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On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 13:31:37 -0800, Dude wrote:
>On 2/2/2026 10:05 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 09:33:48 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/2/2026 8:56 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 14:25:30 +0000, Julian
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Polar bears are getting fatter in the fastest-warming place on Earth
>>>>> Shrinking sea ice has made life harder for polar bears in many parts of
>>>>> the Arctic, but the population in Svalbard seems to be thriving
>>>>>
>>>>> Polar bears have been getting fatter even as sea ice disappears in
>>>>> Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, the fastest-warming place on Earth – but
>>>>> scientists don’t expect the good times to last.
>>>>>
>>>>> The northern Barents Sea, which stretches between Svalbard and Russia’s
>>>>> Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean, has been heating up seven times
>>>>> faster than the globe as a whole. The sea ice around Svalbard lasts two
>>>>> months less in winter and spring than it did two decades ago. Bears now
>>>>> have to swim 200 to 300 kilometres between hunting grounds on the ice
>>>>> and snow dens on the islands where they give birth.
>>>>>
>>>>> But the average size and weight of the Svalbard bears have increased
>>>>> since 2000, a finding that surprised Jon Aars at the Norwegian Polar
>>>>> Institute, who led the study.
>>>>>
>>>>> “We should think about this as good news for Svalbard,” he says. “But if
>>>>> you want bad news, you can just go and look somewhere else where you
>>>>> have very, very firm evidence that climate change is impacting polar
>>>>> bears negatively.”
>>>>>
>>>>> This wide-ranging, solitary predator is split into 20 populations across
>>>>> the far north, where it is extremely difficult to count. While its
>>>>> numbers are declining in parts of Alaska, Canada and Greenland, they
>>>>> appear to be stable or increasing in other places. For nine of the
>>>>> populations, data is too sparse to say.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Barents Sea population, which was estimated at 1900 to 3600 bears
>>>>> two decades ago, is thought to be stable or perhaps even growing.
>>>>> Starting in 1995, Aars and his colleagues tranquilised 770 bears with
>>>>> dart guns from helicopters. They hopped out onto the snow or ice to
>>>>> measure their length and, to estimate weight, their girth at the chest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trend analysis showed this body condition decreased until 2000, then
>>>>> increased until the end of observations in 2019.
>>>>>
>>>>> In the spring, when ringed seals give birth to pups on the sea ice,
>>>>> polar bears hunt them to build up stores of fat for the ice-free months.
>>>>> Aars and his colleagues believe the shrinking ice area may be making
>>>>> these seals easier to find.
>>>>>
>>>>> The bears are also exploiting new food sources. The approximately 250
>>>>> individuals that remain on the islands when the ice recedes may be
>>>>> hunting more bearded seals along the coast, as well as harbour seals,
>>>>> which are spreading to Svalbard as the climate warms.
>>>>>
>>>>> These “local bears” are increasingly ransacking duck and geese colonies
>>>>> for eggs, and they have been seen chasing down reindeer from a growing
>>>>> cervid population. The carcasses of walruses, another species that is
>>>>> increasing there, can provide weeks of feasting.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Alec Luhn / New Scientist
>>>>
>>>> So it appears that the warming can no longer be dismissed as a hoax.
>>>>
>>> Thank you for reminding us of that!
>>>
>>> Not sure this is still an issue these days. Almost everyone wants
>>> cleaner air, with less smog from vehicles and factories.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps soon, people will realize that whether or not the change is
>>>> man made,
>>>>
>>> The hoax was the belief that humans can change the weather, one way or
>>> the another. Global warming could be the result of sun flares.
>>
>> Like your idea that maybe there is no real answer to whether a person
>> knows the difference between right or wrong. But the fact is that
>> there is a yes/no answer and that is what the judge and jury will need
>> to hear.
>>
>> But for you, as long as it suits what you want to believe.
>>
>> Yes, there are somethings that can be done, and we know what that is.
>> But guys like you cripple our ability to do those things.
>>
>>> there is something people can do to lessen the effect.
>>>> Perhaps, maybe.
>>>>
>>> The real issue, is the moral flag waving. Almost everyone exhales and
>>> eats beef. Some of your best friends probably drive ice cars and buy
>>> imported dolls.
>>
>> None of which has anything to do with what can be done.
>>
>Admit it. You eat beef and drive an ice car. Wheres Nick?
> >
>
>>> If this is such an important issue, why are some countries still
>>> powering energy from coal, instead of clean energy from nuclear?
>>
>> Many were headed that way until himbo came along. And no nuclear
>> energy is also not clean. But it is a different kind of dirty.
>>
>Trump has nothing to do with your use, or not, of pollution producing
>agents like gasoline or coal produced electricity. Just turn your light
>off and stay home. You are on your own, how far you want to go. Recycle
>your plastic, if you wan to.
The problem arises when most of us start doing the same thing. My
participation in that or not has zero effect on the problem. But it
does make you good to feel excused from attempts to actually make a
difference.
> > >> I'll start acting like it's a crises, when people like
>>> Noah start acting like it's a crises!
>>
>> You don't fool me, you have no such intention. Otherwise, you would
>> not be worried about whether I agree or not, you would simply do the
>> right thing.
>>
>While thermal coal (for electricity) is being phased out in Canada,
>metallurgical coal remains essential for steel production.
>
>Oh! Great! Now you want to kill the Canadian steel industry. Good work!
> >
>
>>> Chinese industry heavily relies on coal for energy, with coal still
>>> accounting for roughly 60% of the country's total energy supply and over
>>> half of its electricity generation as of 2023-2024.
>>>
>>> As of 2024, coal provides approximately 8% of total primary energy
>>> consumption in the U.S.
>>
>> To our eternal damnation.
> >
>Compared to 60% dependency on coal for energy in China. Do you see a
>pattern here?
--
Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain
Don't get political with me young man
or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
<<>> to <<>>
Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
dares: Ned
does not dare: Julian shrinks in horror and warns others away
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