This is a question that has come up recently in my advanced course of Enviromental Catastrophes of the 21st Century at Colorado University taught by Professor Von Algoremeister. We need the egologically correct analysis on this issue so that we won't fail this course by actually having another point of view. I hope that I get the answer before there is no more snow around to shovel (every Winter--can't understand that either!) here in Missouri.
2007-11-05 00:08:00 · 4 answers · asked by Dennis C 1 in Environment ➔ Global Warming
At least your polar bears have ice to float to Hawaii.
In Algoremeisters movie, the animated polar bears just swam off into the warming sunset without any ice to float on at all. That animated polar bear probably died! How does that make you feel?
2007-11-05 01:38:13 · answer #1 · answered by Dr Jello 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Polar bears reside in the northern tundra whereas penguins are fund within the southern hemisphere. Should polar bears be lucky enough to float as far south as Hawaii it is unlikely that they will meet penguins travelling in like manner from the opposite pole. The question is therefore a non-event unless of course the penguins have already declared ownership of Hawaii without informing the rest of the world, in which case they may be concerned that the bears are planning to claim offshore drilling rights thereby depriving them of essential fuel supplies in the far off future. This could of course create political tentions in the area as the Whales were there first.
2007-11-05 01:52:44 · answer #2 · answered by Busman Bob 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ask the professor why would the United States Commerce department have published a report of "Unprecedented" Arctic Melting 85 years ago. Could it be that this is just a cycle? as it has always been in the past. The penguins of 1922 probably did not notice, so why would the penguins today care?
http://www.cei.org/gencon/003,06235.cfm
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2007-11-05 00:29:25 · answer #3 · answered by Tomcat 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No.
But when desperate people from Bangladesh start flooding over borders in search of food, their only slightly better off neighbors will mind a whole lot.
This, and similar migrations/struggles for resources, is a real threat of a bunch of wars. The US military is very concerned:
"Climate Change Poses Serious Threat to U.S. National Security - New Report Released Today from Blue-Ribbon Panel of Senior Admirals & Generals"
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-16-2007/0004565995&EDATE=
2007-11-05 01:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by Bob 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋