Posted on 04/22/2019 6:23:54 AM PDT by pabianice
The Bramble Cay melomys, a rat native to Australia, is claimed to be the first mammal to go extinct from "human-induced" climate change. (Ian Bell, EHP, State of Queensland)
In late February, the Australian government recognized the extinction of the Bramble Cay melomys, and it is probably the first mammal to go extinct due to "human-induced climate change," or anthropogenic climate change, according to a report by Queensland scientists.
According to multiple studies published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, 97 percent or more of actively publishing climate scientists have arrived at the hypothesis that "climate-warming trends over the past century are extremely likely due to human activities."
(Excerpt) Read more at accuweather.com ...
Because humans chased them around with hair dryers while exhaling CO2 at them
There was colder sun global cooling for several centuries and then there was warmer sun global warming for several centuries. And now, the sun is getting cooler again.
The silliness is that the extinct species is a separate species. They have named every rat/mouse on every island a separate species. This genetic analysis, for example shows how Melomys Bertoni, M. Paveli, and M. lutillus are the same species. Also note that prior to this analysus, M. Paveli had been included in M. Rufuscens, but such genetic analysis showed that M. Paveli specimens had more in common with M. Bertoni specimens, so rather than include M. Paveli, M. Rufuscens and M. Bertoni as one species — given proof of interbreeding — they were ALL made separate species.
I was hoping it was Cohen.
By the way, there are 700 species of mice.
I was hoping it was Cohen.
... and that includes only TRUE mice. There are also 200 species of gerbil (not counting breeds) and 600 species of “new world mice.”
Who cares about a stupid mouse..we have less than 12 years to live.
And that means all 57 states in America.
"You got people like this around you? Country’s full of ’em now. People walkin’ around all day long every minute of the day, worried about everything. Worried about the air, worried about the water, worried about the soil. Worried about insecticides, pesticides, food additives, carcinogens, worried about radon gas, worried about asbestos, worried about saving endangered species.
Lemme tell ya bout endangered species, awright? Saving endangered species is just one more arrogant attempt by humans to control Nature. It’s arrogant meddling. It’s what got us in trouble in the first place. Doesn’t anybody understand that? Interfering with Nature. Over 90 percent, over, way over 90 percent, of the species that have ever lived on this planet, ever lived, are gone. Wooosh! They’re extinct. We didn’t kill them all. They just disappeared. That’s what nature does. They disappear these days at the rate of 25 a day—and I mean regardless of our behavior. Irrespective of how we act on this planet, 25 species that were here today will be gone tomorrow. Let them go gracefully. Leave Nature alone. Haven’t we done enough? We’re so self-important, so self-important. Everybody’s gonna save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails. And the greatest arrogance of all, save the planet. What? Are these f*****g people kidding me? Save the planet? We don’t even know how to take care of ourselves yet. We haven’t learned to care for one another—we’re gonna save the f*****’ planet? I’m gettin’ tired of that shit. Tired of that shit. Tired.
I’m tired of f*****’ Earth Day, I’m tired of these self-righteous environmentalists, these white bourgeoise liberals who think the only thing wrong with this country is there aren’t enough bicycle paths. People trying to make the world safe for their Volvos. Besides, environmentalist don’t give a shit about the planet, they don’t care about the planet, not in the abstract they don’t, not in the abstract they don’t. You know what they’re interested in? A clean place to live. Their own habitat. They’re worried that someday in the future they might be personally inconvenienced. Narrow, unenlightened self-interest doesn’t impress me."
We never hear anything about transgendered animals.
Some kind of cover up going on?
a friend of mine took the trouble to write this:
An interesting quote from
Gynther, Ian; Waller, Natalie; Leung, Luke K.-P. (June 2016), Confirmation of the extinction of the Bramble Cay melomys Melomys rubicola on Bramble Cay, Torres Strait: results and conclusions from a comprehensive survey in August–September 2014 (PDF), Unpublished report to the Department of Environment and Heritage
“Because exhaustive efforts have failed to record the Bramble Cay melomys at its only known location and extensive surveys have not found it on any other Torres Strait or Great Barrier Reef island, the assertion that Australia has lost another mammal species can be made with considerable confidence. On this basis, the Bramble Cay melomys qualifies for listing as extinct in the wild under both state and federal legislation. Significantly, this probably represents the first recorded mammalian extinction due to anthropogenic climate change. However, new information is provided in support of a previously presented hypothesis that the Fly River delta of Papua New Guinea is a possible source of the original melomys population on Bramble Cay, which would imply that the Bramble Cay melomys or a closely related species may occur in the Fly River region, an area that has received relatively little mammal fauna survey effort to date. Consequently, at this stage, it may be premature to declare the Bramble Cay melomys extinct on a global scale.”
Bramble Cay sits in the mouth of the Fly River, Papua New Guinea (New Guinea is the 2nd largest island in the world after Greenland). Some 30 miles into the Torres Strait, the nearest land is PNG. The most obvious explanation (to me) is the BCM rafted from PNG to Bramble Cay. BUT the BCM is declared extinct even considering “the Fly River region (in PNG), an area that has received relatively little mammal fauna survey effort to date.”! So attempts to locate it have not yet been made in the next most obvious place! A second explanation for the BCM is that it was a stowaway. “Extensive European exploitation of the island’s biological (guano) and phosphatic rock resources has occurred from around the mid-19th century (Ellison 1998). Due to its location at the northern entrance to the Great North East Channel through the Torres Strait, Bramble Cay has borne a succession of navigational beacons and lighthouses since the early 1900s, with one temporary structure erected at the south-eastern end of the island in 1958 needing to be replaced because of severe ocean erosion of its foundations (Limpus et al.1983, Ellison 1998)”
Rereading the quote, I wonder what that “new information” might be... lore or sightings of a similar rat or even BCM on Papua New Guinea?? And what the heck is “extinct” if it’s not “on a global scale.”?? I won’t be surprised if additional specimens will be located in the future on the large island of New Guinea. I also won’t be surprised that if such discovery is made, the mammal will be declared a separate species from the BCM.
The more one investigates, the more the extinction claim looks to be over-dramatized, premature, inevitable on Bramble Cay, misattributed and probably NOT caused by man. Here is some info about the Torres Strait Islands, one of which is Bramble Cay: “The Torres Strait Islands were formed when the land separating Australia and New Guinea was flooded by rising sea levels around 6000 BCE.” (from wikipedia, sorry) Thus, recent sea level rise can be explained as a continuation of 8,000 years of natural process — there is no need to blame Antropogenicity (except for getting grants, of course).
A few months ago, it was 20 degrees outside.
Yesterday it was 85 degrees outside.
That’s 65 degrees in 3 months!
We’re doomed!
Lol! I just finished watching that 5 minutes ago. It was hysterical how they came up with ways to disprove the Earth is round and it actually proved it was round and they just dismissed the evidence right in front of them!
In late February, the Australian government recognized the extinction of the Bramble Cay melomys, and it is probably the first mammal to go extinct due to "human-induced climate change," or anthropogenic climate change, according to a report by Queensland scientists.
About 250 million years ago about 96% of all marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrate species became extinct.
Be careful. There are some flat earthers here at FR that won't take kindly to such talk. ;-)
Time for a celebration then...How many more species to go???
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