Al Gore to put this famous animated video clip into An Inconvenient Truth and make wild claims about polar bears drowning for lack of sea ice:



Scientist settles legal case over study of polar bear drownings

Becky Bohrer, The Associated Press
JUNEAU, Alaska — An Alaska scientist whose observations of drowned polar bears helped galvanize the global warming movement has retired as part of a settlement with a federal agency. Charles Monnett was briefly suspended in 2011 from his work with the U.S.