Tag: "Polar Bears"
Narwhals, the Latest Victim of Global Warming Lots and Lots of Arctic Ice
Remember all the way back in April when narwhals nudged out Polar Bears for the title of Next Species Offed Like a Sopranos Extra by Global Warming? Go ahead, think back. I know it was seven long months ago. Who can remember back to those ancient times? But if you can recall way back then, [...]
Expanding Polar Bear Population Living on Expanding Polar Ice are Now a Threatened Species
This story actually makes me angry. The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday because of the loss of Arctic sea ice but also cautioned the decision should not be viewed as a path to address global warming. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne cited dramatic declines in sea ice over the last three [...]
Out: Polar Bears; In: Musk Oxen and Narwhals?
Once upon a time, the poor cute polar bear was the public face of the coming global warming apocalypse. They were dying, we were told, drowning because the floes of ice on which their survival depended were melting away. Okay, we did have to look over the fact that polar bears are pretty much the [...]
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