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Fishermen Destroy Asian Reefs with Explosives, Cyanide

"KOMODO ISLAND, Indonesia — Coral gardens that were among Asia’s most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by illegal fishermen who use explosives or cyanide to kill or stun their prey."

Source: AP, 04/20/2012

"Long-Gone Lead Factories Leave Dangerous Poisons"

"Ken Shefton is furious about what the government knew eight years ago and never told him — that the neighborhood where his five sons have been playing is contaminated with lead. Their Cleveland home is a few blocks from a long-forgotten factory that spewed toxic lead dust for about 30 years."

Source: USA TODAY, 04/20/2012

"Killer Whales Facing an Airborne Threat"

"New research shows that killer whales are inhaling bacteria, fungi and viruses once believed to be found only on land. Some of the pathogens are highly virulent. And some are even antibiotic-resistant."

Source: Seattle Times, 04/20/2012

"For Weed Warriors, the Motto Is Endurance"

"To the untrained eye, a weed is just a weed, and few of us can tell a thistle from a teasel. But for Paul Heiple and his team of Weed Warriors, knowing the difference is essential to their work routing out invasive plants that threaten the native species at Edgewood Park, a 500-acre natural preserve that overlooks California’s Silicon Valley."

Source: Green (NYT), 04/20/2012

"A Rough Patch for Western Waterfowl"

"Federal Fish and Wildlife Service officials say that a drought-induced bird die-off in the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge along the California-Oregon border has ended. But they warn that unless proposals to reconfigure water distribution along the Klamath River are enacted, the problem could recur."

Source: Green (NYT), 04/20/2012

"Rising Seas Threaten Hundreds Of U.S. Energy Facilities"

"Sea level rise from global warming is well on the way to doubling the risk of coastal floods 4 feet or more over high tide by 2030 at locations nationwide. In the lower 48 states, nearly 300 energy facilities stand on land below that level, including natural gas infrastructure, electric power plants, and oil and gas refineries. Many more facilities are at risk at higher levels, where flooding will become progressively more likely with time as the sea continues to rise. These results come from a Climate Central combined analysis of datasets from NOAA, USGS and FEMA."

Source: Oregon Public Broadcasting, 04/20/2012

Ecological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting

The 2025 ESA meeting will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, with sessions featuring research relevant to both regional and global environmental issues. Press are invited to attend for free. 

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