One year ago [Sept 19, 2009], WUWT reported upon the alarming problem of walrus stampedes and dead carcasses washing up on beaches. Now, exactly one-year later, the NBC Today Show in concert with environmental groups are pushing the exact same story.
From the headlines’ language, it makes you think these walruses were bumbling creatures with no chance at surviving a leisurely swim let alone the unbelievably harsh conditions in the Arctic. Even with some global warming, it gets really cold up there during the walrus migration…
NBC News’ TODAY show: Without sea ice, walruses struggle to adapt
And, from Seth Borenstein at AP:
Thousands of walruses flee melting sea ice for shore
Stampede killing females, children feared; ‘no sign of Arctic recovery,’ expert says
Loss of sea ice in the Chukchi this summer has surprised scientists because last winter lots of old established sea ice floated into the region, said Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colo. But that has disappeared.
Although last year was a slight improvement over previous years, Serreze says there’s been a long-term decline that he blames on global warming.
“We’ll likely see more summers like this,” he said. “There is no sign of Arctic recovery.”
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Kinda’ reminds me of the definition my dad gave for ‘opera’: “Opera is where, in the 3rd act when the tenor gets stabbed, instead of dying, he sings.”
Those walruses are a robust bunch if they recovered enough to come back a year later and die again.
More alarmist hokum from the man-is-ruining-the-planet crowd. The next Dalton Minimum can’t get here soon enough. It appears an extended big freeze is the only thing that will silence these research-funding-dependent pseudo-scientists and their brainwashed disciples.
lol, desperation calls for desperate measures. So, do they have a schedule now? Just shuffle imaginary issues and bring them back up every so often!
Didn’t see it since I don’t watch the Today Show. But I’m sure it was replete with the requisite hand wringing, sympathy and sad faces for the walrus population, anger at the unfeeling hordes of human scum that refuse to live in caves to reduce AGW (or whatever the current terminology is), etc., etc. Did they also mention the recent proposal to limit all commercial fishing to 1 fish per boat per trip?
Serreze has ‘form’. Just search Serreze on the search box at the top of this page.
Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado.
“Although last year was a slight improvement over previous years, Serreze says there’s been a long-term decline that he blames on global warming.
“We’ll likely see more summers like this,” he said. “There is no sign of Arctic recovery.”
Is advocacy part of his job description or does he mention his job title when talking to the press in a private capacity?
NSIDC is, according to their website, an organisation dealing in data. Opinion is not mentioned. Funding? “NASA, NOAA and NSF, as well as additional sources of funding, support NSIDC scientists and outreach activities through competitive grants and contracts.”
Also google “serreze romm” if you want more.
A good memory is essential in order to be a good liar.
@ur momisugly H.R.
My father told me a punk rock concert was where the guy comes out for an encore to sing one last song and dies. Should have stuck to operas.
The walruses are owned by Greenpeace. They move them around depending upon the cause.
Beware the Zombie Walrus Army! They die again! and again! and again!
One year ago [Sept 19, 2009], WWUT reported………?
WUWT reported………. seems more likely.
[edit]
Environmentalist strategy revealed: ‘Endless pressure endlessly applied and repeated”
Lazy journalism. Looking at their calendars and what was going on a year ago and wondering what they can rehash to fill their sordid column inches.
NBC is owned by GE, whose [snip] Chairman Jeff Immelt has damned near ruined the company’s value chasing the AGW cash cash cow of the Carbon Come market.
Why would you expect anything less from his minions?
“Although last year was a slight improvement over previous years, Serreze says there’s been a long-term decline that he blames on global warming.”
Perhaps.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I am suppose to believe walrus stampedes off of sea-ice never occur? Maybe the individuals that are crushed on the ice, just slide, unnoticed into the sea??
Why won’t anyone SAVE THE WALRUSES!?!?!
Oh, they’re 1000 lb, extremely territorial, and kinda ugly, so you won’t go near them? Oh. Well, that kinda makes sense. OK.
Wait.. are they ever cute? You know, like polar bears? What’s that? Always look like blubber with fangs? Oh. So no coke commercials? Yeah, I figured the hugging the Nissan owner was out too.
So. Good luck walruses! Climate change is bad, yadda yadda..!
Like they don’t do this same exact thing on ice………….
[SNIP – No d-words, please. ~dbs, mod.]
For a minute I thought this was going to be an article about how there is no such thing as loss of sea ice on the north bank of Alaska. I guess even this site can’t bend the truth that much.
http://www.aolnews.com/science/article/melting-ice-forces-10000-walruses-ashore-in-alaska/19634480
Where’s the analysis here? Perhaps the same thing that happened last year, happened this year again?
Oh wait, if I follow the link to the original, one week old story I read what Ryan Maue omitted:
“U.S. government scientists say this massive move to shore by walruses is unusual in the United States. But it has happened at least twice before, in 2007 and 2009.”
So where is the -Gate in this? It isn’t there, is it? Great stuff, Ryan, you fit right in and the crowd is lapping it up without double-checking.
[ryanm]: walrus commonly rest on terra firma in Russia, this is not a threat to their species, but a response to changing ice conditions. 30-yrs of records to compare your anecdotal evidence against is not sufficient
I recently made a comment on The Guardian concerning their headline:
I have since been banned. :o(
See my comments concerning their nonsense. I asked them to print a correction but they stuck to their nonsense concering acid Arctic. Read and enjoy:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/7665410
http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/7663646
http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/7664000
http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/7664056
http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/7669224
And yet Watts and Goddard were quite wrong, all the scientists were right, there has been no sign of an Arctic ice recovery.
REPLY: Not this year, but there’s plenty of years ahead ;-). And. Dr. Mark Serreze of NSIDC was wrong too:
But, that doesn’t fit your narrative, so I can see why you didn’t mention it. – Anthony
I recycle my plastic trash, they do the same with their news. Whats wrong with that?
I forgot this comment I made on the Guardian Walrus rush:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/13/walrus-haul-out-alaska?showallcomments=true#comment-fold
Never mind that 1/2 the years from 1979 to 2010 have had ice melt back from the Alaskan Arctic Shore, and in a random year fashion, starting with 1979 I believe.
It’s really all your fault.
What about the summer?
H.R. says:
September 20, 2010 at 3:02 pm
What happened to the fat lady? 😉