The Wilderness Sportsman » Climate Change

“We can’t wish away global warming” – Al Gore

Mike — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:20:28 +0000

Gore is fighting back against critics in an op-Ed in the New York Times. He makes some valid points about outliers. Gore is correct in his assertion that there will always be mistakes in science. That is part of it. You can’t dismiss a sound house because a nail was not flush or because a roof tile came loose. These things happen.

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Grizzly bears moving into polar bear territory

Mike — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:14:58 +0000

This is not good news for polar bear cubs. Grizzly bears are more agressive than polar bears. There has never been a docuemted case of grizzly bears in Wapusk National Park and the surrounding area except for the past 10 years. Still denying climate change?

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Climate change causing wolverine decline

Mike — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:41:41 +0000

Such cheery news this week.

The culprit is receding snowpack around the globe, something the wolverine absolutely requires in order for them to feed on ungulates which could not survive the winter/deep snow.

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Obama’s climate change elephant

Mike — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:25:30 +0000

Great article over at Daily Kos.

The article writer makes a good point that Obama needs to speak directly to the people on this. He is so much more effective when he takes control of the issues. The Senate is very impotent right now for no real reason.

Montana: National Forests might get $20 million to fight pine beetle

Mike — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:03:44 +0000

Will it do anything? Probably not. If we want to fight the pine beetle, we need to reduce our climate altering emissions.

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Global warming to keep hitting northern Rockies

Mike — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:45:36 +0000

Bad news for the last best intact ecosystem in the lower 48.

By 2080, temps could cause two additional months of drought! Disruption of carbon uptake could force the area trees to actually release carbon by the end of the century.

What are we leaving for our kids?

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Montana: Pine beetles hit Helena National Forest hard

Mike — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:55:22 +0000

It looks like the main cause of this alrger than usual outbreak is the lack of severe cold snaps which would normally occur in this area. Another climate change symptom, no doubt.

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Geo-engineering for last chance climate change repair?(video)

Mike — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:33:44 +0000

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Senator Inhofe gets absolutely owned in Copenhagen

Mike — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:38:07 +0000

He was literally laughed at.

Anyone out there still believe this guy? he was supposed to show up with a “truth squad” and he ended up going by himself. No one would give him a meeting. This is what happens when you unzip your little conservative misinformation bubble and venture out into the real world, a world where scientists have been studying this for decades…..

The world laughed at him. And if you buy what he is selling, they are laughing at you too.

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U.S., China agree on climate change agreement (video)

Mike — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 06:50:29 +0000

There’s no legally binding commitment to reduce greenhouse gases, so I’m not sure what the point of the deal was.

Hey, no worries though, it’s ONLY the planet. Who cares about our great grandkids when we can live the good life right now.

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