Warmer world

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http://daily-journal.com/archives/dj/display.php?id=389005

By Jon Krenek

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U.S. Geological Survey researcher Tom Kwak grew up in Momence with the Kankakee River as his playground.

A childhood playing along the riverbanks had everything to do with his pursuit of a career as a federal fisheries researcher and professor at the University of North Carolina.

His parents, Joe and Thecla Kwak, still own the Lake Alexander campground along the river in Momence. Tom studies rivers across the nation and returned to the Kankakee River in the mid-1990s to study the potential impact of global climate change on smallmouth bass.

The study forecast what fish populations would be in 2060 under various climate change scenarios, and the results were shocking.

"The consequences are pretty severe. The fish could go extinct," said Kwak, who ran the scenarios on a supercomputer thousands of times. "The smallmouth bass went extinct about half the time. It was just barely hanging on when it was present at the other times."

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1. There's no global warming

and humans have no impact on the environment. Besides, who needs fish except fishermen? McFish can come from anything. :sarcasm:

When I was a kid, I could find mussel shells on the banks of the Illinois River. They were beautiful--and now all gone thanks to the zebra mullusks which were imported via the St. Lawrence Seaway. And now global warming is killing off native species.

I had a dream last night that I looked off the mountain where I live and the rising sun turned black. It was the end of the world. I'm afraid my dream may well come true.

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2. I have been fishing the Kankakee river since I was a little kid

I currently live about 6 miles from the river and go there all the time. My wife and I seen a baptism there at the Island Park in Momence last summer while out getting ice cream. It was really interesting to watch.

I nearly drowned once at the campground mentioned in the article.

I can't even imagine no smallmouth bass for my grandkids and their kids to fish for there.

Don

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3. Energy policy