Threatened Polar Bears?
Evidently the EPA and the White House would have us believe that somehow polar bears are threatened by hypothetical global warming. Let’s take a look at that idea, specifically at a location called James Bay.
Where is James Bay? Take a look at a map of Canada; it's at the southern tip of Hudson's Bay, about 53 degrees north, or about 12 degrees and ~600 miles south of the Arctic Circle. On the other end, the bruins range as far north as polar pack ice--submariners tried (and rejected) polar bear steaks on one expedition back in the late 1950s.
Given the huge range of this species, I'm hard pressed to believe that 1-2C in warming would kill them off. It might force them to move north from James Bay, Ontario, but it certainly wouldn't kill them off.
Where is James Bay? Take a look at a map of Canada; it's at the southern tip of Hudson's Bay, about 53 degrees north, or about 12 degrees and ~600 miles south of the Arctic Circle. On the other end, the bruins range as far north as polar pack ice--submariners tried (and rejected) polar bear steaks on one expedition back in the late 1950s.
Given the huge range of this species, I'm hard pressed to believe that 1-2C in warming would kill them off. It might force them to move north from James Bay, Ontario, but it certainly wouldn't kill them off.
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