Four mountain gorillas were found dead in Rwanda’s Karisimbi area, and extreme cold is the suspected culprit, the New Times (Rwanda) reported.
In addition to endangered gorilla deaths, in Florida this past winter over 200 manatees died from COLD STRESS, surpassing the previous RECORD deaths from cold (56) LAST winter. Manatees are a THREATENED species.
The mountain gorillas, a female and three infants, were found dead between May 16 and May 17, the Kigali-based newspaper said. Mountain gorillas are a CRITICALLY ENDANGERED species.
Where is the human hero for these humble hominids? Where is their Al Gore-illa with altered global Al-Gore-ithms?
Climate change is not the 800 pound gorilla in the room.
Anthropomorphic Global Warming is not in the room either.
Perhaps we should be more concerned about Hypothermic Gorilla Warming.
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Throughout this long cold winter I have been wondering where all the global warming is when you really need it. I suspect that there are warm spots and cold spots. The politicization of issues such as this makes all announcements suspect.
ReplyDeleteJoel Worley
Colorado Springs
Here's another blogger I follow:
ReplyDeletehttp://pgosselin.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/bring-in-the-bulldozers/
Here's a good example of an "Urban Heat Index" anomaly.
ReplyDeletehttp://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/05/13/where-the-is-svalbards-weather-station/