Posted on 12/23/2019 5:49:16 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Polar bears are born into the Arctic winter blind, hairless, and no bigger than a guinea pig. For three months while storms rage and temperatures fall below -40 F, the cubs stay snug and warm in their mothers’ dens. But if current trends continue, newborn cubs along Alaska’s northern coast may instead perish out in the cold.
A new study suggests that before the end of the century, mother polar bears in this region may no longer be able to find the deep snowbanks they need to dig dens. Megan Liu, a high school student.
"They need that habitat to give birth," said Liu. Their analysis indicates that "if we don't restrict our emissions, very soon, within the century, there's going to be an extended amount of time when there's no available denning habitat for the polar bears."
Scientists have long known that climate change is hurting polar bears, but most research has focused on the loss of their sea ice hunting grounds, said Steven Amstrup, who oversaw polar bear research in Alaska for the U.S. Geological Survey for 30 years and now serves as chief scientist for Polar Bears International. Polar bears catch seals at breathing holes in the ice, so when there’s not enough sea ice, they are at risk of starvation. More than a decade ago, Amstrup and his colleagues predicted that unmitigated climate change could reduce the world’s polar bear numbers by two-thirds by the middle of the century. More recently, images of gaunt, staggering polar bears thought to be starving due to sea ice declines have stirred pity among scientists and the public.
Now, it seems climate change may rob polar bears in Northern Alaska of their nurseries as well as their hunting grounds.
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The polar bears don’t need to be that far north anyway. There hasn’t been any ice at the NOrth Pole since 2005. AlGore said so.
“”””””A new study suggests that before the end of the century,”””””””””””””””
Well, that’s 80 years from now. I’ll be gone by then so I would care even less than I do now.
Maybe we can start feeding polar bears Soylent Enviromentalists.
Then, too...it might not. These eco-nut “scientists” are compromised by their mindless ideology. There are more polar bears roaming around now murdering other animals to eat them than ever before.
The melting point of ice is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. We’re supposed to believe that the temperature is going to rise 72 degrees? So, in summertime it’s going to be what? 130 degrees?
This study is totally speculative, makes no sense at all and the outcome has become a known. In other words, they're out to prove a negative.
Geesh, who would’ve thought the North Slope would get so warm!?
Time to plant wheat at least. How warm will it get?
Should I grow corn? Hogs? Should I move my cotton farm up there? Maybe bananas?
because of the boom in polar bear births, there are now more polar bears looking for food... and a hairless baby polar bear makes a splendid appetizer to the seals the polar bears normally eat..
This is the classic what is up is actually down.
So, IF the temperature is getting warmer it is bad because the cubs are going to perish from the warmth instead of freezing to death because of lower temperatures.
You see warmer is bad, colder is good for all mammals. This is the stupidest argument so far.
i guess we cannot criticize this high school student either.
Unbelievable... these vile, disgusting, evil libtard scum are all for killing a human baby up to the time of birth, but lament the imaginary difficulty for polar bear births due to their climate fraud. These are demented and mentally ill vermin...
So very convincing. Their models can even predict where snow drifts will be found in 80 years.
i would be embarrassed to make this claim.
Did Schiff write this?
Whenever you see the words “could lead to”, just ignore the story....it is usually corrupt science.
If all these watermelons are dedicated to saving the planet then they should blow their brains out and do us all a favor.
Could the sun cause the snowbanks to melt somewhat, even when it was -40? Yes direct sunlight could however, polar bear cubs are born from November to March. In the high Arctic there is little to NO SUN during this period!
This story is a typical pile of steaming bravo Sierra from the propagandist at the MSM. The male portrayed in your comment would be proud of ABC ‘Noose’.
“A new study suggests that before the end of the century, mother polar bears in this region may no longer be able to find the deep snowbanks they need to dig dens.”
May! There is that word again. Until someone from the science community is willing to say, “will no longer be able to.....” it is nothing more than rhetoric.
And this is what we need to call them out for.
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