Showing posts with label fauna. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fauna. Show all posts

Wind turbines wrong colour for wildlife

BBC News, October 15, 2010


A study has revealed that a wind turbine's colour affects how many insects it attracts, shedding more light on why the turbines occasionally kill bats and birds. Scientists say that turbines, most commonly painted white or grey, draw in insects. These then lure bats and birds - as they pursue their prey - into the path of the turbine blades.Support for the idea comes from another study showing that bats are most often killed by turbines at night and in summer, when insects are most abundant.Read more...

Δηλητηριασμένα δολώματα έχουν αφανίσει ολόκληρα είδη ζώων


ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ, 20 Ιουλίου 2010

Τεράστιες καταστροφές στην ελληνική πανίδα έχει προκαλέσει η εκτεταμένη χρήση δηλητηριασμένων δολωμάτων. Αν και έχουν απαγορευτεί από το 1993, χιλιάδες κάτοικοι, κυρίως της υπαίθρου, εξακολουθούν να τα χρησιμοποιούν για να αντιμετωπίσουν είδη πουλιών και ζώων που τα θεωρούν ενοχλητικά, όπως έδειξαν έρευνες που πραγματοποίησαν το τελευταίο διάστημα περιβαλλοντικές οργανώσεις της χώρας. Διαβάστε περισσότερα...

Chernobyl 'shows insect decline'


BBC, March 18, 2009

Two decades after the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, radiation is still causing a reduction in the numbers of insects and spiders. According to researchers working in the exclusion zone surrounding Chernobyl, there is a "strong signal of decline associated with the contamination".
The team found that bumblebees, butterflies, grasshoppers, dragonflies and spiders were affected. They report their findings in the journal Biology Letters. Read more...