tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276415964531748371.post2795193597866298621..comments2023-07-22T16:24:03.967+01:00Comments on Climate Hype, Bluster and Lies Exposed - whatever their origin: 'Extreme climate may wipe out mammals from Earth' - or maybe notMostlyHarmlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18058940884892720332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276415964531748371.post-21271096287691493582012-12-18T12:06:26.687+00:002012-12-18T12:06:26.687+00:00I didn't bother to look up the authors' cr...I didn't bother to look up the authors' credentials or "previous" - I can only take so much in one go. I didn't realise polar bears were shrinking as well as declining (can't resist a little dig now and again hehe). I have a draft post on coffee - might resurrect it with current data on crop yields - at an all time record high it seems. in the meantime I'll totally switch to tea from coffee to reduce my "coffee footprint". Every little bit helps, ya know.<br /><br />Apart from the ignored, rather than just discounted threats as you mention, my great brain was musing on the "pending disaster" meme last evening. Why is it (apparently) assumed by so many biologists and zoologists (and anthropologists too it seems) that virtually all Earth's species from phytoplankton to elk are teetering on the brink of extinction?<br /><br />Why do we never hear that the "long-eared, short-tailed bat" (alright, I know bat's haven't got tails) is doing just fine, thanks, and could probably withstand drought and a couple of extra degrees? Is there no money in such research (rhetorical question)? Do we as a species thrive on bad news? I'm not answering here but keeping my powder dry (future post maybe?).MostlyHarmlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058940884892720332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276415964531748371.post-12342990283000891102012-12-18T08:51:00.954+00:002012-12-18T08:51:00.954+00:00This is what I call the Numberwatch School of Scie...This is what I call the Numberwatch School of Scientific Endeavour; there's probably a counterbalancing study somewhere which suggests that climate change will bring about too many mammals - of the wrong sort, naturally. It's a contender, surely, to be added to that long list, along with the shrinking polar bears and the extinction of coffee beans. <br /><br />Googling for information about the authors "Eric Isai Ameca y Juarez" and "Nathalie Pettorelli" reveals more of the same - "Wildlife under unprecedented threat from natural disasters", "Life In An Age Of Unnatural Disasters", "Long-term memory may help elephants survive climate change", and so forth.<br /><br />What I find striking is that by beating the climate change drum, the authors seem to be discounting real threats to species, such as hunting and habitat loss, in favour of the phantom menace of extreme weather. In other words, they appear to be placing more emphasis on a nebulous future danger than on a real here-and-now danger, e.g., men with high-powered rifles.Alex Cullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00138628377297964672noreply@blogger.com