(this came into my inbox - without the visuals of course - during the discussion of accelerationism. apologies for the sentimentalism)
Melting ice means no rest for weary polar bears Apr. 22, 2016 http://www.alansondheim.org/roches20.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/acdc.mp4 As the Arctics ice continues to melt away, polar bears are increasingly being forced to swim for days straight to find food and rest, The Washington Post reports. Of more than 100 bears monitored by a Canadian researcher, 69% took a swim of at least 49 kilometers in 2012, up from 25% in 2004, according to a new study in the journal Ecography. One bear in 2009 was observed swimming 402 kilometers in a 9-day journey during which her year-old cub died. Though polar bears are adept swimmers, they are not built to swim long distances, and they were rarely seen making such journeys in earlier decades. But the continuing break-up of the Arctics sea ice means that polar bears must do more marathon swims over open waters to find food. (Usually I don't make assemblages, and this one, unfair as it is, is something I've been thinking about recently. Consider it propaganda at its worst. Do note the ucannily beautiful rust- belt landscape from downtown Rochester.) _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
