Group: Climate change pushing wildlife north

[lovuian]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/08/08/heat.wildlife.reut/index.html

Monday, August 8, 2005; Posted: 8:34 a.m. EDT (12:34 GMT)


OSLO, Norway (Reuters) -- Salmon swim north into Arctic seas, locusts plague northern Italy and two heat-loving bee-eater birds nest in a hedge in Britain.

Signs of global warming fed by greenhouse gases produced by human activity, or just summertime oddities?

In the United States, some warblers are flying north to Canada. In Costa Rica, toucans are moving higher up into the mountains, apparently because of rising temperatures.

In July, a Norwegian man fishing in a fjord had a shock when he landed a John Dory, a fish more usually found in temperate waters off southern Europe or Africa.

"There's a long list of migratory species ending up further north. It's certainly a sign of warmer temperatures," said Steve Sawyer, climate policy director at the Greenpeace environmental group.

He said salmon had been swimming through the Bering Strait between Alaska and Russia into the Chukchi Sea, apparently because the frigid water had warmed up.

Such shifts could have vast long-term implications for farmers and fishing fleets.

However, some experts are skeptical that unusual sightings of everything from bears to butterflies support theories that temperatures are rising because of a build-up of heat-trapping gases emitted by cars, factories and power plants

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[Kerrytravelers]

1. Freepers will never believe it. Their "leader' doesn't.

Careful! Don't let the freeper who wrote the ramblings copied to this thread know about this. :freak:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3819717


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It's probably the wildlife's fault that the climate is changing!
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[Oreegone]

2. Some "Experts"

That is what I say....some experts alrighty. Course some "experts" think that dinosaur bones were planted here to make us all question our "faith" too, so there ya go....The ice shelves will be cascading into the sea and the cities will be submerging and as they wade out, they will say ya know this is just seasonal weather, not that much different than it used to be.

"However, some experts are skeptical that unusual sightings of everything from bears to butterflies support theories that temperatures are rising because of a build-up of heat-trapping gases emitted by cars, factories and power plants":mad: :puke: :wtf:

[wli]

3. the freepers won't believe it until it kills them

I guess that relies on some kind of notion of an afterlife. So for an atheist such as myself, they'll never believe it.

[gumby]

4. Witnessed a first-time massive warbler migration

in Wisconsin. It was quite amazing while at the same it was quite distressing. Another sign of climate change I witnessed with my own eyes, ears and binoculars.

[XemaSab]

5. Massive warbler migrations

happen twice a year.

[Submariner]

6. Mule deer, whitetail deer, and mountain lions moving up into Alaska

What climate change our Chimpy would say.

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/6795276p-6684934c.html

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[Megahurtz]

8. Yeah, I'm thinking of heading North too....

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