Endangered species.

[percysunshine]

Species have been endangered for billions of years. The rock record is littered with them. It is called 'evolution'. Entirely normal.

 

[Dot Com]

What does this have to do with ANWR?

ANWR is an area adjacent to an oil field that the deniers haven't got their hands on yet. Flora & fauna exist there & its a migration point as are many other points on the globe.

you ever been to Alaska dots?

I've been all over the world steph. Asia, The ME, Africa, Australia, Polynesia, The Sandwich Islands, etc...

 

[gallantwarrior]

No echo here...

It's the coastal plain of ANWR. The actual location of proposed drilling. A 2,000 acre pin prick on the ANWR map.

That is a fact totally disregarded by anti-human libturd preservationists.

I have been to the Brooks Range, source of most photos of ANWR. I can vouch for the fact that human artifacts of modern origin can be found in places most would be surprised to find them. So much for 'untouched' wilderness.
As for that rumored 2.5 mile zone observed by the animals...that's total bullshit. I have seen some of the biggest, best trophy caribou bulls browsing next to the roads, buildings, and even on the airport at Deadhorse (Prudhoe Bay). Animals have an uncanny ability to find places where hunting is not permitted.

 

[gallantwarrior]

ANWR is an area adjacent to an oil field that the deniers haven't got their hands on yet. Flora & fauna exist there & its a migration point as are many other points on the globe.

you ever been to Alaska dots?

I've been all over the world steph. Asia, The ME, Africa, Australia, Polynesia, The Sandwich Islands, etc...

The question was: "you ever been to Alaska...?"

 

[bripat9643]

so, since no humans are there its no BFD to despoil it? WRONG DENIERS!!!

Again:

What species could we possibly lose by drilling on 2% of an empty wasteland?

 

[waltky]

Almost half of all saigas die off...

Signs of the Times? 60,000 Antelopes Mysteriously Die in Four Days 9/4/2015 | In May 2015, nearly half of all the saigas, a critically endangered antelope that roams the steppe of Kazakhstan, died off. Exactly why is still a mystery.

At first, the saiga deaths didn't seem that strange. After all, there were a few limited die-offs in previous years. The problem escalated when it didn't stop at just a few saigas; according to news reports, an entire herd of 60,000 died off within four days. It wasn't just one herd either—multiple herds were afflicted. 148,000 were dead within a few weeks.

When the month of June came, the saiga die-off stopped just as quickly as it began. The remaining population behaved normally. And scientists were left with a complicated situation to figure out. Geoecologist Steffen Zuther told LiveScience, "The extent of this die-off, and the speed it had, by spreading throughout the whole calving herd and killing all the animals, this has not been observed for any other species. It's really unheard of."

Half the saiga population mysteriously died within a few weeks.

Some scientists have speculated that bacterial overgrowth, caused by eating too much greenery, might be the culprit, but recent analysis has not supported this theory. Another theory is that mothers' milk may have become toxic; that would explain high levels of female and young calf deaths.

Recent research have identified the toxin Pasteurella multocida in the animals. At first glance, this toxin appears to have caused massive internal bleeding, which led to the herd's death. There's only one problem: Pasteurella is typically harmless and even common among saigas. Furthermore, none of the available theories explain why any infection would have spread so quickly and been so abnormally fatal. Richard Kock, a wildlife veterinarian who accompanied the research team, was mystified. He told Nature, "'I have worked in veterinary diseases all my career and I have never seen 100 per cent mortality."

Signs of the Times? 60,000 Antelopes Mysteriously Die in Four Days

 

[waltky]

Trees can be endangered species too...

More than half of Amazon tree species seen at risk of extinction
20 Nov.`15 | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South America's vast Amazon region harbors one of the world's most diverse collection of tree species, but more than half may be at risk for extinction due to ongoing deforestation to clear land for farming, ranching and other purposes, scientists say.

Researchers said on Friday that if recent trends continued, between 36 and 57 percent of the estimated 15,000 Amazonian tree species likely would qualify as threatened with extinction under criteria used by the group that makes such determinations, the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The study covered roughly 2.1 million square miles (5.5 million square km) spanning Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. The researchers analyzed Amazonian forest surveys and data on current and projected deforestation areas. "Many of the species that we suggest may be threatened are used by Amazonian residents on a daily basis, and many others are crucial to Amazonian economies," conservation ecologist Nigel Pitman of the Field Museum in Chicago.

Traditional slash and burn agriculture is shown in central Guyana​

These range from wild populations of economically important food crops like the Brazil nut, açaí fruit and heart of palm, to valuable timber species, to several hundred species that Amazonian residents depend upon for fruits, seeds, thatch, medicines, latex and essential oils, Pitman said. The trees also are important in their ecosystems for erosion control and climate moderation, Pitman said. "Scientists have been raising the alarm about Amazonian deforestation for several decades, and projections indicate that forest loss will continue for the foreseeable future," said forest ecologist Hans ter Steege of the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands. "The good news is that over the last 10 years the rate of forest loss in the Amazon has dropped dramatically."

Amazonian forests have been shrinking since the 1950s as people cut and burn areas for farming, ranching and development. Until now, there has been no reliable estimate of how many tree species were threatened with extinction. "Yes, the threats are daunting, but it's important to remember that more than 85 percent of forests in the greater Amazon are still standing," Pitman said. The researchers said Amazon parks, reserves and indigenous territories, if managed well, should be able to protect most of the threatened species. Previous research found Amazon forests already have dwindled by about 12 percent and will decline up to another 28 percent by 2050. The research was published in the journal Science Advances.

More than half of Amazon tree species seen at risk of extinction

 

[Dot Com]

Heard talk of the Repubs desire to exploit the Artic Refuge and it reminded me of the deniers disregard for anything not able to hire counsel.

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What does this have to do with ANWR?

ANWR is an area adjacent to an oil field that the deniers haven't got their hands on yet. Flora & fauna exist there & its a migration point as are many other points on the globe.

And you're inferring that oil and gas operations would disrupt the flora and fauna?

 

[Dot Com]

And you're inferring that oil and gas operations would disrupt the flora and fauna?

ummm..... yes? Mr. H.

 

[Dot Com]

what is it w/ waltky and her necro thread-bumping?

 

[IsaacNewton]

Ignore the denier cult.

Reality is soon enough going to make every single human being alive just how horrendous Global Warming is and is going to be. The science was settled 15 years ago, Global Warming is real and accelerating.

Deniers are to be ignored, they are ignorants.

 

[MeBelle]

what is it w/ waltky and her necro thread-bumping?

Heard talk of the Repubs desire to exploit the Artic Refuge and it reminded me of the deniers disregard for anything not able to hire counsel.

News Photo Galleries & Slideshows - Yahoo! News

What does this have to do with ANWR?

ANWR is an area adjacent to an oil field that the deniers haven't got their hands on yet. Flora & fauna exist there & its a migration point as are many other points on the globe.

And you're inferring that oil and gas operations would disrupt the flora and fauna?

To prove what an ass-hat you are ♥ True story.

 

[Dot Com]

:yawn: You hate the environment and those that depend upon it for their survival too?

I also see big Urn gave you a "like" for that as well. Birds of a feather.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

deforestation is a primary culprit. That removes the sink for carbon too Hear that Frank?!!!

D'OH!!

 

[Ernie S.]

I love the environment. I own a lot of it. I just hate the EPA.

 

[Dot Com]

what are you saying Frank57?

 

[martybegan]

ANWR is an area adjacent to an oil field that the deniers haven't got their hands on yet. Flora & fauna exist there & its a migration point as are many other points on the globe.

And you're inferring that oil and gas operations would disrupt the flora and fauna?

yes. the pipelines, associated spills, and emissions wouldn't bode well for an area untouched for millions of years.

I understand your concern, but I believe the benefits far outweigh those risks.

And there are ways to exploit resources that minimize the impact of the work being done, but the all or nothing watermelon crowd can't have that.

It's the same line of thought that makes these idiots oppose regulated hunting of older members of species trying to be saved. People are willing to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to bag one of these things, hunts can be arranged to limit it to only non-breeding members of the specie, and limits can be severely enforced.

But no, knee jerk bans on big game trophies being returned makes people feel like they are doing something, and the hunts stop, and the money dries up, and the locals go from seeing the animals as a resource, and back to seeing them as a nuisance. or worse they still see them as a resource, and a black market develops that doesn't care about the survival of the specie.

 

[Crick]

Or ecotourism develops and the locals realize live healthy animals will put money in their pockets.

 

[Dot Com]

These 18 photos of grizzly bears will make you want to get in your car and drive to Yellowstone right now

One of those key foods is whitebark pine seeds. Within the last decade, the 18 million-acre whitebark pine forest ecosystem has collapsed—it's functionally extinct as a reliable food source. Climate change has exacerbated insect infestation so we're now getting two beetle reproductive cycles in the course of a single year, when in the past we might get one.

 

[martybegan]

Ignore the denier cult.

Reality is soon enough going to make every single human being alive just how horrendous Global Warming is and is going to be. The science was settled 15 years ago, Global Warming is real and accelerating.

Deniers are to be ignored, they are ignorants.

Sounds like you are denouncing heretics.

THE ALGORE WILL COME AND SMITE THE UNBELIEVING, WITH WEATHER!!!