[geo] Re: Polar Bears Can't Wait -- Take Action Now

[John Nissen]

To: Bioactivist at the Center for Biological Diversity Dear Bioactivist, Thank you for your message, urging action to save the polar bears.  I would like to point out the following:   The polar bears are dependent on Arctic sea ice and fishing through it for seals.  When the Arctic Ocean becomes virtually ice free, the polar bears will become virtually extinct.    The current trend suggests this will happen well before 2050 and some experts suggest it could happen within the next decade.    There is no way that emissions reductions can save the Arctic sea ice on that time scale - so the negotiations in Copenhagen are irrelevant.    The only possible way now to save the Arctic sea ice, and hence the polar bears, involves using technology to cool the Arctic.  That is the undisputed fact of the matter.  We urge you to join other environmentalists in pressing for _appropriate_ action to save the Arctic sea ice, and give a chance to the polar bears. And, by the way, the future of mankind is critically dependent on the continued existence of the Arctic ice cap as a whole.  So our own lives are at stake as well as the polar bears'. Best wishes, John Nissen Environmental campaigner London, UK Please reply to j...@cloudworld.co.uk --- Bioactivist wrote: "As world leaders gather in Copenhagen to negotiate an international climate agreement, time is running out for polar bears. Forced to swim increasingly long distances between disappearing patches of sea ice in search of food, they are drowning and starving -- some even resorting to cannibalism. The Arctic environment Ursus maritimus needs to survive is melting. Two-thirds of all polar bears -- including all bears in Alaska -- will be extinct by 2050 if current trends continue. The rest of the species will be gone by the end of the century." [snip] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to geoengineer...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to geoengineering+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en.