More "climate change" fearmongering from the MSM...

[posty 2,296]

Polar bears hurt by climate change are more likely to turn to a new food source humans

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/07/13/polar-bears-hurt-by-climate-change-are-more-likely-to-turn-to-a-new-food-source-humans/?utm_term=.426cff25ab32

 

More than any other animal, polar bears have become the poster cub for climate change.

 

Al Gore used a cartoon of an exhausted, endlessly swimming polar bear to illustrate the impact humans were having on the sea ice where the bears once hunted.

 

Coca-Cola raised $2 million for arctic polar bears and decorated the website for the habitat preservation campaign with an adorable picture of a cub. And agency after agency has warned that climate change could make polar bears extinct by 2050.

 

But a group of scientists has posited another potential impact of global warming on polar bears, and its not nearly so adorable.

 

It involves you being lunch.

 

The paper, published this month, gets straight to the meat of the issue with its title: Polar Bear Attacks on Humans: Implications of a Changing Climate. The researchers represent government wildlife agencies and preservation organizations from the United States, Russia, Canada, Norway and other countries.

 

The higher global temperatures go, the researchers said, the more likely polar bears are to interact with humans and possibly attack and eat them.

 

For hungry bears, ice floating on the sea is a perfect hunting ground. They stake out breaks in the ice that calorie-dense seals use as breathing holes. The bears wait for the marine mammals to surface or use the icy cover to creep up on sunning seals then pounce.

 

But warmer temperatures mean less ice, which tilts the Darwinian game of hide-and-seek in the seals favor.

 

But a bears still got to eat, said Geoff York, with Polar Bears International, who is one of the studys authors and has survived three encounters with aggressive polar bears. Theyre more likely to try new things, and sometimes, that might be us.

 

The researchers analyzed decades of polar bear attacks, dating from the 1870s. They included one particularly gruesome story of a polar bear chomping on 16th-century Russian explorers, but the data gathered from media reports, law enforcement and government records became more consistent in the 1960s.

 

[Without action on climate change, say goodbye to polar bears]

 

They found that the greatest number of polar bear attacks occurred in the partial decade of 2010 2014, which was characterized by historically low summer sea ice extent and long ice-free periods, according to the study. Fifteen attacks happened in that period.

 

Most attacks happened in field camps and with people traveling across the landscape places where people expect to find polar bears and typically take precautions. About 27 percent happened in towns.

 

That matches what residents and managers are saying, York said. Were encountering more bears. Were encountering them at times of the year were not used to. Were encountering them more frequently. We used to go camping all summer. We dont do that anymore.

 

The researchers findings match what others have found or theorized about how polar bears adapt to changing conditions.

 

The U.S. Geological Survey concluded that declining sea ice means polar bears have to walk more and burn more calories to stay within their preferred habitat, according to the Associated Press. Less sea ice, for polar bears, means more time on land, concluded the book Meltdown: Terror at the Top of the World, about a polar bear attack. Those changes have altered how the bears forage for food, a Yale study concluded, decreasing the level of mercury in their bloodstream.

 

The bears on land are also more likely to interact with humans, Meltdown says: After all, to a starving bear, a human is just meat.

 

Human activity in arctic areas has also increased as people and businesses have taken advantage of decreasing sea ice, York said. That further increases the chance of bears coming into contact with miners, fishermen and tourists.

 

At the same time, the researchers said, hungrier bears are taking more risks. Polar bears tend to be risk-averse, and theres an evolutionary reason for that. A brown bear or a black bear that gets injured in a fight can still forage for nuts, berries or other forest foods to sustain it.

 

If a polar bear is injured and unable to hunt, thats usually a death sentence, York said. So they hunt food not likely to fight back, like seals, and avoid humans.

 

Starvation changes that calculus.

 

It takes it from being fat, happy bears down the street from town to skinny bears that are interested in your food, that are interested in you, York said.

 

He emphasized that the studys authors want humans to do everything they can to protect themselves from attacking bears, but human-polar bear interactions are always bad for the bear even if it survives the initial attack.

 

Wary humans in communities where bears attack almost always try to find the bear and kill it, he said.

 

Even more damaging, theyre less likely to support polar bear conservation efforts.

[Big Guy 1,400]

 

 

 

I'm sure they'll blame Trump

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,595]

and yet the polar bear population is at an all-time high

[posty 2,296]

and yet the polar bear population is at an all-time high

Yeah go figure...

[Mike Honcho 4,039]

and yet the polar bear population is at an all-time high

 

Care to support that?

[edjr 5,570]

and yet the polar bear population is at an all-time high

 

I have one as a pet

[posty 2,296]

Care to support that?

https://polarbearscience.com/2017/02/23/global-polar-bear-population-larger-than-previous-thought-almost-30000/

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,595]

 

Care to support that?

https://polarbearscience.com/2017/02/23/global-polar-bear-population-larger-than-previous-thought-almost-30000/

 

http://www.climatedepot.com/2017/02/17/polar-bear-numbers-still-on-the-rise-despite-global-warming/

[SUXBNME 1,340]

 

I have one as a pet

[patweisers44 697]

 

I have one as a pet

My Junior High school sports teams mascot was the Polar Bear.

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,595]

My Junior High school sports teams mascot was the Polar Bear.

 

I could see a really cool MILB team with a polar bear mascot, would probably get a hat from them to add to my collection

[Baker Boy 1,485]

Global warming activist and former veep Al Gore likened the battle over climate change to humanity's greatest struggles -- like the fights against slavery, apartheid and nuclear proliferation -- during a speech Thursday in Australia, according to a newly reported transcript.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/13/gore-claims-climate-battle-just-like-fight-against-slavery-apartheid.html

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,595]

Global warming activist and former veep Al Gore likened the battle over climate change to humanity's greatest struggles -- like the fights against slavery, apartheid and nuclear proliferation -- during a speech Thursday in Australia, according to a newly reported transcript.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/13/gore-claims-climate-battle-just-like-fight-against-slavery-apartheid.html

 

and then boarded his private jet and flew back to Qatar?

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

If they migrate would that make bi-polar?

[Baker Boy 1,485]

59,000 farmer suicides in India over 30 years may be linked to climate change, study says

 

Every year, thousands of Indian farmers commit suicide. Now one researcher thinks it may have something to do with climate change.

 

Tamma Carleton, a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, compared almost five decades worth of suicide and climate data and concluded that temperature variations in India may have “a strong influence” on suicide rates during the growing season.

 

In her study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Carleton estimates that more than 59,000 farmer suicides over the past 30 years can be linked to global warming.

 

Every year, thousands of Indian farmers commit suicide. Now one researcher thinks it may have something to do with climate change.

 

Tamma Carleton, a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, compared almost five decades worth of suicide and climate data and concluded that temperature variations in India may have “a strong influence” on suicide rates during the growing season.

 

In her study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Carleton estimates that more than 59,000 farmer suicides over the past 30 years can be linked to global warming.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/08/01/59000-farmer-suicides-in-india-over-three-decades-may-be-linked-to-climate-change-study-says/?utm_term=.3692bbd08667

[Baker Boy 1,485]

Fraud: Australian Weather Agency Reportedly 'Fixed' Data to Show Warming

 

Time after time, the climate change models fail to predict reality.

 

Seriously, not a one has ever been right about their climate predictions. Why is that?

 

Who knows, but once again it seems they are trying to remedy the situation with fraud:

 

Australian scientists at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) ordered a review of temperature recording instruments after the government agency was caught tampering with temperature logs in several locations.

Agency officials admit that the problem with instruments recording low temperatures likely happened in several locations throughout Australia, but they refuse to admit to manipulating temperature readings. The BOM located missing logs in Goulburn and the Snow Mountains, both of which are in New South Wales.

 

Meteorologist Lance Pidgeon watched the 13 degrees Fahrenheit Goulburn recording from July 2 disappear from the bureau’s website. The temperature readings fluctuated briefly and then disappeared from the government’s website.

 

“The temperature dropped to minus 10 (13 degrees Fahrenheit), stayed there for some time and then it changed to minus 10.4 (14 degrees Fahrenheit) and then it disappeared,” Pidgeon said, adding that he notified scientist Jennifer Marohasy about the problem, who then brought the readings to the attention of the bureau.

 

The bureau would later restore the original 13 degrees Fahrenheit reading after a brief question and answer session with Marohasy.

 

“The bureau’s quality ­control system, designed to filter out spurious low or high values was set at minus 10 minimum for Goulburn which is why the record automatically adjusted,” a bureau spokeswoman told reporters Monday. BOM added that there are limits placed on how low temperatures could go in some very cold areas of the country.

 

BOM categorically denied that what they did constituted falsifying data, but here's the problem with that: They ... you know, falsified data.

 

When you say "the Earth is warming up," and there is data that may indicate you're wrong, and then you "quality assure" it out of existence, that's going to look sketchy as hell. Why? I don't know, maybe because it's sketchy as hell.

 

Science involves observing the world as it is, taking the data as it is, not what you wish for. That means that if you are going to record weather data, you record it all. If an instrument is recording weird data, you check it out and if it's busted, you make sure you handle that in a way that is unbiased. For example, you could exclude all data from that instrument, even the data that clearly supports your hypothesis.

 

https://pjmedia.com/trending/2017/08/02/fraud-australian-weather-agency-reportedly-fixed-data-to-show-warming/

[mobb_deep 917]

I love how science is fake news, according to the supporters of the reality TV president. You can't make this sh!t up.

[IGotWorms 3,319]

There have been an unusual number of unprovoked black bear attacks in Alaska and the northwest lately. That's anecdotal and may just be a coincidence, but it has me wondering

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,595]

There have been an unusual number of unprovoked African American bear attacks in Alaska and the northwest lately. That's anecdotal and may just be a coincidence, but it has me wondering

 

fixed for you, you racist ass

[IGotWorms 3,319]

 

fixed for you, you racist ass

Cute

[drobeski 3,061]

There have been an unusual number of unprovoked black bear attacks in Alaska and the northwest lately. That's anecdotal and may just be a coincidence, but it has me wondering

you sure those numbers aren't fudged ?

[tanatastic 2,061]

You go to these places where polar bears live and I guarantee you it's just as cold as always and there's no less ice than there ever was. Complete nonsense. They make it out like it's tropical weather there now.

[SUXBNME 1,340]

I love how science is fake news, according to the supporters of the reality TV president. You can't make this sh!t up.

You just did

[NorthernVike 2,080]

Polar bear, much like Koala and Panda, is too greasy and the meat is stringy. I'll pass.

[drobeski 3,061]

Why do the climate fear mongers always have to fudge the numbers ? Like every time.

Anyone ?

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,595]

Why do the climate fear mongers always have to fudge the numbers ? Like every time.

Anyone ?

 

denier

 

SCIENCE!

[Reality 2,710]

I love how science is fake news, according to the supporters of the reality TV president. You can't make this sh!t up.

 

[drobeski 3,061]

 

denier

 

SCIENCE!

sure, but again if it's science, why the need to manipulate ?

[RaiderHaters Revenge 3,595]

sure, but again if it's science, why the need to manipulate ?

 

over your head, I am on your side

[Big Guy 1,400]

Polar bears hurt by climate change are more likely to turn to a new food source humans

 

 

BEARNADO!!!!

[drobeski 3,061]

 

over your head, I am on your side

I knew that, but was trying to get a few of the fear mongers to clear that up.

[Baker Boy 1,485]

 

The Arctic and the Northern Hemisphere surprise experts with impressive snow and ice gains, decade-long stability.

 

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) was forced to admit:

 

Overall reduced melting and heavy early springtime snowfall may result in a net increase in Greenlands ice mass this year for the first time this century.

 

The 2017 melt season has been less intense than recent years, and is below average melting for the 1981-to-2010 reference period. Surface melting has been low in the southeast, and has been limited to coastal regions at low elevations.

[mobb_deep 917]

Scientists have concluded Phurfur is a tool.

[BunnysBastatrds 1,922]

Scientists have concluded Phurfur is a tool.

Agreed. But you're a flat head screw driver when a Phillips will do.

[TimmySmith 2,782]

The Arctic and the Northern Hemisphere surprise experts with impressive snow and ice gains, decade-long stability.

 

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) was forced to admit:

 

Overall reduced melting and heavy early springtime snowfall may result in a net increase in Greenlands ice mass this year for the first time this century.

 

The 2017 melt season has been less intense than recent years, and is below average melting for the 1981-to-2010 reference period. Surface melting has been low in the southeast, and has been limited to coastal regions at low elevations.

Good news for fascist climatologists who want civil war era weather.

[mobb_deep 917]

Agreed. But you're a flat head screw driver when a Phillips will do.

It's a wonder your wife is out getting pile driven by the entire neighborhood, when she has such a wordsmith passed out drunk on the couch at home.

[Sho Nuff 719]

The Arctic and the Northern Hemisphere surprise experts with impressive snow and ice gains, decade-long stability.

 

The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) was forced to admit:

 

Overall reduced melting and heavy early springtime snowfall may result in a net increase in Greenlands ice mass this year for the first time this century.

 

The 2017 melt season has been less intense than recent years, and is below average melting for the 1981-to-2010 reference period. Surface melting has been low in the southeast, and has been limited to coastal regions at low elevations.

 

You are fapping to what may lead to an increase in Greenland for the first time in a century? You think this somehow debunks anything scientists have been saying?

Fock you are dumb.

[MTSkiBum 1,594]

I have seen waterworld, I know what will happen.

[drobeski 3,061]

Cult

[Filthy Fernadez 2,696]

Cult

 

Simple yet perfect description.