From the “nothing escapes the clutches of global warming” department comes this farce:
Here’s the ah, er, beef:
“Climate change could affect meat quality in two ways,” Gregory, a professor in animal welfare physiology at the University of London’s Royal Veterinary College, explains. “First, there are direct effects on organ and muscle metabolism during heat exposure which can persist after slaughter.”
As a second climate change impact, Gregory believes “changes in livestock and poultry management practices in response to hazards that stem from climate change could indirectly lead to changes in meat quality.”
Ummm, gosh. What did America do during the 1930’s? Buy all their meat in Canada?
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h/t to WUWT reader “Rational Debate”
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Can we NOT read the lunacy and just laugh at them instead!?!?
Good Lord, I didn’t realize our climate had always been that stable…………..
Who in this world do the morons that write this tripe believe they are writing it for?
Well, may be “warmer temperatures” could have a negative impact on dinner (especially if the turkey is left out on the counter too long), but it sure seems to be getting colder — and I don’t mean winter is coming. I mean we’re having record low temperatures around here and I hear northwestern Europe is getting early heavy snow and the mid-west and east of the US is getting hit with nasty cold weather and so on.
Is the author suggesting that from the mid 1970s to this decade Thanksgiving dinner has suffered terrible due to global warming? I didn’t notice. In fact, I’ve gotten better at cooking.
The author at one point focused on water shortages. Have they not figured out yet that warmer does not mean drier?
Happy Thanksgiving all!
So you guys are copping the coldest, snowiest Thanksgiving in, what, 17 years?
As the Wizard said in the Wizard of Oz, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
The sad thing is that some people gobble up these exaggerations.
I wonder if Prof. Gregory knows in how many ways cold stress will affect meat quality? Does he know that as atmospheric carbon dioxide goes up water use goes down? Does he know the latitudinal distribution of turkey production? Does he understand how easily it would be in principle to move these types of facilities? South central Washington and adjacent parts of Oregon are plenty stressful heat-wise during the growing season and crops do just fine. This man needs to get out of London more.
Could the unshakable belief in anthropogenic global warming ^H^H^H^H^H^H climate change cause the downfall of traditional journalism?
Read all about this horrifying modeling prediction on page 7.
Frankengraphs, and how terrify innocent people, by Ray Bradley and PD Jones, page 8.
The turkeys didn’t seem to enjoy the sleet this morning, but it was probably better than the man made Global Warming in my oven.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
Peer reviewed was it?
Do these guys get paid to write this stuff or just do it during their coffee break?
You’ll notice that most of these crazy stories don’t offer comments after the article.
There’s enough if’s and could’s in that article to fill a space cruiser.
If an asteroid hit the Earth tomorrow, there could be no more Thanksgivings.
It is already ruining the UK right now: “Schools closed as early widespread snowfall hits Britain”. “http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/nov/25/widespread-snowfall-hits-britain?
They can celebrate Thanksgiving end of November already.
I note the use of the weasel word: ‘could’ in there … speaking of which, what’s for dinner?
Happy Thanksgiving Anthony and crew!
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A “professor in animal welfare physiology”
Man, the warmists just keep piling up the highly-qualified experts, don’t they?
Does the old saw about the ‘xth grade reading-level’ for a newspaper apply for this as well?
what is the reading grade level of these newspapers?
The New York Times,
USA Today, and
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
.
This rates with ‘daylight savings fades the curtains’ type insights
Michael D Smith says:
November 25, 2010 at 6:16 pm
You’ll notice that most of these crazy stories don’t offer comments after the article.
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Michael, that article has comments. Look at the very bottom of it.
I can’t think of any “science” that has done more damage to science,
than climate science……………….
Well ok, those lawyer commercials immediately following the ‘drug de jour’ commercials doesn’t help either..
“If you took this drug and experienced……..
…….call us”
Well, if the turkeys are going to change, I’m going to start eating Dolphins and Baby Seals on Thanksgiving.
latitude says:
November 25, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Good Lord, I didn’t realize our climate had always been that stable…………..
Who in this world do the morons that write this tripe believe they are writing it for?
…The Congregation.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Serious party fowl…
😉
I wonder if this “professor” opens his mouth before changing feet? He does not appear to have any idea of the range of turkeys in the wild, nor that the European domestic turkeys are descended from the Mexican (or most southerly) sub-species.
If a Mexican bird was adapted so well to domestication in northern England, why should it not be re-adapted to possible marginally warmer temperatures in the future?
p.s. I understand that the domestic turkey bears little resemblance to its wild forebears, but this is due to selective breeding and dietary change.
Happy Thanksgiving to Anthony and all.
Cold weather on its way
San Antonio Express-News
Web Posted: 11/25/2010 5:19 PM CST
Despite a sunny Thanksgiving that saw temperatures stretch into the mid-80s, a fierce cold front is expected to bring near-record weather to the area late this evening and into the weekend.
Some parts of South Central Texas will experience freezing temperatures Thursday night, with parts of the Hill Country seeing temperatures in the upper 20s, according to National Weather Service Forecaster Pat McDonald. Light winds Friday night will likely increase the chill, prompting officials to issue a hard freeze warning for the area Friday night through Saturday.
The area also will experience several hours of “subfreezing” temperatures, with the barometer dipping to the lower 20s and upper teens in some areas, the weather service said. Most parts of South Central Texas are guaranteed to experience temperatures at least between 25 and 30 degrees by Saturday morning.
A little early for a hard freeze in S. TX.
Last winter we had 4 nights in a row with a hard freeze, which was unusual.
The 4P’s Drill: People, Pets, Pipes (drip the outside faucets), and Plants.
Actually, China and India are going to drive up food prices. I can’t blame them for wanting good food, but it really won’t have anything to do with global warming or lack thereof.
Can we have more of these papers pier reviewed?
DaveE.