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May 08, 2008

Funny Headline from the BBC

Very amusing headline

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In addition to the tee-hee factor, this info (published in the journal Science) adds to our understanding of global climate change and how species adapt.

"At least one of Britain's birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food.  Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs earlier in the spring than they used to, keeping step with the earlier emergence of caterpillars."

Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth raises the specter of starving pied flycatchers who cannot feed their young, because caterpillars are now peaking two weeks before the birds hatch.  (See Error 33 here)  This BBC article demonstrates that some species are adapting and doing just fine, thank you very much.  It's a natural law as old as the universe: adapt or die. 

The Climate Project is now showing a Power Point slideshow of An Inconvenient Truth at schools around the country.  You can't show this in schools in England without pointing out the scientific inaccuracies. Will they include this new data about the Great Tits in their presentation?

Hat tip to the Environmental Republican.

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