Climate Change vs Mother Nature: Scientists reveal that bears have stopped hibernating

Bears have stopped hibernating in the mountains of northern Spain, scientists revealed yesterday, in what may be one of the strongest signals yet of how much climate change is affecting the natural world. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Sci/Tech
Topics: Global Warming, Climate Change
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Warren Keith Wright
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by Warren Keith Wright - Oct. 1, 2008

In-depth presentation of the behavioral change in one species of bear because of shorter, and warmer, winters. What marks out this study for special consideration is the density of information and focused attention on this once-endangered type of bears, in Spain---far nearer the equator, and more temperate zones, than other types of wildlife whose activities have altered markedly in recent years. Only three experts are quoted directly, but their judgments are given in given: the head of the organization that monitors these bears; a geography professor who specializes in climate; and a scientific adviser to the British World Wide Fund for Nature. No one can claim definitively that global warming is responsible for these changes; ... More »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008
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Christophe Claude
5.0
by Christophe Claude - Oct. 1, 2008

it reports on a phenomenon on bears, makes a parallel with global warming but is carefull enough to say that the connetion is not "proven", that´s rare nowaday in journalism, specialy when fact connections appears obvious!!

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