Posted on 10/16/2022 6:27:12 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Yukon could see much warmer winters, more precipitation and treelines moving to higher latitudes because of climate change, according to a new report out of Yukon University.
Drawing on research since 2015, when the university last conducted a literature review on the issue, the report states temperatures in the territory could jump between 0.7 to 3.7 degrees in the next 50 years, enough to drastically alter ways of life.
Alison Perrin, lead author of the report, said a growing body of Yukon-based research is helping to provide a clearer picture of what climate change could look like in the not-so-distant future.
However, there are some issues requiring more analysis, she noted —not just the amount of emissions released into the atmosphere or infrastructure impacts but also social effects, including mental health and access to country food.
Chrystal Mantyka-Pringle, a conservation planning biologist with the Wildlife Conservation Society — which reviewed the report — said the Yukon is at a tipping point. She notes consistently dismal salmon runs and northward movement of endemic plants, which could decline by upward of 20 per cent in the next 40 years because of climate change.
While monitoring efforts and statistics are important, they're not everything, Mantyka-Pringle said.
"We can't just keep documenting the train wreck," she said. "We have to be more proactive."
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
So in other words, it could become habitable.
Sounds like the Canucks have gotten tired of “change” and want the Yukon and its people to remain exactly the way it is right now.
Exactly. Very hard to see this as a bad thing.
Cold Periods are always bad for civilization.
Warm Periods are always good for civilization.
Colorado used to be under water. Enough said.
In fifty years? Get back to me in 2067.....
Right. It would not hurt anybody if the trees grow a little farther north. Or the daily winter lows of 40 below “warm” up to say 35 below.
I was in Dawson City about 15 years ago and it was in pretty bad shape then. One wonders if it is there now much less in 50 more years.
Yeah, and monkeys might fly out of my butt.
“...Yukon could see much warmer winters...”
And it could not......
Chicago was under a mile of ice not all that long ago, geologically speaking.
But the world is ending in less than ten years unless we give the global elites everything and live like cave men. What’s with this 50year stuff?
“Could”
If the sun explodes, it “could” wipe out the earth.
If Jessica Alba sees me, she “could” fall in love with me.
Lots off possibilities for “could”…
We can no longer suffer these fools. The reply should be “The climate has always changed and will continue to do so if humans are around or not. CO2 is a vital trace gas and all living things on the planet would benefit from a little more of it.“
Or it could just change on its own.
Or not.
What's the downside? There must be a downside?
Oh so now it is ‘only’ 50 years not 100 years? Wow, the left’s crystal ball has gotten much better.
Climate is Natural and NOTHING will happen during many lifetimes
As in nearly all such studies, the cause is taken as a given that It’s man caused. Starting with a faulty premise is bad science.
“could”
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