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On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:51:53 -0800, Dude wrote:
>On 2/2/2026 3:33 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>> On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 15:00:44 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/2/2026 2:12 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>> You could start by eliminating coal burning as a source for producing
>>> energy. It's your choice.
>>
>> lf I had the power to do that, I certainly would.
>>
>Shut down the Canadian steel industry?
There are other ways.
>
>>> “We have a credibility problem, all of us: We’re talking and we’re
>>> starting to act, but we’re not doing enough.” - Al Gore
>>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>> I'll start acting like it's a crises, when people like
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