Muller on MSNBC – what he didn’t say was interesting | Watts Up With That?

To my surprise, when questioned on the issue, he didn’t list station quality as one of the things he ruled out. I think my message was delivered.

Polar Bear Blog – Grolar Bears In the News | Polar Bear Alley – Guide to the Polar Bears of Churchill

Since the first polar bear-grizzly hybrid was killed by a group of hunter tourists in 2006, there has been much talk of how the Grolar Bear was a worrisome sign and evidence of a warming arctic. I agreed with much of this until I visited the community of Ulukhaktok on Banks Island in 2008 and the real story was explained.
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The resident grizzly population is actually the result of a late spring not a warming arctic. The northwest passage narrows as it flows between Victoria Island and mainland Canada, at some points it is only 25 miles wide. There is an abundance of barrenground grizzlies near Paulatuk and Kugluktuk. One spring some of these grizzlies just walked across the ice to Victoria Island. With plenty of habitat and pretty available, there was not much reason to go back.
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Grizzlies are increasingly being seen on the sea ice in the western Arctic, likely hunting seals.

Twitter / drsimevans: @carbonbrief the ECC Committee ...

@carbonbrief the ECC Committee inquiry on #shale gas seems to have forgotten half the brief: all 'E' and no 'CC'?!