Climate Change
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Climate Change Impacts More Than Glacier’s Glaciers. By Peter Metcalf. New West.
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A grizzly bear has been found in what is polar bear country, and he is thriving. Folks may recall that about a year ago a hunter shot a grizzly/polar bear hybrid. This may be yet another effect of the rapid warming at the poles. Story in the Edmonton Journal. Ed Struzik. Grizzly found in polar…
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In Yellowstone, drought’s effects startling, subtle. By Mike Stark.
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Record Warm Summers Cause Extreme Ice Melt In Greenland. Science Daily. Despite debate about reducing CO2 emissions, I think it is politically impossible. Humans are not capable of organizing themselves to do it. Self interest, denial, nationalism, religion, and too many other human organizational factors are in the way. At any rate, reducing emission growth…
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As snow depth diminishes, the deep snows of the mountains become more crucial for wolverines because they need the snow in the high bowls for denning. With the coming of high powered snowmobiles much of this country has already been damaged. A five-year study of Glacier NP, where these machines are not allowed shows that…
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The largest Sitka Spruce broke off in the latest severe storm to hit Oregon. This article tells of it and what happened with things that affect the environment during its 700 year life, e.g., it was a sapling when The Plague struck Europe. Story. New West. By Joseph Friedrichs Added. Related from the Oregonian. Big,…
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“. . . fish die-offs and fishing closures in Yellowstone and Montana as a probable sign that global warming is already affecting trout populations” This is from today’s Jackson Hole News and Guide. Study: Climate change will endanger trout. By Corey Hatch.