Monday, March 10, 2008
Starlings, tiny frogs, brownfields and a dead zone
Rare, tiny Maud Island frogs were discovered breeding in a New Zealand sanctuary where nobody had thought they lived. (Associated Press)
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/sign-of-hope-seen-for-rare-frog-species/20080303090509990002?ncid=NWS00010000000001
As I said earlier this week: Hundreds of bison are being systematically killed as they leave Yellowstone Park, for fear of them spreading disease to cattle (Los Angeles Times)
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-na-bison26feb26,1,5519098.story
A 2001 plan to reduce the vast dead zone off Louisiana is going nowhere...and the zone keeps growing. (Times-Picayne)
http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-10/1204180301219420.xml&coll=1&thispage=1#Scene_1
New York Times
In New Jersey, developers are taking new interest in defunct, contaminated sites ("brownfields")
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/business/05brown.html?pagewanted=1&ref=science
Eating worms contaminated with estrogen from polluted water has interesting effects on starlings
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/science/04obbird.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
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