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Climate change may destroy tiger's home
Science Daily ^ | February 11, 2019 | by James Cook University

Posted on 02/12/2019 8:37:18 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

A James Cook University scientist says the last coastal stronghold of an iconic predator, the endangered Bengal tiger, could be destroyed by climate change and rising sea levels over the next 50 years.

"Fewer than 4,000 Bengal tigers are alive today," said JCU's Professor Bill Laurance, a co-author of the study.

"That's a really low number for the world's biggest cat, which used to be far more abundant but today is mainly confined to small areas of India and Bangladesh," he said.

"Spanning more than 10,000 square kilometres, the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh and India is the biggest mangrove forest on Earth, and also the most critical area for Bengal tiger survival," said lead-author Dr Sharif Mukul, an assistant professor at Independent University Bangladesh.

"What is most terrifying is that our analyses suggest tiger habitats in the Sundarbans will vanish entirely by 2070," said Dr Mukul.

The researchers used computer simulations to assess the future suitability of the low-lying Sundarban region for tigers and their prey species, using mainstream estimates of climatic trends from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Their analyses included factors such as extreme weather events and sea-level rise.

"Beyond climate change, the Sundarbans are under growing pressure from industrial developments, new roads, and greater poaching," said Professor Laurance.

"So, tigers are getting a double whammy -- greater human encroachment on the one hand and a worsening climate and associated sea-level rises on the other," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sciencedaily.com ...


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1 posted on 02/12/2019 8:37:18 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Tony the Tiger.


2 posted on 02/12/2019 8:39:35 AM PST by Track9 (Conservatives like underdogs, progressive like victims.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So poachers aren’t the problem.


3 posted on 02/12/2019 8:40:20 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You lost me at IPCC.


4 posted on 02/12/2019 8:41:11 AM PST by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How bout cutting all the trees down and putting up a solar farm. That’ll fix it


5 posted on 02/12/2019 8:41:25 AM PST by Track9 (Conservatives like underdogs, progressive like victims.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The tiger should talk to the three little pigs about what happened to two of their homes due to supermicro-climate change.

6 posted on 02/12/2019 8:42:37 AM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: Track9

A little purposeful ambiguity:

“A James Cook University scientist says the last coastal stronghold of an iconic predator,”

The “last coastal stronghold” is not the “coastal, last stronghold.”

The Bengal tiger doesn’t live on coasts.


7 posted on 02/12/2019 8:43:54 AM PST by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
And at the very same time as they are trying to get us to emote so that we will lose all common sense, human babies are being slaughtered and their body parts are being sold to the highest bidder.

You know, Climate Change is also detrimental to human babies in the womb.

Pass it on.

8 posted on 02/12/2019 8:45:10 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Wasn’t cc going to DESTROY THE WORLD?


9 posted on 02/12/2019 8:48:47 AM PST by Cassius Flavia Agrippa
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To: Cassius Flavia Agrippa

Yes. I think a couple of our deadlines have already passed.


10 posted on 02/12/2019 8:51:36 AM PST by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The tiger’s home is being destroyed?

Let’s send Jimmy Carter over there to build him a new one.

Nobody can pound a screw like old Jimmy.


11 posted on 02/12/2019 8:53:18 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You have to read between the lines with this stuff.

“A James Cook University scientist wants a 10 million dollar grant to study tigers.” lol


12 posted on 02/12/2019 8:58:15 AM PST by Openurmind
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To: dangus

Yup. Somewhere someplace something is dying and it’s not FAIR.


13 posted on 02/12/2019 8:59:26 AM PST by Track9 (Conservatives like underdogs, progressive like victims.)
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To: Cassius Flavia Agrippa

Exactly. If it’s going to destroy the whole world, the tiger will be the least of my worries!


14 posted on 02/12/2019 9:00:02 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So, where are the pics of the lonely tiger floating away on a melting iceber.................. Oh, wrong critter.


15 posted on 02/12/2019 9:01:44 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; Bender2; Impy

Oh, NOEZ!

Not Cincy!


16 posted on 02/12/2019 9:06:03 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Where will the people of Detroit live?


17 posted on 02/12/2019 9:06:56 AM PST by gathersnomoss (Grace and Dignity Will Win The Day.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Any news article that claims something “may” happen is not reporting but is propaganda. They are not trying to inform, they are trying to influence.


18 posted on 02/12/2019 9:10:02 AM PST by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Surely we can find homes for 4,000 tigers?


19 posted on 02/12/2019 9:10:16 AM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; All

Whem it comes to climate unfortunately this publication fully supports man made globbuls%^& and will only publish “stuff” that supports it. They have yet to announce how man can control solar energy cycles or wandering earth’s magnetic poles .


20 posted on 02/12/2019 9:15:44 AM PST by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting here for the record)
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