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It's amazing what a little fact checking can do for your perspective. After watching 'An Inconvenient Truth', I was quite affected by the supposed plight of th
by benl 17y ago
It's amazing what a little fact checking can do for your perspective.
After watching 'An Inconvenient Truth', I was quite affected by the supposed plight of the Polar Bears. So I did a bit of research, and I found out two fascinating facts:
1. Polar Bear populations have increased massively over recent years.
2. Polar Bears as a species are older than the last time the Arctic Ocean was free of ice.
At that point, I began to suspect that I was being sold something.
- ryanwaggoner 17y agoCan you post some sources? My cursory research has shown the opposite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear#Population_and_distribution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear#Population_and_distr... http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/essay_schliebe.html http://www.arctic.noaa.gov/essay_schliebe.html http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/special/polar_bears/ http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/special/polar_bears/ http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/ask-the-experts/population/ http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/ask-the-experts/popul... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/polar-bear-decl/ http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/07/polar-bear-decl/
- billswift 17y agoNot only that, but polar bears are seriously migratory. If the ice retreats, they'll just follow the edge of the ice (like they already do.)
- sethg 17y agoAnd after there’s no ice left to retreat to...?