Polar bear's status at DOI
Today, the US Department of Interior requested that Polar Bears be considered a threatened species. They will now spend the next year learning and substantiating this request including studying the reasons for its concern.
I hope this is a precident setting action by this administration to recognize the role of global warming and the risks that are inherent in the climate crisis of global warming. Scientists have recently reported risks to other species of creatures, including fish, birds, reptiles, insects, and plants around the world because of global warming, but Polar Bears have a relatively small enough population to be at high risk of "downsizing" and the ever important cuteness factor.
It doesn't matter what begins the main stream acceptance of the reality of global warming, so long as we accept it and do something intelligent about it.
Robert
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