| Closely Held Manhattan Secret Faces Transformation Central Park is crowded, but it does have its secrets. Among them are public bathrooms in a landmark restaurant, but that will soon be transformed. nytimes.com |
The Jellyfish Menace A silent, blobbing menace swarms the seas , thanks to overfishing, climate change and even "dead zones " . Jellyfish seem set to regain their dominance of the oceans in future--and that could be bad news for humans. The two-meter long jellyfish known as Nomura have begun swarming year after year off the coast of Japan, 500 million or more of them fouling fishing nets thanks to agricultural runoff from China spurring plankton blooms. With fewer fish, the Nomura giants can dominate. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Denial of global warming threat to the American pika means no protection from U.S. Despite documented threats posed to the American pika (Ochotona princeps ) by global warming, the rapidly disappearing mammalian species will not be protected under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) ruled last week. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Rare dolphins endangered in Taiwan, Australia and Peru Dolphin species on four continents are in danger, warn various reports. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Electroshocking for fish at the Kingston Coal-Ash Spill Site Editor's Note: Expedition Blue Planet , led by Jacques Cousteau's granddaughter Alexandra Cousteau, is traveling 14,500 miles of road over 138 days to investigate and film some of North America's most pressing water-use and management stories. Each week expedition members will file a dispatch from the field for Scientific American until the expedition concludes on November 12 in Washington, D.C. This is their third blog post. It's Wednesday and we're at Ladd Landing just outside the town of Kingston, Tenn., packing our boats for a trip upstream to ground zero of the 2008 spill that dumped over a billion gallons of coal-ash into the unwitting Emory River. We've packed up our camera equipment, sound gear and apprehension for the ride. [More] Emory River - Fly ash - Tennessee Valley Authority - Kingston - Business rss.sciam.com |