October 6th 09, 02:30 PM
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Walruses Suffer Substantial Losses as Sea Ice Erodes
tunderbar wrote:
On Oct 5, 2:25 pm, Roger Coppock wrote:
Walruses Suffer Substantial Losses as Sea Ice Erodes
Coastal sea ice has been decreasing, stressing walruses.
by ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: October 2, 2009,
In the New York Times
Half a century after Pacific walruses began recovering from
industrial- scale hunting, marine biologists are growing worried
that they face a mounting threat from global warming.
Masses of lumbering walruses have been crowding on beaches and rocks
along the Russian and American sides of the Bering Strait in the
absence of the coastal sea ice that normally serves as a late-summer
haven and nursery.
While the retreats in sea ice around the Arctic this summer were not
as extensive as in 2008 or 2007, the Chukchi Sea, at the heart of the
walrus subspecies’ range, was largely open water.
On Thursday, biologists from the United States Geological Survey
issued a report concluding that 131 walruses found dead near Icy
Cape, Alaska, on Sept. 14 died from being crushed or stampeded.
Several thousand walruses had been congregating in the area, a
situation that scientists from the agency said was highly unusual.
[ . . . ]
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/03/sc...s.html?_r=1&pa...
What a crock of ****. How about they document the actual numbers,
track the actual sea ice, and publish in a peer-reviewed journal.
Looks like the "scientists" are more "worried" about their funding
than they are about walruses. If the walruses are doing just fine,
like they've been for the last millenium, the "scientists" wouldn't be
able to justify a larger budget and more funding.
As usual, tundy just makes some **** up. lol
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