Today we have news of a new study which links the decline in the population of Horseshoe crabs to global warming because:
Got that? Horseshoe crabs are declining because of AGW and may continue to decline because of predicted climate changes. In other words, the decline of the horseshoe crab was predicted by AGW.
On that same page is a link to another story about the decline in the horseshoe crab. In that article this fact is revealed:
I wonder if the users of the science of "genomics" ever bother to check real facts. This reminds me of the Greek philosophers who put thought experiments above real experiments, especially when facts contradicted their theory.
The ill informed will not see the research posted a year ago and the Horseshoe crab will become another poster child for the AGW.
A distinct decline in horseshoe crab numbers has occurred that parallels climate change associated with the end of the last Ice Age, according to a study that used genomics to assess historical trends in population sizes. The new research also indicates that horseshoe crabs numbers may continue to decline in the future because of predicted climate change, said Tim King, a scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey and a lead author on the new study published in Molecular Ecology.
On that same page is a link to another story about the decline in the horseshoe crab. In that article this fact is revealed:
Declining numbers of a shorebird called the red knot have been linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs.
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There is a long tradition in Delaware Bay of harvesting horseshoe crabs for use as bait in various fisheries. In the years from 1992 to 1997, reported harvest of crabs grew 20 fold from about 100,000 individuals harvested to more than 2 million. This newly released study shows that this increase in horseshoe crab harvest has led to a dramatic decrease in the number of spawning crabs and to a 90 percent decline in crab eggs available for shorebirds to eat.
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"Despite restrictions, the 2007 horseshoe crab harvest was still well above that of 1990, and no recovery of knots was detectable. Recovery of both horseshoe crabs and red knots may require more restrictions on horseshoe crab harvest, possibly even a complete moratorium for some period."
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There is a long tradition in Delaware Bay of harvesting horseshoe crabs for use as bait in various fisheries. In the years from 1992 to 1997, reported harvest of crabs grew 20 fold from about 100,000 individuals harvested to more than 2 million. This newly released study shows that this increase in horseshoe crab harvest has led to a dramatic decrease in the number of spawning crabs and to a 90 percent decline in crab eggs available for shorebirds to eat.
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"Despite restrictions, the 2007 horseshoe crab harvest was still well above that of 1990, and no recovery of knots was detectable. Recovery of both horseshoe crabs and red knots may require more restrictions on horseshoe crab harvest, possibly even a complete moratorium for some period."
The ill informed will not see the research posted a year ago and the Horseshoe crab will become another poster child for the AGW.