Posted on 05/12/2018 6:38:50 AM PDT by rktman
GENOA, Nev. — There are certain axioms about the natural world we learn as children. The sea is salty. Plants grow toward light. Bears hibernate in winter.
But as climate change leads to warmer winters, later falls and earlier springs — which can disrupt both food supplies and biological rhythms — American black bears are changing their hibernation routines, scientists say. In some cases, bears are not hibernating at all, staying awake all winter. In others, bears are waking from their slumber too early.
For every one degree Celsius that minimum temperatures increase in winter, bears hibernate for six fewer days, a study found last fall. As global temperatures continue to rise, by the middle of the century black bears may stay awake between 15 and 39 more days per year, the study said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
If I remember it right, I think bears put on a lot of weight (fat) in the summer and fall, because game is scarce in the winter, especially for plant eaters. They use this stored fat to last them through the winter. Since there was no other food available in the winter, they would sleep, and live off the stored fat.
IF the “global warming” were to be true, then, it will just give them more time to gather good food, and they would go right on. I don’t think bears would have any knowledge of the liberal scam of “global warming”, so they just do, what they have to do. If it’s warm, they hunt, eat, and make little bears. If it’s cold, they sleep.
IF this article was supposed to jar us all in to believing in “global warming”, it has missed its mark.
early spring...what planet do these birds inhabit?
The Vikings were very smart people...They named a country “Greenland” to lure travelers there...Then, they Named a country they settled “Iceland” hoping to keep people away...
Bears survived periods a lot warmer than we are experiencing now. What BS.
You must mean like 800,000 years ago when we last saw See Uh O 2 levels this high. LOL!
“But as climate change leads to warmer winters, later falls and earlier springs — which can disrupt both food supplies and biological rhythms — American black bears are changing their hibernation routines, scientists say”
I think they mean “political scientists”.
“Climate science” is just a branch of political science.
Know-nothing know-it-alls.
Ignorance is bliss, in their case, it’s the basis of their self-esteem.
I’m thinking this is good for bears? The only reason they sleep as long as they do is because there is no food. An earlier spring and a later fall means more time to eat.
They could watch kimmel or colbear on late nite.
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