Posted on 01/06/2011 6:59:32 PM PST by moonshinner_09
Two of California's most treasured natural settings are also among the most imperiled landscapes on Earth, as disruptive changes in climate patterns promise to melt glaciers, dry out rivers and set forests ablaze in coming generations, says a coalition of conservation, sporting and community groups.
Unless people significantly alter the way they manage water supplies and fuel their cars and homes, the Sierra Nevada and Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta will become increasingly hostile to already-dwindling wildlife and fish species, the Endangered Species Coalition said in a report released Wednesday.
Likewise for the Hawaiian Islands, Southwest deserts, Arctic sea ice and shallow-water coral reefs around the globe.
"Climate change is no longer a distant threat on the horizon," said Leda Huta, executive director of the Washington group. "It has arrived and is threatening ecosystems that we all depend upon, and our endangered species are particularly vulnerable."
In the report, "It's Getting Hot Out There," the coalition ranks the top 10 "hot spots" for vulnerable species, mostly within the United States with a few beyond. No. 1 on the list: the Arctic ice sheets where polar bears, seals, walruses and sea ducks make their home. Tropical coral reefs were second. The delta is No. 5 and the Sierra Nevada No. 6 on the list.
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OH NOOOOOOOSSSSSSSS
Perpetuating an expensive hoax certainly won’t help.
Shut up, so-called-scientists, reality-deniers. No oine trusts your so-called “expert” opinions. Most people like the warm weather.
I'm sure this is playing well now in Australia.
Apparently they didn’t get the memo........
No Global Warming threatens the Sierra Club.
But the world is constantly evolving and there isn’t anything we can do about it.
Maybe our new congress will allow these asswipes to put their money where there mouth is by Holding Congressional Hearings on Man Made Global Warming with the threat of LIFE in PRISON for Making any False or Misleading Statements after they are sworn in under OATH.
Oh, just give it up!
We know it’s a pack of lies.
We don’t fear you now.
I say they should lead the way. All of them give up their computers, cell phones, move into the same house so they stop wasting resources.
Bet they won’t. That type of thing is for us little people.
I say they should lead the way. All of them give up their computers, cell phones, move into the same house so they stop wasting resources.
Bet they won’t. That type of thing is for us little people.
Notice how it’s never the East Coast. Is that because they already lost all their diversity of species? Or is it because the people who come up with proposals to inhibit comfortable human life live on the East Coast and don’t want to cramp their own style.
How many dozens of feet of snow do they have in the Sierra Nevadas right now?
“In the report, “It’s Getting Hot Out There,”
Right now it’s 39 degrees in Sacramento. Yep, it’s sure getting hot out there.
/sarc
They tailor the message to the audience. Downunder, I’m sure the environazis are saying global, er, Climate Change is causing floods. When there are fires and drought, they just change the effects and keep the cause. It is no wonder people are getting skeptical.....as they should hve been all along.....
Uhhh, sierra snow pack is 200% of normal
Bull Obama.
Smelly Bull Obama
Sticky, smelly, Bull Obama
Septic, sticky, smelly, Bull Obama
Foul, sticky, smelly, Bull Obama.
Flush, flush, flush - it’s a long way to the White House
Bravo Sierra.
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