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Dangerous animals—bears

Greg — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:59:48 +0000

Truth is stranger than fiction. The most recent human fatality caused by a bear took place in the wilds of Ohio. Well, sort of the wilds—just outside of Cleveland. It seems that a young man, Brent Kandra, was tending to a captive bear when the bear attacked and killed him. The bear was owned by […]

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Effects of climate change on polar bears

Greg — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 02:25:24 +0000

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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Polar Bear populations

Greg — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:25:24 +0000

In an earlier post about the effects of climate change I made the point that there is a lack of intellectual honesty in the political climate change debate and a comment on that article provides a perfect example. The commenter quoted an opinion piece by Gerald Warner. Mr. Warner cites population estimates by the International […]

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