Well, we are doing something here
"After 1,000 arrests and days of disruption, one group's direct action has successfully driven climate change up the political agenda in Britain.
We all need to do more, our governments and the US Government in particular.
"Phil Trathan, a penguin expert with BAS who co-authored the report, said “it is impossible to say whether the changes in sea-ice conditions at Halley Bay are specifically related to climate change, but such a complete failure to breed successfully is unprecedented at this site.”
“Even taking into account levels of ecological uncertainty, published models suggest that emperor penguins numbers are set to fall dramatically," he said, adding that the penguins are likely to lose between 50 percent and 70 percent "of their numbers before the end of this century as sea-ice conditions change as a result of climate change.”
"After 1,000 arrests and days of disruption, one group's direct action has successfully driven climate change up the political agenda in Britain.
I think we’ve become hugely popular and politicians are
aware of that," organizer Nuala Gathercole Lam told NBC News. "There has
been a shift toward understanding the urgency of this."
The group is rallying behind warnings from scientists, the United Nations and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
that significant reductions in carbon emissions must be achieved within
the next 11 years to avoid devastating consequences for the planet,
such as mass extinction, by the end of the century."
We all need to do more, our governments and the US Government in particular.
Because on the same day, Researchers say world's second-largest emperor penguin colony has been wiped out
"Phil Trathan, a penguin expert with BAS who co-authored the report, said “it is impossible to say whether the changes in sea-ice conditions at Halley Bay are specifically related to climate change, but such a complete failure to breed successfully is unprecedented at this site.”
“Even taking into account levels of ecological uncertainty, published models suggest that emperor penguins numbers are set to fall dramatically," he said, adding that the penguins are likely to lose between 50 percent and 70 percent "of their numbers before the end of this century as sea-ice conditions change as a result of climate change.”
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