Thursday, February 11, 2010

Twitter / Dave Gaukroger: [Are starfish climate realists]
Starfish don't have brains. (Incidentally, they are the only species on earth which denies that Climate Change is real)
Flashback: Starfish, stone crabs latest beached victims of lengthy cold snap » TCPalm.com
Starfish and stone crabs have been washing up more than usual on the Space and Treasure coasts this week, the latest suspected victims of the recent cold snap.
India: Manushi wins in HC against overuse of private transport
"Planet Earth seems to be running out of options unless unorthodox and sometimes unpopular policies are pursued. Whatever be... the exact extent of global warming, the signs are self evident — erratic weather patterns, drying rivers and a depleting water table, food insecurity, retreating glaciers, drastically reducing forest cover," the bench said, adding that the first meeting of the task force would be convened within eight weeks.
Cold snap killed many pythons in Everglades - BostonHerald.com
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Vultures circled over Everglades National Park’s Anhinga Trail, where thousands of dead non-native fish floated in the marshes.

About half the Burmese pythons found in the park in the past few weeks were dead.
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Wyatt said scientists are downplaying the effect of cold weather on the pythons because that would undermine their ability to win grants to study a problem that has received international publicity.

"It’s all about money," he said. "It’s very little to do with the truth of fundamental problems on the ground."
Flashback: Pythons invade with Global Warming! // Current
As climate change warms the nation, giant Burmese pythons could colonize one-third of the USA, from San Francisco across the Southwest, Texas and the South and up north along the Virginia coast, according to U.S. Geological Survey maps released Wednesday.

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