An "alarmist" global warming article published by Reuters, April 11, 2006. The article says the study brings even more proof of the negative effects of global warming. Thousands and even tens of thousands of extinct plant and animal species. This would be due to many species not being able to "escape" to a closer proximity to the poles.
How many plant and animal species went extinct every 100 years prior to the 1940's (prior to massive industrialization globally)?
What if there was global cooling by 1 or 2 degrees over the next 100 years. Would this not cause similar extinctions. Plants and animals would have to cluster around the equators.
I believe animals will adapt quite well. The Armidillo, of which most people probably believe to be a warmer climate creature (Texas is the first state I think of when I think about Armidillos), has been adapting to cooler and cooler climates. Most recently it is adapting to Continental Climates, specifically Indiana. About 6 years ago, the first Armidillo was spotted in southern Indiana, near Evansville. About 5 years ago I saw my first Armidillo road kill in the suburbs of Indianapolis.
Granted, the summers in Indiana are hot and humid, so I believe the Armidillo would enjoy based on it's history, however the winters in Indiana are nothing less than brutal. Temps in the evenings consistently fall into the single digits and teens from typically December through Februrary. January will see a few weeks of negative single and double digits with windchill recorded in -20, -30 or colder.
Global Warming? Why then has Russia this past winter seen record colds country wide? Why has Phoenix, Arizona been unseasonably cool and rainy over the last 4 weeks? Why, when you take a tour of the Hoover Dam near Henderson, NV do the Rangers tell you, "We see typical 9 year drought, rain patterns. It has been the case since the dam was built. They anticipate the end of the southwest's drought in the next year or two.
Global Warming I surmize will be a topic only found in newspaper archives in the relatively near future.
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