Because -there’s no other possible explanation- global warming must be to blame.
Eric Worrall writes: In a sign that the climate alarmist camp has not only jumped the shark, but danced an intricate ballet while taking the leap, we now have the latest sign of the end times – global warming is being blamed for a gathering of walrus.
Apparently an estimated 35,000 walrus have gathered on Alaskan beaches, allegedly because they can’t find enough ice.
In the unenlightened old days, the appearance of 35,000 walrus would have been a cause for optimism, evidence that the species was doing well. But in this age of post normal science, such an event has to be interpreted as a portent of global warming – and so, by definition, it must be spooky and bad.
According to the WWF;
“The walruses are telling us what the polar bears have told us and what many indigenous people have told us in the high Arctic, and that is that the Arctic environment is changing extremely rapidly and it is time for the rest of the world to take notice and also to take action to address the root causes of climate change.”
If only we all had the ability to listen to the Walrus, like the WWF – the world would be a very different place.
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Also, this explanation is on the Norwegian Polar Institute site:
“Walruses were once very abundant in the Svalbard Archipelago. However, they were hunted virtually to extinction in Svalbard during three and a half centuries of heavy commercial exploitation. Ivory was a valuable trade item and walrus haul out sites were very easily exploited. Walruses became protected 1952 inSvalbard, when it is likely that only a few hundred remained. Despite 50 years of protection, walrus numbers are still low in Svalbard and they remain on the Norwegian National Red List. However, walrus numbers are increasing and they are starting to haul out in sites on land that have not been used for many decades. In August 2006 a survey was conducted of all known (past and present) haul-out sites within Svalbard. Together with information from a satellite-tagging programme, which allowed for the calculation of an adjustment factor that accounted for the proportion of animals that were out swimming when the photographic survey of haulouts took place, the Svalbard subpopulation was estimated to be 2,500 walruses.”
Note the statement about haul outs “…in sites on land that have not been used for many decades.”
Chumley says that the Greenies don’t have a clue about what makes walruses tick.
Just watched a news item on Sky News that was just a PR piece for the WWF. Polar Bear population declining, melting ice, record numbers of Walrus on a beach never seen before, animals in danger of drowning, blah…blah…blah. Pretty much says it all.
No science. No history. No accuracy. No journalism.
This story featured on all media outlets here in Australia over the last couple of days. Shocking misinformation.
The Polar Bears were telling me that they were mighty happy that the Arctic sea ice was melting more n’ more each year. I asked them why and they told me that the melting sea ice forces the female seals to come ashore to birth their pups.
HA, …. Mother Nature’s Polar Bear Welfare Program, …. HUH?
Instead of those bears having to hunt for their food, …… their food now comes to them.
Eritas
And they claim WE’RE the purveyor ls of disinformation… smh!
It appears about right every year,Breeding season yet again!
Yumm… BBQ Walrus.
I will throw them on the BBQ with Polar Bears and Penguins.
Walrus and Polar Bears are 2 of the most viscous ‘animals’ ever..
Cold Climate