Arctic Pollution Linked to Bird Droppings
The sky is falling, the ice is melting, the arctic is slipping away.
The world's media have been inundated with disaster stories about the state of arctic environment for the last several years. Greenpeace tried to claim that global warming would melt the arctic and flood out Manhattan island, while numerous activist groups have attempted to portray the arctic as nothing more than a toxic hazardous waste dump.
It turns out the biggest polluter of the arctic environment may be...
... wait for it now...
birds.
Specifically, bird poo.
"Wind currents and human activities long have been blamed for fouling the pristine Arctic. But a study by a group of Canadian researchers found that the chemical pollution in areas frequented by seabirds can be many times higher than in nearby regions."
Interestingly enough, birds are also being blamed elsewhere across the globe for holding up development of clean, renewable windpower.
I think we've discovered the true environmental villain here. Maybe Greenpeace can take advantage and change their slogan to "Save the Whales... and Kill Some Birds While You're at it!"
2 Comments:
The yahoo link either does not work, or they've taken the article down?
Hello....the birds transport the chemicals from south....
If you did a little research you would realize that toxins are transported by the birds and then deposited on the land by their feces. Other animals feed on vegetation that the feces acts as a nutrients for.....and the toxins move up the food chain to the indegenous people of the area. It is a serious issue....
Please ensure you understand the facts before you make yourself look like a fool.
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