https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-03/coho-salmon-tire-chemical

When officials in Seattle spent millions of dollars restoring the creeks along Puget Sound — tending to the vegetation, making the stream beds less muddy, building better homes for fish — they were thrilled to see coho salmon reappear.

But when it rained, more than half, sometimes all, of the coho in a creek would suffer a sudden death.

Now, after 20 years of investigation, researchers in Washington state, San Francisco and Los Angeles say they have found the culprit: a very poisonous yet little-known chemical related to a preservative used in car tires.



Interesting stuff. An example of unintended consequences.

I read the actual study last week, it's vague as fuck. This was made for headlines, fact is, it's just one of many causes.

Quote from: ModelCitizen on December 07, 2020, 10:15:26 AM
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-12-03/coho-salmon-tire-chemical

When officials in Seattle spent millions of dollars restoring the creeks along Puget Sound — tending to the vegetation, making the stream beds less muddy, building better homes for fish — they were thrilled to see coho salmon reappear.

But when it rained, more than half, sometimes all, of the coho in a creek would suffer a sudden death.

Now, after 20 years of investigation, researchers in Washington state, San Francisco and Los Angeles say they have found the culprit: a very poisonous yet little-known chemical related to a preservative used in car tires.



Interesting stuff. An example of unintended consequences.

So the 40,000 Chinese fishing boats have nothing to do with it.
Should we all buy a mule and give up our cars?

Quote from: Solar on December 07, 2020, 10:25:11 AM
I read the actual study last week, it's vague as fuck. This was made for headlines, fact is, it's just one of many causes.

Liberals still think their ban on CFCs did something....

Quote from: Owebo on January 01, 2021, 12:25:31 PM
Liberals still think their ban on CFCs did something....

Fuck, these idiots still think cow farts are killing the environment.

Quote from: Solar on January 01, 2021, 01:15:29 PM
Fuck, these idiots still think cow farts are killing the environment.

I am tirelessly working to correct this flaw.  Everyday, I eat as many of these Climate offenders as I can cook.

that's just seattle libs always patting themselves on the back.

Quote from: tiny1 on January 02, 2021, 08:09:55 AM
I am tirelessly working to correct this flaw.  Everyday, I eat as many of these Climate offenders as I can cook.

Ya know what's funny? If they did away with cows, there would be more feed for other critters to mass produce, farting more than cows do.
But what I don't get is, the evil white frontiersman killed off millions of buffalo, and the climate never blinked. Gee, ya think these greenies are full of shit?