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   On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 17:42:05 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
      
   >On 2/2/2026 4:42 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >> 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.   
      
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