WUWT– From the CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY & HYDROLOGY and the Edith’s Checkerspot Club comes this tale of possible bug disaster we’ve all heard before. Except, Nature often finds a way, and scientific claims of extinction sometimes end up being proven wrong by nature itself.
Widespread drought-sensitive butterfly population extinctions could occur in the UK as early as 2050 according to a new study published today in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change.
However, the authors conclude that substantial greenhouse gas emission reductions combined with better management of landscapes, in particular reducing habitat fragmentation, will greatly improve the chances of drought-sensitive butterflies flying until at least 2100. MORE
Oh no, oh no, oh no! What are we gonna do?
* runs around in circles *
We gotta save the butterflies! Pass a law! EPA, forget about the damn yellow river of toxic waste – declare a new regulation!
Somebody, DO SOMETHING … AAARRRGGHHHHHHhhh…
The preceding was brought to you by the clueless environweenies.
The Center for Ecology and Hydrology certainly does let a lot of buttairfly.
I’m spending the week putting in a new front lawn. I’ve roto-tilled and raked out the soil without seeing a single bug. Years ago there used to be thousands of bugs in the soil.
When in danger
When in doubt
Run in circles
Scream and shout
combined with better management of landscapes
sounds like another opening for barry to start another government department and load it up with dem voting employees
Does that include Iron Butterflies?
I suppose that includes caterpillars?
if so, they wont be fluttering around in a Gadda da Vida
Perhaps the Butterflies don’t like patchouli smelling Grad students tromping around being nosy, and the Butterflies avoid them
Maybe the Butterflies are conducting an experiment of their own.
Question: How did the butterflies survive all of the other millions of droughts throughout their entire time on this planet?
You know, for all of the millions of times there weren’t anti-science know-nothing libtards to spend other people’s money on saving the butterflies?
Have you ever noticed it’s always 2050 or the end of the century? It’s never close enough so someone can say, “Hey dipshits! The year you claimed all of the butterflies would be extinct has come and gone. So what happened, retard?”
It’s always so far removed from today that by the time 2050 comes around, the butterfly extinction will be a distant memory because it will never have happened and the ‘tards knew that all along.