New Study Warns of Total Loss of Arctic Tundra - New York Times
More junk science and fear mongering on the pages of the New York Times.
... a new study says "if emissions of heat-trapping gases continue to accumulate in the atmosphere at the current rate, there may be many centuries of warming and a near-total loss of Arctic tundra."
However, what the headline fails to point out, and what the story buries in paragraph EIGHT(!) is that the study's author isn't accepting the conclusions. (Par 8: The study author's "stressed that the uncertainties were high over such a time span, and said the study was intended to illustrate broad consequences rather than project specific ones.")
But, true to form, the Times uses the next six paragraphs to illustrate why the scenario could be realistic.
As a former journalist myself, one has to ask - is this journalism, or simply story-telling?
"All the News that's Fit to Print" ....and a whole lot of stuff that isn't.
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Okay, so it would destroy the tundra. What does that mean? It would become too warm? Maybe some viable crop could then be grown on land that is basically worthless unless you're into extreme survival living styles.
Weren't a lot of these global warming scientists the same ones that were forcasting a new ice age just about 25 years ago?
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