The photogenic Arctic megafauna (polar bears, walruses, and seals) that global warming alarmists use to gin up public empathy for their campaign against global warming have survived far greater temperature swings than anything the IPCC predicts should come from human activity, concludes a new study. Oh, well. The alarmists will surely keep using them anyway. Featured Image Courtesy of Michelle Meiklejohn/Freedigitaliphotos.net. … [Read more...]
U.S. Senate Report Debunks Polar Bear Extinction Fears
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service estimates that the polar bear population is currently at 20,000 to 25,000 bears, up from as low as 5,000-10,000 bears in the 1950s and 1960s. A 2002 U.S. Geological Survey of wildlife in the Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain noted that the polar bear populations “may now be near historic highs.” The alarm about the future of polar bear decline is based on speculative computer model predictions many decades in the future. And the methodology of these computer models … [Read more...]
