Ed Hawkins is a climate scientist in the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) at the University of Reading. He is an IPCC AR5 contributing author. He can be found on Twitter @ed_hawkins https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/ed-hawkins/rss en Environment Research Wed, 24 Aug 2016 13:47:24 +0000 Ed Hawkins https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/08/24/the-dangers-of-predicting-an-ice-free-arctic-summer https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2016/08/24/the-dangers-of-predicting-an-ice-free-arctic-summer Dramatic sea ice predictions make headlines. There are very serious risks from continued climatic changes and a melting Arctic, but we do not serve the public and policymakers well by exaggerating those risks.