Global warming greatest threat to polar bears

TROMSOE, Norway – The five countries that ring the Arctic on Thursday declared climate change the single greatest threat to polar bears, calling for urgent action to curb global warming.
Months ahead of a crucial global climate conference, the five countries -- Canada, Denmark (with Greenland), Norway, Russia and the United States -- expressed their "deep concern" at the end of a three-day meeting in the northern Norwegian town of Tromsoe.
"The parties agreed that long-term conservation of polar bears depends upon successful mitigation of climate change," they wrote in a joint statement following discussion on threats to the white bear that have emerged since they first signed a conservation agreement in 1973.
That agreement was aimed mainly at banning the hunting of polar bears, which at the time was considered the only real threat to the animal....

The Abuses of Humans of Earth has gone on too long and in ways that have caused 'negative feedback loops' causing deterioration to occur even faster. There is no choice but to look beyond the ability of Earth to cope with human abuse of its troposphere and find enhancements to assist the planet in its geophysics to stop the deterioration of our biosphere. The continued abuse of emitting CO2 is out of the question.

Tinkering with climate could have unintended impact (4/13/09) (click here)
The Issue: Officials in the Obama administration are discussing so-called geoengineering to lessen the impact of global warming.

Our Opinion: Such efforts could have an impact far beyond what was intended.

There is something terribly frightening about members of the Obama administration discussing the use of so-called climate engineering to ease the threat they perceive from global warming.

Although there are many people who would argue that global warming is a fairy tale foisted upon the public by tree-hugging fanatics, there seems to be ample evidence that the average global temperatures are rising. For evidence one needs to look no further than the glaciers in a couple of the national parks in the United States: Glacier National Park in Montana and Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. The size of those glaciers has shrunk dramatically in the last 50 years or so.

For additional evidence, look at the polar ice cap, which is shrinking with each passing year and threatens the long-term survival of the polar bear, which uses the pack ice to avoid drowning....