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Climate change threatens Sierra, delta, group says
San Francisco Chronicle - SF Gate ^ | January 6, 2011 | Kelly Zito, Chronicle Staff Writer

Posted on 01/06/2011 6:59:32 PM PST by moonshinner_09

Two of California's most treasured natural settings are also among the most imperiled landscapes on Earth, as disruptive changes in climate patterns promise to melt glaciers, dry out rivers and set forests ablaze in coming generations, says a coalition of conservation, sporting and community groups.

Unless people significantly alter the way they manage water supplies and fuel their cars and homes, the Sierra Nevada and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta will become increasingly hostile to already-dwindling wildlife and fish species, the Endangered Species Coalition said in a report released Wednesday.

Likewise for the Hawaiian Islands, Southwest deserts, Arctic sea ice and shallow-water coral reefs around the globe.

"Climate change is no longer a distant threat on the horizon," said Leda Huta, executive director of the Washington group. "It has arrived and is threatening ecosystems that we all depend upon, and our endangered species are particularly vulnerable."

In the report, "It's Getting Hot Out There," the coalition ranks the top 10 "hot spots" for vulnerable species, mostly within the United States with a few beyond. No. 1 on the list: the Arctic ice sheets where polar bears, seals, walruses and sea ducks make their home. Tropical coral reefs were second. The delta is No. 5 and the Sierra Nevada No. 6 on the list.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; sierra
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1 posted on 01/06/2011 6:59:37 PM PST by moonshinner_09
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To: moonshinner_09

OH NOOOOOOOSSSSSSSS


2 posted on 01/06/2011 7:01:43 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Perpetuating an expensive hoax certainly won’t help.


3 posted on 01/06/2011 7:01:55 PM PST by Happy Rain
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To: moonshinner_09

Shut up, so-called-scientists, reality-deniers. No oine trusts your so-called “expert” opinions. Most people like the warm weather.


4 posted on 01/06/2011 7:02:24 PM PST by hal ogen (1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: moonshinner_09
dry out rivers

I'm sure this is playing well now in Australia.

5 posted on 01/06/2011 7:02:48 PM PST by aimhigh (True bitter clingers cling to their guns AND their bibles.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Apparently they didn’t get the memo........


6 posted on 01/06/2011 7:03:24 PM PST by Red Badger (Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
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To: moonshinner_09

No Global Warming threatens the Sierra Club.


7 posted on 01/06/2011 7:03:44 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: moonshinner_09

But the world is constantly evolving and there isn’t anything we can do about it.


8 posted on 01/06/2011 7:04:34 PM PST by Cisco Nix (Real Conservatives stay sober and focused)
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To: moonshinner_09

Maybe our new congress will allow these asswipes to put their money where there mouth is by Holding Congressional Hearings on Man Made Global Warming with the threat of LIFE in PRISON for Making any False or Misleading Statements after they are sworn in under OATH.


9 posted on 01/06/2011 7:04:34 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: moonshinner_09

Oh, just give it up!
We know it’s a pack of lies.
We don’t fear you now.


10 posted on 01/06/2011 7:05:09 PM PST by Haiku Guy (What we've got here is ... failure to communicate.)
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To: moonshinner_09

I say they should lead the way. All of them give up their computers, cell phones, move into the same house so they stop wasting resources.

Bet they won’t. That type of thing is for us little people.


11 posted on 01/06/2011 7:05:29 PM PST by kingu (Favorite Sticker: Lost hope, and Obama took my change.)
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To: moonshinner_09

I say they should lead the way. All of them give up their computers, cell phones, move into the same house so they stop wasting resources.

Bet they won’t. That type of thing is for us little people.


12 posted on 01/06/2011 7:05:38 PM PST by kingu (Favorite Sticker: Lost hope, and Obama took my change.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Notice how it’s never the East Coast. Is that because they already lost all their diversity of species? Or is it because the people who come up with proposals to inhibit comfortable human life live on the East Coast and don’t want to cramp their own style.


13 posted on 01/06/2011 7:06:02 PM PST by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: moonshinner_09

How many dozens of feet of snow do they have in the Sierra Nevadas right now?


14 posted on 01/06/2011 7:06:32 PM PST by Haiku Guy (What we've got here is ... failure to communicate.)
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To: moonshinner_09

“In the report, “It’s Getting Hot Out There,”

Right now it’s 39 degrees in Sacramento. Yep, it’s sure getting hot out there.

/sarc


15 posted on 01/06/2011 7:06:53 PM PST by Jay W
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To: aimhigh

They tailor the message to the audience. Downunder, I’m sure the environazis are saying global, er, Climate Change is causing floods. When there are fires and drought, they just change the effects and keep the cause. It is no wonder people are getting skeptical.....as they should hve been all along.....


16 posted on 01/06/2011 7:08:14 PM PST by Red Badger (Whenever these vermin call you an 'idiot', you can be sure that you are doing something right.)
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Uhhh, sierra snow pack is 200% of normal


17 posted on 01/06/2011 7:09:19 PM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ...In the US the number is 54%)
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To: moonshinner_09

Bull Obama.

Smelly Bull Obama

Sticky, smelly, Bull Obama

Septic, sticky, smelly, Bull Obama

Foul, sticky, smelly, Bull Obama.

Flush, flush, flush - it’s a long way to the White House


18 posted on 01/06/2011 7:10:26 PM PST by Da Coyote
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To: moonshinner_09


Vacation Gal says the climate is just fine.

19 posted on 01/06/2011 7:10:56 PM PST by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: moonshinner_09

Bravo Sierra.


20 posted on 01/06/2011 7:13:32 PM PST by Freedom_Fighter_2001
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