Just in time for Independence Day, Once Upon A Time, er, scientists say our national bird might be in trouble, unless you give up all your money and freedom
How climate change could hurt bald eagles
over the past 50 years, bald eagles in the U.S. have returned from the brink of extinction. Now, the birds perch on tree branches over rivers and lakes across much of the country.
But as the climate changes, eagles will face new challenges. For example, in some areas, more frequent droughts may threaten bodies of water that eagles depend on.
“If the area is becoming drier and if it affects its food resources such as fish in river systems then that’s going to be a big problem for the species,” says Brooke Bateman, senior scientist at the National Audubon Society.
If ifs and buts were candies and nuts we’d all have a wonderful Christmas
Bateman says global warming may also bring extreme weather with damaging winds that can endanger nests and baby birds. In the South, extreme heat could threaten the birds’ ability to reproduce.
Taking all these factors into account, the Audubon Society predicts that three-quarters of the bald eagles’ current summer range will become unsuitable for the birds in about 60 years.
“A lot of their breeding is going to shift completely into Canada and Alaska. So the lower 48 is looking less ideal for breeding conditions for the species,” Bateman says.
In Warmist World nothing ever changes or is supposed to change, which rather invalidates their extreme belief in Darwinism. Anyhow, what happens when absolutely nothing bad happens to the bald eagles?
Where does this climate science come from of this guy’s?
… but, but, wind farms killings thousands of eagles every year is no big deal. bateman considers those acceptable losses.
Kill a few eagles and kill a few whales
Renewables will send this country to hell.
Kill a few Eagles and kill a few Whales
Renewable energy will send this country to hell
Me thinks Audubon has, as usual, more agenda than facts. Until those hypocrites show concern for the millions of birds slaughtered by windmills every year, I’m not interested in what they have to say. Gee, you’d think there aren’t any lucrative government grants to study the link between windmills and bird slaughter.
Mr Teach: In Warmist World nothing ever changes or is supposed to change, which rather invalidates their extreme belief in Darwinism.
What is an “extreme belief in Darwinism”? Is Mr Teach now denying evolution? Mr Teach DOES understand that global warming is not natural, like DDT is not natural, doesn’t he? The widespread use of DDT almost ended bald eagles.
Mr Teach: Anyhow, what happens when absolutely nothing bad happens to the bald eagles?
Then the bald eagle populations will stay strong?
“Global warming is not natural..”. Uh, yes it is. 4.5 billion years of “natural” going on .
But typical- “could” hurt bald eagles. Good catch-as opposed to wind farms definitely hurting them now. But which one does the cult talk about? The “maybe” one.
The current bout of global warming is not natural, but results from greenhouse gases (CO2, methane) added to the atmosphere by human actions. One can argue that any action taken by H. sapiens, just another animal species after all, is “natural”, but that’s a stretch.
The number of eagles killed by wind farms is miniscule compared to other threats; recall that widespread DDT use in the 60s decimated eagle populations, resulting in their placement on the Endangered Species list. And in any event, eagle populations are staying healthy today, even with turbines.
Propagandists prefer to focus on the emotionally charged, e.g., an individual animal, rather than the populations.
“The current bout is not natural…” That is not known, sorry, as there’s been other periods with comparable amounts and rates.
But the best-“propagandists prefer the emotionally charged…”. I see-as opposed to the alarmist propagandists coming up with emotionally charged dire predictions almost every day? Got it!
Famed ornithologist Donald J Trump recently said, “We demand windmills be built on our oceans, our prairies, our mountains, and our plains, only to realize that they’re killing all our eagles and our birds. If you kill a bald eagle they put you in jail for five years but the windmills knock out thousands of them, nothing happens.”
Yes, wind turbines kill birds including bald and golden eagles. There’s no evidence that it is thousands of eagles. Since the US banned DDT the bald eagle population has exploded. In 1963 there were 417 total confirmed bald eagle nests in the US, now there are several hundred thousand bald eagles in the US!! Most conservatives still whine that the US ban of DDT was a tragedy.
And yes, as we install more turbines, more bald eagles will die, but the populations will stay strong.
Billions of birds die in the US each year by running into buildings, power lines, power plants, cars, cats, poisons and KFC. Wind turbines kill hundreds of eagles.
So Rimjob would that be a positive or negative feedback?
#TheScienceIsSettled
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DeepThroat: would that be positive or negative feedback?
Which part? But probably neither.
Actually the federal ban on the hunting of eagles and conservation of habitat had more of an effect on the population recovery than the banning of DDT (which chubby doesn’t wish to acknowledge).
#AnotherRimjobismExploded
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Mr DeepThroat argues against himself once again.
Rimjob’s remarks are chock-a-block with childish stupidity.
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Anyway, DeepThroat, why do you ask since you claimed feedback loops don’t exist!
Tell that to your anterior pituitary gonadotrophs!!!
Better yet! Tell it to the GnRH releasing neurons of your hypothalamic infundibular nucleus and your shrunken gonads!
Global warming is global. It’s in the name. But the effects do differ by region. The effects on the Arctic are different than the effects on Antarctica. So to, the effects in various regions of the US differ.
As the climate characteristics of the regions change so too do the flora and fauna, including carrion scavengers like our national symbol!!
As the lower 48 warms up, bald eagles will move further north. Not too surprising!
There are areas along the Mississippi River in winter where large trees are chockablock with bald eagles surveying the waters for fish. As the bodies of water change so too could the distribution of eagles. That said, bald eagles gather in the winter around open water, often below man-made dams along the Mississippi, James and White Rivers (southern MO), so they DO adapt to changing conditions, except for DDT which was an existential threat. As the US warms, they’ll move north!