The polar bears are drowning!! Renowned AK scientist reprimanded, didnt do things by the book
Or, maybe not?
A government scientist who drew international attention after publishing a report about drowning polar bears in Alaskas Arctic didnt always do everything by the book, according to the results of a federal investigative report released Friday. And yet on the very day the report was made public, wildlife biologist Dr. Charles Monnett was given the all-clear to return to his job at the Bureau of Ocean and Energy Management. Throughout the ordeal, Monnett has suffered suspension, reinstatement — and until now — reassignment to a hands-off role as an analyst.
More via the Alaska Dispatch.
Yeah, the animals that can swim from Greenland to Iceland
(using ice floes to help them) drowned in Alaska.
Precisely.
If I understand the story, they have no idea why the bears were dead. It WAS right after a major Arctic storm, but they never did any of that “sciencey stuff”, like follow up on the observation…from the air.
I blame Killer Whales…and Boooooooooooosh!
Oh, and he should have been fired, not reinstated.
I also notice the word “autopsy” is missing from
the article.
It would be “necropsy” for an animal.
For all they know, the bears might have been hit by a seal team…
(pun)