Climate Change.....it's All The Squirrels I Tell Ya!

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30456869

[Svejk]

lol, makes as much sense as the rest of the 'bunk' they come out with.

[jim360]

Because two minutes reading a BBC article is of course completely equivalent to a career studying the intricate details of the subject...

[Svejk]

Oooooer.

[youngmafbog]

//equivalent to a career studying the intricate details of the subject... //

Would that be a career funded to prove climate change ?

[aelmpvw]

the squirrel in the link provided certainly looks very shifty

[ludwig]

I always suspected it was the squirrels fault.

[BRIGHT SPARK]

I'll tell the wife to stop feeding them!....will they increase duty on peanuts now?

[janbee]

My local Sammy Squirrel is the cause of all this? Yeah, I knew he was a dodgy character !!

[Old_Geezer]

I saw that on teletext. No real details there. Figure they are making too much of some small effect they've found.

That said, Arctic squirrel stew anyone ?

[janbee]

ah yes, those pesky critters are to blame.

[Svejk]

It's terrible, couldn't we tie a couple of lemmings to each of them?

[janbee]

I KNEW it ! They're taking over I tell you !

[Slapshot]

just to chuck my oar in...... is 30 years studying the subject okay to comment.... ;0)

[jim360]

"//equivalent to a career studying the intricate details of the subject... //

Would that be a career funded to prove climate change ?"

This may well be true, to an extent, but it is really a distraction. Scientists have to secure funding, like everyone else, and that may occasionally lead to trumped-up claims of future success, and of course research trends. But in the end the overall trend is to the truth, not to a conspiracy, and if the results don't support a conclusion then eventually even the most corrupt scientist will be obliged to admit that.

Besides which, this report if anything should be a bonus to those people who are against the concept of (man-made, which is the only remaining debatable issue) climate change. An underestimated natural source of emissions? Should be a boon to people on the other side of the debate.

[DTCwordfan]

Have you ever smelt an Arctic squirrel fart?

I'm not surprised.

Tasty though - must be that pre-cooking in the gas underground.

[Svejk]

/// But in the end the overall trend is to the truth, not to a conspiracy, and if the results don't support a conclusion then eventually even the most corrupt scientist will be obliged to admit that.///
Like the University of East Anglia, jim?

[jim360]

More was made of that than should have been the case -- although this is perhaps not too surprising, as stories in science often come in either the "why are they doing this crap?" variety or the "oh look, they're human after all". Climate Science takes place at more than the UEA. They were stupid, and the fallout is likely to be a pain as it (rightly to an extent) undermines trust -- but it doesn't destroy the work done elsewhere that does show that we're having multiple harmful effects on the planet.

[jourdain2]

Well, there you are. Get out the hairspray girls!

[gness]

C'mon Jim....you think they will want to acknowledge any source?...They may have to stir their stumps and do something........or...god forbid...do without something....x

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