You just cannot make this up! Well, I can’t, anyhow, I’m not a fiction writer
(CBS News) Vucetich, of Michigan Tech University, is co-leader of a team closely monitoring Isle Royale’s moose and wolves for five decades. Both species have had ups and downs, but now may be facing their biggest threat.
Declines in pack and herd populations, coming as average temperatures have been rising, make the scientists wonder if global warming may be writing a new story line for the narrative playing out as the plane followed the hungry pack below.
Of course. It must be. Let’s ignore that pesky fact that the temperature portion of climate hasn’t changed in 10 years.
Peterson and Vucetich say the biggest long-term danger to the island’s moose is not the wolf.
Climate change is the likely culprit behind a dropoff in moose numbers over the past decade. Isle Royale is on the southern edge of their range, and recent summers have been the hottest since the study began. The moose are showing signs of stress
Proof? Reading the rest of the story, I see lots of conjecture, but no actual hard facts. Not that I am suprised, mind you.
I really have to wonder if any of the “global warming is Man’s – or Woman’s, if we want to be PC – fault and we are all going to die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” folks even understand what Climate actually is. I doubt it.
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