climate change | Boneblogger: Science and the outdoors https://boneblogger.com Exploring the natural world Wed, 19 Sep 2012 00:25:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Civilization, War and Climate Change https://boneblogger.com/civilization-war-and-climate-change/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=civilization-war-and-climate-change Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:58:44 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2399 Over the years there has been growing debate over whether civilization and the environment are integrally linked. Many scientists believe this to be the case, as it appears that several major events in the history of civilization have had an impact on the environment, while major environmental changes have also altered the course of human […]

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]]> Effects of climate change on polar bears https://boneblogger.com/effects-of-climate-change-on-polar-bears/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=effects-of-climate-change-on-polar-bears Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:25:24 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1794 Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are in the news again because of dire predictions for the coming decades on their population numbers. The effects of climate change have been predicted to impact the polar regions first and most dramatically according to most models, and indeed, it is at the poles where we are recording some of […]

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]]> Public opinion and a geologic perspective on the effects of global warming https://boneblogger.com/public-opinion-and-a-geologic-perspective-on-the-effects-of-global-warming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=public-opinion-and-a-geologic-perspective-on-the-effects-of-global-warming Sun, 11 Apr 2010 02:22:57 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1046 The topic of climate change is complex and politically charged—two characteristics that guarantee confusion in the general public. Increasingly, the subject of climate change is emerging as a partisan issue, once again dividing Republican and Democrat. A recent Gallup poll shows that Americans are becoming increasingly less concerned about the threat. Forty eight percent of […]

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]]> Musk ox say no to hunting https://boneblogger.com/musk-ox-say-no-to-hunting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=musk-ox-say-no-to-hunting Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:52:33 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=896 As we face the uncertain effects of climate change ourselves in the future it is instructive to look back in time to see how other species fared. (See also a geologic perspective on the effects of climate change.) Paleontology is one of the main sciences involved in this research and so proves to be very […]

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