El Nino spells trouble for vulnerable Galapagos iguana

The iguanas have survived countless El Niño seasons over the many thousands of years. Don't panic.

Won't somebody think of the iguana?

The iguanas have survived countless El Niño seasons over the many thousands of years. Don't panic.

The problem is that El Nino is being affected by climate change which increases its severity and frequency, making it much more dangerous than what it usually is. A drop of 90% of the Iguanas definetely is something people interested in their survival should care about.

The iguanas will be fine.

El Niño is naturally occurring and the iguanas thankfully won't be affected mentally by the fear mongering of what might, may, or could happen.

The iguanas will be fine.

The article makes it very clear the experts in the field say the opposite, unless you have scientific arguments to contradict them they are a much more trustworthy source of information than anonymous people just claiming their personal beliefs as fact.

El Niño is naturally occurring and the iguanas thankfully won't be affected mentally by the fear mongering of what might, may, or could happen.

El Nino is being affected by human-activity derived climate change, and the experts predict a heavy effect on the iguana population thanks to this effect. Calling valid and well substantiated information "fear mongering" is invalid. It only makes obvious a clear antiscientific bias.

El Niño is naturally occurring and the iguanas thankfully won't be affected mentally by the fear mongering of what might, may, or could happen.

It's what will physically affect them rather than mentally that will determine their fate.

They have no ability to watch right-wing youtubers telling them that they'll be okay despite their worsening circumstances. That's assuming a right-winger would would know or care what an iguana is.

Marine iguana populations "undergo extreme fluctuations by cyclic, but unpredictably recurring, famine (El Nino) and feast (La Nina) events,

As the experts say, this is natural.

As the experts say, this is natural.

On the contrary, the experts in the article clearly say this is a result of climate change making el nino much stronger than usual.

"Predictions that climate change may increase the severity and frequency of El Nino events... suggest that some (marine iguana) subpopulations could be removed entirely," says the IUCN.

What evidence do you have to prove the IUCN is wrong?

"It being a natural phenomenon, we have no preventive measures" against El Nino's effects, said park director Rueda. 

The experts are right,

You can't fight Mother Nature.

You can't fight Mother Nature.

But you can fight the human activities that increase the severity and frequency of the phenomenon, after all humans are the ones making the problem worse, that means humans can revert this as well.

But you can fight the human activities that increase the severity and frequency of the phenomenon, after all humans are the ones making the problem worse, that means humans can revert this as well.

But you can't fight Mother Nature, and the natural cycle will defeat human activity. And with no conclusive evidence that humans are increasing the severity of Mother Nature, it is just personal opinion and bias that leads to such false beliefs.

Hurricanes, for example, are hitting the mainland in the US with less frequency than in past decades.

So, less risk to humans.

According to World Meteorological Organization (WMO) secretary general Petteri Taalas, "the newly arrived El Nino will turn up the heat and bring with it more extreme weather" to Latin America and the Caribbean.

The scientific institutions of the world that deal with climate agree with the role humans have in making the problem worse, that is included even on the article, they also make a very strong appeal for people to do something about it. Just saying they (and the article) is wrong and there is no meaning on having a responsible use of resourse to limit the damage (and for example have the Galapagos iguana face much lower risks) do nothing to refute what the experts say.