Oregon extends crab fishing restrictions to protect whales from getting caught in trap ropes
Oregon has extended rules restricting the state's lucrative Dungeness crab fishery in order to protect humpback whales from becoming entangled in ropes attached to crab traps, the state's fish and wildlife department has announced. Humpbacks, which migrate off Oregon’s coast, and other whales can…#oregon #humpbacks #pacificnorthwests #wildlifecommission #wildlife #whale #westcoast #pacificnorthwest #useastcoast (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 5, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Aug 04 2023 This Week in Cardiology Aug 04 2023 This Week in Cardiology
Listener feedback re observational studies, surgeons ’ dissent from recent guidelines, aspirin for primary prevention, and fish oil are the topics discussed by John Mandrola.MD in this week ' s podcast.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Cardiology Headlines - August 4, 2023 Category: Cardiology Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
Otter attack injures 3 women on Montana river, requiring airlift
An otter attacked three women who were floating on inner tubes on a Montana river Wednesday night. Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks said that the women were about three miles upstream from Sappington Bridge on the Jefferson River at about 8:15 p.m. local time when they observed one or two otters.…#montana #sappingtonbridge #jeffersonriver #wisconsin #montanahighwaypatrol #bozeman #jeffersoncounty #jameseverett #beartrapssetup #santacruz (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Extreme Heat Is Endangering America ’ s Workers —And Its Economy
This project was supported by the Pulitzer Center
7 A.M.: COPELAND FARMS—ROCHELLE, GA
Just after dawn on a recent July day in Rochelle, Ga., Silvia Moreno Ayala steps into a pair of sturdy work pants, slips on a long-sleeved shirt, and slathers her face and hands with sunscreen. She drapes a flowered scarf over her wide-brimmed hat to protect her neck and back from the punishing rays of the sun. There isn’t much she can do about the humidity, however. Morning is supposed to be the coolest part of the day, but sweat is already pooling in her rubber boots.
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Source: TIME: Health - August 3, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Aryn Baker / Georgia Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything feature healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
In Just 7 Months, the World Used an Entire Year ’ s Worth of Planetary Resources
For most people, Aug. 2, 2023 has been a day that’s gone largely unremarked upon. But for the planet as a whole, it was a very big—and very bad—date. Aug. 2 marked this year’s so-called Earth Overshoot Day—the day on which the annual resources humanity extracts from the earth exceeds the planet’s ability to regenerate them in the same year. Haul more fish from the ocean than can breed in their place? That’s an overshoot. Pump more fresh water from a lake or river or aquifer than can be replaced by rain, snow melt, or groundwater? That’s an overshoot.
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Source: TIME: Science - August 2, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized climate change Climate Is Everything healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
This Ancient Whale May Have Been the Heaviest Animal Ever
Perucetus drifted through shallow seas like a gigantic manatee, scientists suspect. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Carl Zimmer Tags: your-feed-science Paleontology Fish and Other Marine Life Research Skeletons Manatees Mammals Fossils Whales and Whaling Oceans and Seas Atacama Desert Source Type: news
As Trump indicted, Biden hits fish restaurant,'Oppenheimer' showing
REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) - As Donald Trump was being indicted for a third time Tuesday evening, U.S. President Joe Biden was headed to Matt's Fish Camp, a chowder and fried fish restaurant near his Delaware beach house, for an early supper. The White House kept the pool of reporters who…#rehobothbeach #delaware #donaldtrump #fishcamp #oppenheimer #jacksmith #trump #justicedepartment #iansams #departmentofjustice (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Supermoons to serve up double treat for UK stargazers in August
It should be relatively easy to see the cosmic display – ending in a rare blue moon – if the skies are clearStargazers will be treated to a very special double feature next month, with a pair of supermoons appearing in August – closing off with a rare blue moon.The first, called Sturgeon, should be able to be seen from the UK on Tuesday 1 August with its peak at 7.31pm (BST) and just 222,159 miles (357,530km) away. According to the Old Farmer ’s Almanac, the August full moon is traditionally known as the Sturgeon moon because of the abundance of that fish in the Great Lakes in August hundreds of years ago.Continue ...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 30, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jane Clinton Tags: The moon Science Space UK news Source Type: news
The Women Making Waves in Maine ’s Lobster Ind
To become a lobster boat captain on the rugged coast of Maine, you will need more than just a few lobster traps and a boat. To catch lobster, your days will begin in the dusky pink glow of dawn, filling bait bags with dead fish and hauling and stacking lobster traps that weigh upwards of 50…#maine #uscoastguards (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 29, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ship noises prove a nuisance for arctic narwhals
The Arctic Ocean is a noisy place. Creatures of the deep have learned to live with the cacophony of creaking ice sheets and breaking icebergs, but humanmade sources of noise from ships and oil and gas infrastructure are altering that natural submarine soundscape. Now, a research team has found that even subtle underwater noise pollution can
cause narwhals to make shallower dives and cut their hunts short
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The research, published today in
Science Advances
, uncovers “some really great information on a species we know very little about,” says Ari Friedlaender, an ocean ecologist at the U...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 26, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
Shark filmed feeding on " bunker pod " in mesmerizing video
What does a shark attack look like from the sky? Not an attack on humans, but on thousands of fish. Officials from the New York State Parks and Historic Sites have captured stunning aerial footage of a requiem shark as it lunged into a school of Atlantic menhaden, known as a "bunker pod." The New…#newyorkstateparks #historicsites #atlantic #nysdepartment #requiem #catholic #museumofflorida #sharkattackfile #newyorkstate #duskysharks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ghana: Policy Brief On Nutrition Education Materials Launched
[Ghanaian Times] A policy brief on the inclusion of small fish in the Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) and nutrition education materials was launched in Accra yesterday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Education Ghana Health and Medicine Nutrition West Africa Source Type: news
How a $30 cherry helps boost rural Japan
Tokyo's Ota wholesale market was the last place I expected to find myself at 6 a.m. on a torrentially rainy Friday in mid-June. As I weaved my way -- shoes sodden and hair frizzy -- through the crates of fresh fish and piles of potatoes, I will admit I questioned my life choices more than once.…#tokyo #yamagata #benio (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This fish delivers a nasty sting. Could it also save lives?
Ocean-goers along the Pacific Northwest’s rugged shorelines know to give the prickly Korean rockfish a wide berth. A type of scorpionfish, it can deliver a toxic strike with its spines. But according to a new study, the fish may possess the ability to heal as well as harm. A protein it produces can kill drug-resistant bacteria, the authors say, and could one day be used to treat infections in people with cystic fibrosis.
The discovery “sets the stage” for scientists to develop better tools to combat antibiotic resistance, says Nicole Iovine, an infectious disease expert at the University of Florida who was not ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 24, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
' Jaws' vs'The Meg': A definitive ranking of the best shark movies to celebrate Shark Week
For nearly 50 years, it hasn't been safe to go back into the water. Thanks, "Jaws." The big screen has played host to a never-ending spate of troublesome man-eating sharks ever since Steven Spielberg's killer-fish spectacle. Next up is another pretty large catch: Action hero Jason Statham has a…#jaws #stevenspielberg #jasonstatham #meg2trench #sharkweek #ghostshark #mandymoore #claireholt #mexico #deepbluesea (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
