Friday, December 11, 2009
Polar bears.
They will become extinct in our lifetime.
And you know the reason is global warming.
Habitat loss causes their malnutrition and starvation. Without sea ice, they cannot hunt. Sea ice is melting earlier every year, and the reduction in ice-cover makes them swim further--depleting their energy and causing an increased incidence of drowning.
Less food = lower reproductivity. Even the new offsprings in the worsening habitats suffer from poor body conditions due to malnutrition. Under warmer conditions, bacteria and parasites thrive, further threatening their well-being.
To feed themselves, they turn to cannibalism--they resort to eating polar bear cubs. Their young ones. Undoubtedly, this will quicken the process of extinction.
Polar bear cannibalismI have much doubts about how well Copenhagen 2009 will conclude. Countries are STILL evading the topic and not wanting to face the situation directly. Pushing the responsibilities to each other will never work out.
Of course, half-hearted promises made by the US is slowing the process of a binding treaty. Their promises to cut the emissions from the 2005 levels ONLY works out to a mere 4% from the 1990 levels. This is much lower than what Kyoto set out for.
I say, Copenhagen will not work out, yet. Probably not even any environmental summits in the next 3 years. Not unless countries put a stop to debate fairness of any enforcing systems--because, no matter what, it will never be fair to the countless species which we will say goodbye during our lifetime. If we only speak for ourselves, who speaks for them?
人生是黑白的.
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