Dr. Susan Crockford, Zoologist, of www.polarbearscience.com advises us of this:
“We are now the polar bear” says Mann today (below) [a few weeks ago it was Patricia Romero Lankao of the federally financed National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado saying “The polar bear is us” http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/24/climate-change-dangers_n_5019412.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular]
Scientists Speak Out: The New IPCC Report
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a U.N. group, warns that man-made climate change is already causing destruction around the globe. And it will only get worse unless we act quickly.
Leading climate and polar bear scientists share their thoughts on the report and the path forward:
Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor and Director, Earth System Science Center
What the latest report shows is that climate change is adversely impacting us now, wherever we live. It isn’t just the Arctic and the polar bear anymore. We are now the polar bear. If we are to avert increasingly dangerous and potentially irreversible changes in our climate, we need to act now. We must transition from our reliance on fossil fuels to alternative, renewable sources of energy that do not threaten the health of our planet.[bold in original]
Dr. Steven Amstrup, Chief Scientist, Polar Bears International
In 2007, I projected that global warming was likely to eliminate two-thirds of the world’s polar bears by the middle of this century. After making that point in a recent public lecture, a college student in the audience asked what would happen to the rest of the polar bears if we fail to act in time to head off that ‘mid-century polar bear crisis.’ My answer:
At that point, no one will be thinking about polar bears, because coping with and adapting to ongoing human crises will consume all of society’s resources.
The recent report by Working Group II of the IPCC adds emphasis in spades to my response. The hundreds of scientists whose independent research composes the IPCC concluded that:
- Climate change already is negatively affecting every part of the globe
- The frequency and severity of extreme weather will continue to increase as long as greenhouse gas levels rise
- Along with steep and rapid reductions in emissions, we will need to develop plans for coping with a constantly changing world with ever new and more difficult challenges
The good news, however, is that while the panel concluded the world cannot afford inaction, it emphasized we still have time to stop the worst effects of warming. If we do, we also are likely to save polar bears.
Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Deputy Chief, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
The IPCC report is an enormous achievement and great resource for the scientific community and the public alike. But more than that, it provides a clear summary of where we are and what can be done. How we should act in the face of this information is complex and should be discussed at all levels. I hope only that those discussions are fully informed about what the science is showing—and that these discussions lead to meaningful action.
Dr. Ian Stirling, Research Scientist Emeritus, Canadian Wildlife Service
The recent report from the IPCC is stunning and should be a major stimulus for governments around the world to develop a global plan to reduce greenhouse gases … soon. One of the most important messages is that there is still time, but not that much of it, if the world is to restrain warming within manageable bounds.
The situation in the Arctic, though, is more dire and changing rapidly. The climate is warming there more rapidly than elsewhere on the planet, with the result that the sea ice is now disappearing even more quickly than once predicted by several different models. That is bad news, not just for polar bears, but for the whole Arctic marine ecosystem.
Why climate warming is so critical for polar bears is a simple concept and easily understood, even by children. Polar bears need ice to be able to hunt their primary prey: marine mammals, primarily seals. No ice means no ice bear. That isn’t complicated to understand.
http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/news-room/pbi-blog/scientists-speak-out-new-ipcc-report
I propose a change from climate science to climate scientology to more adequately reflect its true status.
Time: December 2009, Place: Copenhagen, Denmark. Event: UNIPCC Jamboree! Speaker: Hugo Chevas, Socialist Predient of oil rich Venezuela. Quote: “Capitalism has caused Climate Change!” Result: Standing ovation by thousands of UN delegates & bureaucrats! I can safely say where I think the level of “science” is in al this! They are unashamedly core left! It is nothing whatsoever to do with saving planet Earth at all!
“Dr. Michael Mann, Distinguished Professor and Director, Earth System Science Center
What the latest report shows is that climate change is adversely impacting us now, wherever we live. It isn’t just the Arctic and the polar bear anymore. We are now the polar bear. If we are to avert increasingly dangerous and potentially irreversible changes in our climate, we need to act now. We must transition from our reliance on fossil fuels to alternative, renewable sources of energy that do not threaten the health of our planet.[bold in original]”
Mikey: If you want the world to phase out fossil fuels in favor of poor, unreliable and intermittent energy sources like wind and solar, then why don’t you lead to the buddy? Show us way to your Utopia Mikey by renouncing your dependence of fossil fuels in your personal life and starting a new life with energy exclusively from the likes of wind and solar. Let me know how well you did so I can use you as a model and follow in your footsteps (LOL). You most certainly would want your renewable energy powered life to be the model for everyone in the world, now wouldn’t you Mikey? Your ego is certainly big enough for that.
Oh, and get yourself and electric car while you’re at it Mikey. I’m sure you can figure out a way to keep the batteries charged with wind and solar instead of those evil, horrible energy sources like fossil fuels and nuclear. And don’t worry if you find yourself in the middle of nowhere with dead batteries someday and no recharging source or capability. Maybe you should install solar panels on the car’s roof (and mini-wind turbines maybe? Just a thought.). Anyway Mikey, I’m sure you’ll figure some way of getting back home again…..maybe. What’s that Mikey? Your cell phone battery is dead too? Not to worry, you don’t really need a tow truck anyway. Hitchhiking usually works. If I see you hitchhiking as I’m driving by, I’m sure you’ll understand why I can’t and won’t pick you up. My car is fossil fuel powered, and I know you wouldn’t like that. It’s a matter of principle, isn’t it Mikey?
I don’t know how much wind and solar energy you’ll get to power your life there in the Penn State area Mikey. Again though, let me know how well you do in this new life. I really, really, really would like to hear from you. Really. /sarc.
Michael Mann says:
The planet, of course, has no “health”…and the “marks” of this CAGW sting operation have, at long last, begun to figure it out for what it is.
Some climate scientists keep getting polar bears mixed up with manbearpigs…THEY are now the manbearpigs http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/ManBearPig.JPG
“Along with steep and rapid reductions in emissions, we will need to develop plans for coping with a constantly changing world with ever new and more difficult challenges..”
Are these scientists actually suggesting that if CO2 concentrations had remained at preindustrial levels, the earth’s climate would not change?
– We have a problem. We told them that the time to act was then, otherwise it would be too late, and nobody acted. Several years have passed, so in theory now it’s already too late. How are we going to convince them to do anything at this point?
– Change the theory.
– But surely they will notice, won’t they?
– That’s something we can more or less control via moderation tools in the correct blogs.
– C’mon, you know that we do not control the most read and influential climate change blogs in the blogosphere.
– Wrong, we don’t control the most read, but we can kind of decide which ones are more influential by discrediting the others as anti-science when talking to the politicians.
– OK, if you think so…
– Try with this: “The good news, however, is that while the panel concluded the world cannot afford inaction, it emphasized we still have time to stop the worst effects of warming“.
The Socialist and Marxist control agenda is falling apart all around the world. They are trying very hard to silence all forms of real science from being seen and they are crying ‘WOLF’ in an attempt to keep others from looking closely and to keep people acting on fear alone. That alone should tell you how much of their story is true. Sadly many are content to be pushed around by feelings of dread and taking into no account the real facts of the situation.
Just one more fear and dread propagandist piece from the left wing control fanatics with no basis in reality.
We must act now. With no global warming in over 17 years our gravy train is about to come off the tracks.
The claptrap that nourishes the Kool-Aid drinkers, fills the coffers of Big Green and gets all these charlatans to their fat pension cheques. Also keeps Barack’s friend Warren moving oil and bitumen through your home town on his trains. Hasn’t quite managed to get our new US ambassador’s old firm doing with carbon trading what they did with mortgages but everyone’s putting in their best effort.
Maybe throw a virgin into a volcano for extra insurance.
Too late.
I think that species is in severe decline already.
If they are so F___ing worried about the polar bears, send a bunch to the south pole, they’d enjoy it. http://i34.tinypic.com/2qk8e38.jpg
This year, the polar bears will have enough ice.
http://earth.nullschool.net/#2014/04/19/1200Z/wind/isobaric/250hPa/orthographic=-81.70,45.40,419
My only information is from what I read. I have seen a counter argument. I have no idea which is right.
As pointed out above, polar bears have survived at least two interglacials, both warmer than today and both severely reducing Arctic sea ice. That’s the polar bear in the room being ignored.
Mann: “We must transition from our reliance on fossil fuels to alternative, renewable sources of energy that do not threaten the health of our planet.”
Well, as all the concrete, metal and glass fibre for wind turbines, silicon semiconductors for solar panels, electronics for both, and toxic chemicals for batteries – and don’t forget you need a thousand times more hardware for these than for a high density power source as you’re trying to scrape minimal amounts of energy together all over the place – as these components don’t just fall from the sky, I guess our best bet would be 1650’s Dutch windmills. They’re pretty sustainable, as long as you don’t build too many of them, you don’t wanna run out of trees.
Evanmjones,
“That’s the polar bear in the room being ignored.”
Perfect! Absolutely spot on.
Susan
Stupid fools, you must not question our Cult elders!!
Yes, children have been a primary target of the CAGW alarmists for quite some time, they are trusting and rarely ask awkward questions and challenge authority with the added effect that by the time they are adults they have been fully indoctrinated by the alarmist propaganda of CAGW.
Children identify Polar bears with cuddly toys, their emotional strings are being pulled by experts who know how to manipulate vulnerable young people.
The debate is over! The science is settled! 🙂
Alan the Brit @ur momisugly 7:20 has it right. This is a movement to crush capitalism, take over the means of production, and remove any opposition to their plans to manipulate our lives to their liking. The global warming polar bear hustle isn’t he only game in play. Right now the wolf reintroduction in the US, while initially the darling of the USFWS, has now been taken up by anti ranching, anti land ownership, anti capitalist, anti freedom collectivists. Animals make good imagery for the cause. It has an appeal that some can’t resist.
So the polar bear risks famine if the Arctic ice melts? Really? Seals are the primary prey for the bears, and seals cunningly hide their cubs at airholes in the ice for a quick escape. The polar bears equally cunningly have developed advanced tecniques for stalking and attacking these hideouts. An absence of ice will force the seals to place their offspring on solid ground, with dramatically less chance of escape. The risk of the polar bears in that situation, if any, will be obesity.
That’s it. The sky is falling. The whinging has reached a crescendo. How do we fight this when the MSM just churns out the message? One can only hope that the majority just ignore it. But they don’t.
The Polar Bear is us?
We have met the enemy, and he is Urs(us) Bog(us).
Quote Pte James Frazer, Home Guard, Walmington-on-Sea, long version:
>b>”Rubbish!”
So an increasing population of polar bears is to be ignored and predictions (which have failed so far) are more important. Typical of what passes for reasoning in the climate kook inductry.
And a suppine media simply repeats the climate kook hype without qualification, much less question.