Actually, I'm not sure if that's the reason some 80% of a 300 species survey are moving north in Britain, but I could have given any other reason besides climate change, and still be within the scope of the research study. A study put out by a conservation biologist, describes a "mass migration" of 240 species of flora and fauna northward, on average of 40 to 60 miles during the last 25 years. No other speculation for causes besides global warming are put forth in the story. Not increased pollution from southern cities, not urban encroachment into habitats, not animal conservation policies changing species demographics and populations, not hitchhiking species. Nope, it's gotta be global warming. That half a degree celsius must really be painful to those ferns and foxes.
Otta:
ReplyDeleteYup, it's definitely ManBearPig! I'm totally serial!
What I didn't like about the article was that they talked about scary global warming instead of how the data was gathered, which animals have moved and how far, and that a conservation biologist was an expert on climate change.
Where's the objectivity?
Silly me.
ReplyDeleteI thought teh Sun caused global warming, like in teh daylight hours.