April 12, 2007 - 2:28pm | sdp151

Climate Change?

The earth has previously gone through "warming" and "cooling" periods. Quit trying to blame the burning of fossil fuels, or all the SUV's running around.
Are you just dense on this climate change thing, or do you only pay attention to what Gore wants you to hear? Maybe the sun is getting warmer!!!

Last week it was in the news that the polar ice caps are melting on MARS - we don't have any SUV's up there, and we sure aren't burning fossil fuels up there either.

Nobody saved the dinosaurs, why do we concern ourselves with saving every known creature today? If you want to see what else is out there (like all these NEW species they keep finding) maybe we need to do a little house cleaning. Make room for something new, who knows what's deep in the areas we haven't seen.
There's creatures that were stated to be "extinct" that were recently discovered. Just because something is "endangered" doesn't mean it will become "extinct", and just because they say something is "extinct" doesn't mean it isn't out there hiding somewhere. You should open your eyes sometime, you might see something interesting, like the Giant Squid they claimed didn't exist (Just goes to show scientists don't know as much as we give them credit for).

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  April 22, 2007 - 9:07pm | antiresonance

I wish you were right

It would make me feel so much better if your argument was valid. Unfortunately, we all know better. The polar ice caps, which have been frozen solid for the past 100,000 years, will no longer be in 100 years (see ACIA Report Link, below). We do have natural cycles of warming and cooling, but unfortunately, we are accelerating them and causing mass extinctions. This is the beginning of the end, and not just for sea otters and polar bears.

Consider what organizations have to gain when they deny global warming; they are pulling the proverbial wool over the eyes of many Americans. Please read the Artic Climate Impact Accessment at http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/science/arctic-climate-impact-assessment.html
the report was put together by hundreds of scientists with their research findings from all over the globe, with nothing to gain from the results of the study.

In the very least, as adults discussing complicated issues, we should all cite our sources when taking a stance on a issue, especially when much scientific evidence from reputable sources exists backing it. If you can find an equally valid source with hundreds of scientists (with nothing to gain, working for themselves and not coorporations) attesting to the "natural" causation of this crazy weather, I would feel much better.

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  April 23, 2007 - 8:22am | sdp151

One more

From Alaska...

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF14/1409.html

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  April 23, 2007 - 7:50am | sdp151

Forget Earth

How are we helping the ice caps on Mars melt?

*I* have nothing to gain by denying global warming, but I cannnot believe humans are responsible when it's happening on another planet! It's sad to see how many people are believing what we're told to belive. Did you forget about volcanos, and how many gases they release?

PLEASE realize that it's not just earth that is warming, AND you can't blame humans if it's happening where there are NO humans or SUV's or factories:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/07aug_southpole.htm

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070228-mars-warming.html

Just as the earth has cycles, so does mars and the sun.... I'd watch the scientist you listen to, most of the are paid for.

Here's a link on a show that I wish could have been aired in the USA, guess we're not as free as we think if we can't see this one!!!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54737

If you need more you should pay more attention to the news, they always have stories about how our scientists aren't allowed into certain countries because we refuse to listen to their scientists about global warming. America is more communist then you think, or are willing to realize if you think humans are the cause of global warming!!

And just incase you're on the "Al Gore Bandwagon":

http://www.independentconservative.com/2006/06/15/global_warming_nuts/

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  April 16, 2007 - 12:05pm | wtf_wwjd

What the..

One can't help but wonder where you get your information. The Giant Squid has always been known to exist. Sucker marks have been and are observed on the skin of Sperm Whales that feed on them. The beaks of these squid are found in the Sperm Whales stomaches. Dead specimens of Giant Squid have washed ashore around the globe including our own Aleutian Islands. The only thing missing was that a live specimen had not been captured until recently. It was much needed by the scientific community. Dead and decomposing specimens are not as useful for study. However, there is enough information about the Giant Squid to know that the reason they are not being exploited as a food source, is because the flesh contains a high amount of ammonia (urine). So who claimed they "didn't exist?" Why didn't you at least Google "Giant Squid" and learn something before you wrote? Maybe you should open your eyes and quit jumping on everyone who doesn't agree with you.

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  April 17, 2007 - 4:11pm | sdp151

Wow.... really, WOW!

First you say "The only thing missing was that a live specimen"

then you say "the reason they are not being exploited as a food source, is because the flesh contains a high amount of ammonia"

I would think they weren't a food source because we couldn't find a live one....

Before you tell me to google something, you should google it yourself. Here's my first google result:

"Giant squid, once believed to be mythical creatures"

Oh hey, look at this other site...

"Encounters with this huge invertebrate have always been rare--and distant. And only recently has there been scientific evidence to dispute the legends."

Get your info straight before you tell me to, and if you can't do that, maybe you should find the SUV's we have on Mars that are melting the polar ice caps up there.

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  April 17, 2007 - 6:23pm | wtf_wwjd

Congratulations! I knew you could Google.

I will take to heart any valid criticism from people I write to. But I will not apologize if I, or anyone else, fails to decipher your tirades. You really say some strange things. It did not take a live specimen fo biologists to learn about the high ammonia content. The dead specimens were enough to learn that part. If the Giant Squid had been edible, you can bet your bum that commercial fishermen would have found a way to find and catch them. The Giant Squid would then have been heavily exploited and served in sushi bars around the world. So how long ago was the Giant Squid considered "Mythical"? The largest one,(not the first one), was found beached in 1887. So they were known of before that. I do not consider more than a hundred years of knowledge about the Giant Squid, to be "recent". You are trying to compare what people knew about the world hundreds of years ago, to what they know now. You are doing it to discredit modern scientists because you don't believe that humans are causing global warming. More power to you. But it is very unethical and misleading so don't be surprised when someone takes offense. SUV's on Mars? Where did that come from? Did I say I believe in global warming? Are you on crack? Go ahead, you get the last word.

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  April 19, 2007 - 9:08pm | mcaress

Looks like SDP151 left a few

Looks like SDP151 left a few sucker marks on you.

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  April 14, 2007 - 8:41am | bertmaxak

The Sky is Falling!

It amazes me how many people are falling for this "human-caused" global warming crap. One volcano can pump out more green house gases than all the humans in history, yet we're the cause? The oceans pump out more CO2 in a year than all our factories, yet man is the culprit? People want to believe they can control their destiny, that they can control the planet. Sure, let's stop those earthquakes while we're at it too. If people did just a little research (instead of acting like lemmings) they would easily find the facts that the earth is changing -- with our without us. Better to get ready for it instead of whining about it, or asking the government to fix it. As far as the otters go, the only inprovement on this scenario would be if they were edible.

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  April 15, 2007 - 12:01pm | snowbunnie

You said it!!

I wouldn't say people need to do any research though, I'm sure a trip back to school would enlighten them to prior warming and cooling periods the earth has gone through, not to mention there were less people, and no SUV's at those times!!!
I'm glad to see there are a few people out there that actually understand global warming is not human caused. You said my favorite argument, "What about the volcanos?" When one of them goes off what do humans do? Cover their noses and mouths being the ash is so deadly. If it's deadly to humans, why wouldn't it be deadly towards the earth? Like you said, get ready for it, because there is no fix.

As for the otters, I haven't tried to eat one, but I would if it came down to it!!

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  April 16, 2007 - 12:22pm | wtf_wwjd

Word games

I have no problem with this issue. What I have a problem with is people that play games with words, and think the rest of us are too stupid to notice. I guess I did not kill that dog when I ran over it, I "Harvested" it. Thanks for pointing that out. You have now joined the ranks of others that have played the same game. Two examples are: Frank Murkowski's "It's not a tax, it's a user fee" and the recent fish and game comment: "It's not a bounty, it's an incentive." Please.

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  April 19, 2007 - 9:05am | bigred06

WTF

Harvest: [hahr-vist] v, to catch, take, or remove for use
Kill: [kil] v, to commit murder

I didn't really think that I had to define the words for you, but as you can see to "harvest" (key word being "use") an animal is totally different than to say that the animals are being "killed". I guess you thought that you were smarter than the rest of us, but really you're just not that great on the uptake. Oh, I'm sorry, do I need to explain that concept to you too?

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  April 10, 2007 - 1:54pm | michael_boshears

Deal With It

You're right-every species goes through the process, even humans. But we call it homicide or genocide and frown on it. Oh, we don't actually DO anything about it most times. And I agree with you, what's the big deal? Clubs or bullets; dead is dead. Gosh, I'll bet you wouldn't feel any different if it was family member who, starving and too weak to protest, was clubbed to death. Let's look on the bright side: We're preserving cultural traditions. And that's
far more important than promoting humane treatment, compassion, kindness or heaven forbid, respect for life.

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  April 10, 2007 - 9:14pm | bigred06

Wow you really missed the

Wow you really missed the point, didn't you? You're so ignorant you think I was talking about murder or genocide? I don't know how you were raised but I was taught to do more than FROWN on genocide or murder. Why don't you stop being such a bigot and get used to the fact that SUBSISTENCE is a way of life and is LEGAL. If you don't like it buddy, why don't you just take your "respect for life" and move to Africa?

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  April 10, 2007 - 7:57pm | mcaress

Do you really think a club

Do you really think a club is less effective than a gun? Dead is dead. These people are not wasting an opportunity. Would you set and watch the otters starve? Is that compassionate? Kind? Or, heaven forbid, respectful of their life? Maby you could go to Africa and promote humane treatment, compassion, kindness and respect for life, with your own kind, HUMANS. Or is it "only family members need apply"!

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  April 9, 2007 - 4:45pm | mcaress

Try and catch a otter with

Try and catch a otter with your bare hands, you'll soon find out how "helpless" these animals are!

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  April 12, 2007 - 2:30pm | sdp151

Warming?!?!

It was awful chilly in Anchorage this winter...

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