Tic, Tic, Tic

Apparently, warm winter weather is good for ticks but not so good for the animals they prey on. Moose could suffer. This report accepts the connection between warm weather and CO2 without citing any evidence. I guess they just know it is true  because they have heard that it is.

However, over at Isle Royal the winter ticks are in decline which is allowing the moose population to recover.

But in 1996, in a severe winter on Isle Royal the moose were plagued by a heavy infestation of ticks.

So which is it? Does warm weather produce more ticks or does cold weather produce more ticks? Seems the moose are doomed no matter what the temperature. They can't get any relief. And all this is due to CO2 that keeps changing the climate?

Give me a break!

Thanks to Tom Nelson for the fun times with CO2. It is truly an amazing gas.