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Archive | April, 2006
400 Dead Dolphins Found Off African Coast
A tragic event. It isn’t red tide related though. It appears it may have had something to do with the US Navy submarines in the area. Obviously, though, the US Navy isn’t talking about whether or not there was a sub in the area. full story Link to this post!
Continue reading...Hundreds of Dead Starfish Found in B.C
28 April 2006
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Hundreds of starfish have been found dead on a beach on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, and a scientist says a nonnative parasite is likely to blame. Purple sea stars began washing up last week in Trail Bay at Sechelt, north of Vancouver. The Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans has been unable to determine why [...]
Continue reading...Sonar May Be Linked to Stranding of Whales
28 April 2006
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Environmentalists and imdependant scienctists have ben saying that the US Navy’s use of new Sonar techniques and technologies may be leading whales to beach themselves. Now the US Government’s scientists are saying that the Navy’s use of sonar may be making whales beach themselves. full story Link to this post!
Continue reading...New Expensive Tool for Red Tide Detection
14 April 2006
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They now have a few $75,000 remote control “underwater gliders” that can detect red tide. IT’s sounds like a watse, but on the polus side it can stay out in the Gulf for a month at a time and dive to 100 feet deep. full story Link to this post!
Continue reading...Boca Grande Residents want to kill their Iguanas
14 April 2006
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Not only do the uber-wealthy residents of Boca Grande want to kill every last one of the Iquanas on “their” island, but the want the residents of the entire county to pay for it. 1 Claiming the Iquanas are a nuisance becuse they “demolish gardens, nest in attics and weaken beach dunes with burrows.” Many [...]
Continue reading...New England may have a red tide free year
14 April 2006
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Last year’s algae bloom was the worst in New England since 1972 as organisms grew at 40 to 100 times the normal rate. It might not, as scientists had feared, come back year after year for a recurring summer encore. The toxic algae blooms drop microscopic cysts on the ocean floor which act like seeds [...]
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29 April 2006
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