Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, you should listen to this, Senator Bernardi. I know that you need some convincing on the science of this issue. Current estimates indicate that ocean warming is about 50 per cent greater than had previously been reported by the IPCC. One of the most dramatic developments since the last IPCC report is the rapid reduction in the area of Arctic sea ice in summer. The IPCC had predicted the loss of significant amounts of Arctic sea ice, but in both 2007 and 2008 almost two million square kilometres more Arctic sea ice was lost than in previous years. Two million square kilometres—