Just when I was starting to think the News limited was starting to act responsibly in relation to climate change reporting they come out with this clanger today.
I actually saw this in News Corps Brisbane Courier Mail complete with a really cute photo of the little white possum.
White possum said to be first victim of global warming
SCIENTISTS say a white possum native to Queensland’s Daintree forest has become the first mammal to become extinct due to man-made global warming.
The white lemuroid possum, a rare creature found only above 1000m in the mountain forests of far north Queensland, has not been seen for three years.
Experts fear climate change is to blame for the disappearance of the highly vulnerable species thanks to a temperature rise of up to 0.8C….
Scientists believe some frog, bug and insects species have also been killed off by climate change. But this would be the first known loss of a mammal and the most significant since the extinction of the Dodo and the Tasmanian Tiger.
“It is not looking good,” researcher Steve Williams said.
“If they have died out it would be first example of something that has gone extinct purely because of global warming.”
According to the report, this is it, this is the biggie that proves global warming.
It is a big one, and a big one to bang the drum over. It is equally as shocking as losing an iconic marine species like a whale or the dugong.
But now the power of the internet to debunk such obvious BS. This google search of the BOM site looking up the historical mean maximum weather station at Cairns took all of 5 minutes. Below is the chart that reporter Peter Michael would have found if he’d bothered to check his fact before printing this alarmist dribble.
Look at that. The temperature this year is exactly what its been for the average of the last 30 years. The green line is the mean max temp for this year. The red line is the mean max average temp for the last 30 years.
What a load of dribble this report is – just alarmist hype. The report states:
“Prior to 2005 we were seeing a lemuroid every 45 minutes of spotlighting at one main site at Mt Lewis,” Professor Williams said.
“But, in three years, in more than 20 hours of intensive spotlighting, none has been sighted”
So they have looked in the one spot for an average of 6 hours and twenty minutes each year and not been able to find one in their spotlights.
Thats enough scientific proof for a SCIENTIST to come out with ‘over blown’ press release claiming Global Warming has wiped the cute little possum out. Actually what they said was:
It is a big one, and a big one to bang the drum over. It is equally as shocking as losing an iconic marine species like a whale or the dugong.
My god, we have to do something. What more proof do we need, quick close down all of the coal fired power station, implement an emissions trading scheme, tax all the cow flatulence, change all of your light bulbs, move to higher ground before the sea water gets you.
The only small flaw in the whole story is the facts. Its not getting hotter in Carins or anywhere else in the world for that matter.
But hey claiming that Climate Change has destroyed its first mammal species (based on 20 hours searching with a spotlight over 3 years in one location, very scientific ) and it makes great headlines. Claim that this is the biggie that proves climate change is happening and happening fast.
Only trouble with it is absolute Bullshit. Shame on Murdock’s News.com, Brisbanes Courier Mail a deserved winner of the Agmates Bullshit award.
Have Your say.
December 5, 2008 at 10:39 am
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
It is amazing but that really does work on many people. And once they believe it they don’t want to let it go as they would hate to appear foolish.
Murdoch the ULTIMATE CONTROL FREAK has been a crucial part in solidifying global warming and media spin concerning false-flag terrorism and placing the FEAR FACTOR in peoples’ minds.
‘The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates taught his students that the pursuit of truth can only begin once they start to question and analyse every belief that they ever held dear. If the certain belief passes the tests of of evidence, deduction, and logic, then it should be kept. If it doesn’t pass the tests, the belief should not only be discarded, but the thinker must also then question why he was led to belive the erroneous information in the first place. ‘
December 4, 2008 at 10:14 am
Bang on. Although I wouldn’t blame Rupert for the nonsense churned out by the Courier-Mail.
Their stupidity is all their own.
December 4, 2008 at 9:40 am
Reading the above reminded me of an article from Fox News
“Study: Cute Endangered Species Get More Attention Than Ugly Ones”
Monday, February 05, 2007
By Abigail W. Leonard
http://tinyurl.com/5fhtrq
Then compare this with the products from Disney, all featuring “cute” animals. Not a mention of poisonous snakes, hyenas or native dogs. Polar bears are “cute” too, but they won’t show a polar bear tearing a seal pup asunder, with blood all over ice.
As you read these Alarmist’s bulletins remember:
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
- Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister