Friday, October 10, 2008

GASP!: 50% of mammals in decline, AK shivers...

Extinction is a popular fear tactic among global warming proponents; they keep up the propaganda campaign, even though global mean temperatures are on the decline and there has been no warming in 10 years, even with increasing CO2 levels.

Remember, the overwhelming majority of all species that have ever lived are now extinct (long before man and long before man decided to pay attention to such things). Species go extinct without our help, and we shouldn’t charge ourselves with the silly crusade of trying to counter the natural selection process; we are stupid humans, it seems.

Look at Alaska again today (they were recently in the news complaining about the cold summer); now, they’re worried about what the winter holds—doesn’t look good. I bet they wish global warming was real. Get more fear and stupidity from our other GASP! posts and the warmlist.

Half of mammals 'in decline', says extinction 'Red List':

Half the world's mammals are declining in population and more than a third probably face extinction, said an update Monday of the "Red List," the most respected inventory of biodiversity.

A comprehensive survey of mammals included in the annual report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which covers more than 44,000 animal and plant species, shows that a quarter of the planet's 5,487 known mammals are clearly at risk of disappearing forever.

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But climate change is also emerging as a menace.

Species dependant on sea ice such as polar bears and harp seals, for example, are especially vulnerable to shrinking ice cover in the Arctic Circle.

UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER CONTINUES AT FAIRBANKS:

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 145 AM AKDT MON OCT 6 2008

...UNSEASONABLY COLD WEATHER CONTINUES AT FAIRBANKS...

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY AT THE FAIRBANKS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 31 DEGREES. THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS FALL THAT THE HIGH TEMPERATURE FAILED TO REACH THE FREEZING MARK. ON AVERAGE THE DATE OF THE FIRST DAY WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE BELOW FREEZING IS OCTOBER 11TH. SO FAR THIS MONTH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE OF 38 DEGREES WAS OBSERVED ON THE 2ND.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE SO FAR THIS MONTH OF 27.1 DEGREES IS 8.2 DEGREES BELOW THE 30-YEAR AVERAGE. IT HAS BEEN THE COLDEST FIRST 5 DAYS OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER SINCE 1992.

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