New Species of Great Apes Found While Global Warming is Looking Worse


This week the Tapanuli orangutan has been recognized as a distinct species of ape called Pongo Tapanuliensis.

 The National Geographic has jubilantly proclaimed its welcoming into the great ape family far and wide. 
The new species has made the number of great ape species alive today jump from the small number of seven to the slightly larger number of eight as the species is distinct from Sumatran and Bornean Orangutans. Sumatran and Bornean orangutans are, as most apes go, are endangered.  

A study of the Tapanuli orangutan began November 2013 when a group of villagers in the South Tapanuli District of North Sumatra engaged in “Orangutan-human conflict”. When the Orangutan died, scientists studied his remains and compared it to 34 other adult male orangutans. They found enough differences in the Tapanuli orangutan to conclude it represented a separate species.

There are fewer than 800 Tapanuli orangutans left, and unless conservation measures are taken soon, the species may disappear due to habitat loss and inbreeding.
Speaking of habitat loss, lets dig into climate change. 

Another scientific study has backed up the word that the globe is warming and mankind is to blame. The Fourth National Assessment Report was released Friday. The massive U.S. report is one of two scientific assessments required every four years the Loss Angeles Times reported.

The study concluded that evidence of global warming is stronger than ever.

The report said it is “extremely likely”, meaning with 95% to 100% certainty that global warming is man-made.

So global warming has been caused mostly by the spewing of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas, scientists concluded.

Over its analysis of the last century, the study found no convincing alternative explanations.

"Scientists calculated that human contribution to warming since 1950 is between 92% and 123%. It’s more than 100% on one end because some natural forces — such as volcanoes and orbital cycle — are working to cool Earth, but are being overwhelmed by the effects of greenhouse gases, said study co-author Katharine Hayhoe of Texas Tech," the Loss Angeles Times said. 

Here's to hoping mankind can figure out a way to slowly undue the damage it has caused. 



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