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   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.   
      
   >“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   
   >>>>> 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!   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
      
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