Conservation Successes Defy Climate Pessimism
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Guest essay by Vijay Jayaraj
When a purported climate crisis dominates much of the discourse of public policy, the trap of attributing every ecological issue to climate change easily ensnares anyone who fails to note the abundant evidence to the contrary.
Over the past few decades, we have witnessed remarkable success stories of species being brought back from the brink of extinction—stories that defy the popular media narrative that a climate modestly warmer than the Little Ice Age is killing our planet’s life forms.
From the Brink of Extinction
The iconic polar bear, long heralded as the unofficial emblem of climate advocacy, has now multiplied in a remarkable way despite media houses like NBC claiming that they are on an “extinction path”.
In certain Arctic regions, these ursine sovereigns of the North are thriving in greater numbers during periods of diminished sea ice coverage—a phenomenon that challenges conventional wisdom about their habitat requirements.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/11/25/conservation-successes-defy-climate-pessimism/
