As climate changes, Minnesota’s fish feel heat

  • Article by: DOUG SMITH , Star Tribune
  • Updated: June 1, 2010 - 6:30 AM

Dieoffs are striking a cold-water species key to walleyes, muskies.

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minn12May. 31, 10 9:08 PM

on alleged global warming being the cause of any decline in this fish population. Does the author not know the earth has actually been cooling for over the last 10 years? This guy has probably killed more of these fish with failed surgical implantation than by any temperature increase. The whole story is just more factless speculation.

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rogue37May. 31, 10 9:18 PM

It seems one hot month is followed by a cooler then average month. I think it might average out. We are supposed to get a cool summer this year. I dont like these alarmist or chicken littles. I think things are getting better then 30 years ago. Just need to keep working at it. Not do anything to restrictive.

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frankly20036May. 31, 10 9:37 PM

CO2 warming would have the greatest effect in the polar regions, in the winter, at night. It is highly suspicious to assume automatically that dieoffs during the summer in Minnesota are caused by CO2 warming.

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twirwinMay. 31, 10 9:39 PM

So now a a few days of temps in the 90's kills off fish? And when did the ice go out last year, July? The climate frauds don't give it up. Send us more grant money and we'll continue to tell you everything's dying, no matter what the facts say. And the liberal tax-everything-until-America dies shills continue to push the lies.

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dominichowesMay. 31, 10 9:44 PM

Temperature readings for the past 400,000 years can be found in ice-core samples from Antarctica. It does show natural fluctuations over time but the earth is currently warming at previously unseen pace. Coincidence? The vast majority of scientists agree that this coincidence is not accidental. Skeptical of science? Well you better stop going to the doctor, quit driving your car, flying in planes, get rid of your television, hell no more phones for you either, innovations all created by science.

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live101May. 31, 10 9:49 PM

How quickly people forget the past few yrs. have been some of the coldest on record. I remember a lot of highs in the 50's & 60's last July.

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orr333May. 31, 10 9:51 PM

My parents owned a resort on Mille Lacs for 20 years. In those 20 years, I remember 1 summer that we swam on Memorial Day weekend. Unusually warm springs followed by 90s in May make that possible like this year. The previous time was somewhere around 1980. This is not about global warming or climate change - it is just how things are every now and then. Every 4-5 summers, the baitfish would die off in the "dog days". It is just the cyclical nature of the lakes. Keep your science off of it.

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JDNCORKMay. 31, 10 9:54 PM

And how many do they kill each year by surgically invading them? If the record low was in 2007, wouldn't the increased numbers intimate global cooling? And who would pay $700 for a battery that lasts 6 months? People subscribing to a half-assed social agenda, that's who.

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stryper1961May. 31, 10 9:58 PM

yeah....lets start a ciscoe fund drive..or allocate a million dollars of taxpayer money for a "study".............what a sham.

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morty343May. 31, 1010:05 PM

A recent survey by the news network found that 97% of polled climate scientists attribute observed warming trends to human industrial activity. But wait, CNN is just a gigantic liberal mouthpiece, aren't they? So of course they would be eager to falsify such a poll. And in that vein, the lefties have all stumbled upon the realization that getting people to believe in human-caused warming will somehow lead to political domination! Good grief. All I can do is shake my head and roll my eyes at people who seem to think this issue is real or not based solely on which political figures one cheers for. Pull your heads out of the sand, or wherever else they may be stuck.

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