The Transit of Venus of 6 June 2012, as seen from Wiltshire in the UK. Image: Grant Privett Astronomical Observatory of Trieste-(ENEWSPF)- On 6 June 2012 Venus passed directly between the Earth and the Sun, in a so-called transit where the planet appears as a silhouette against the solar disk,[Read More…]
Environmental
Light Pollution Report Reveals Environmental Impacts
Toronto, Canada-(ENEWSPF)- While awareness of man-made pollutants and their environmental impact may be rising exponentially, one source of contamination remains largely unaddressed. Light pollution is the wasteful and obtrusive emission of artificial light, and it can have disastrous consequences for the affected local environments. And it not only disrupts animal populations, wastes[Read More…]
NOAA Explorers Discover Deepwater Gas Seeps Off U.S. Atlantic Coast
Advanced sonar technology is key to discovery and mapping View of 17 deepwater gas plumes identified east of Cape Henry, VA from information derived from an advanced multibeam sonar built into the hull of NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer. Red cylinders have been added to show seafloor seep locations at the[Read More…]
Audubon Annual Count in Central Park Finds 5,721 Birds
389 Tufted Titmice, 11 Red-tailed Hawks, But No Partridge in a Pear Tree Tufted Titmous (Robert Burton, USFWS) New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012. Seventy-three intrepid volunteers spent last Sunday morning counting birds in New York City’s Central Park, where the 113th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count began on December[Read More…]
San Francisco To Release Innovative Design Guidelines to Build Out Pests
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 20, 2012. A preliminary version of Pest Prevention by Design, authored by Chris A. Geiger, Ph.D. and Caroline Cox of the Center for Environmental Health (CEH), was recently released by the San Francisco Department of the Environment (DOE). These guidelines, which will formally be released in mid-January of[Read More…]
Report Cites Multiple Causes, including Pesticides, of Declines in Bee Population
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 19, 2012. The Congressional Research Service’s (CRS) issued its overview report, Bee Health: The Role of Pesticides, in response to a congressional request for more information on the connection between declines in bee populations, colony collapse disorder (CCD) and pesticides, particularly neonicotinoids. The 23-page report, dated December 11,[Read More…]
New England Offshore Areas Will Reopen for Atlantic Surfclam and Ocean Quahog Fishing
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. Beginning this January, fishermen will be able to target abundant stocks of Atlantic surfclams and ocean quahogs on portions of Georges Bank that have been closed to harvesting for 22 years. Ocean quahog. Credit NOAA NOAA supported research has[Read More…]
Sierra Club Challenge to Kemper Plant to Move Forward
Harrison County Chancery Court Issues Disappointing Decision, Sierra Club Will Press On JACKSON, MS–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. The Sierra Club will continue to challenge the Mississippi Public Service Commission’s unlawful approval of the multi-billion dollar Kemper County Coal Plant project after a disappointing ruling from the Harrison County Chancery Court. The[Read More…]
NASA’s Grail Lunar Impact Site Named for Astronaut Sally Ride
PASADENA, Calif.–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. NASA has named the site where twin agency spacecraft impacted the moon Monday in honor of the late astronaut, Sally K. Ride, who was America’s first woman in space and a member of the probes’ mission team. Last Friday, Ebb and Flow, the two spacecraft comprising[Read More…]
Environmental Threat Map Highlights Great Lakes Restoration Challenges
ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–December 18, 2012. A comprehensive map three years in the making is telling the story of humans’ impact on the Great Lakes, identifying how “environmental stressors” stretching from Minnesota to Ontario are shaping the future of an ecosystem that contains 20 percent of the world’s fresh water. In an[Read More…]
