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In reply to: Nordic Reindeer Sudden Die-Off – 08/31/2016
The ozone layer blocks ultraviolet only. Not gamma rays. It is the entire mass of the atmosphere that blocks gamma rays.
I agree that lightning seems very unlikely as a cause, at least partly because the reindeer did seem rather spread out.
I wonder if some powerful group, human or alien, was testing a superweapon of some sort. It could even something as exotic as a fear projector, so that all the animals died of neurological shock, not electrical shock.
I hope autopsy results are released. It should be easy to differentiate between electrical shock, gamma ray radiation damage, fear-based shock, conventional poisoning, or other causes.
Source: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=55453
In reply to: Cancers Spreading in Mollusks – 06/23/2016
“Like the plot of a summer horror flick”:
All along Canada’s Pacific coast, mussels are dying…
Bodies are swollen by cancerous tumors —
Unprecedented mutations allowing cancer to spread from one species to another like a virus —
Scientists: “It’s beyond surprising”
Published: July 7th, 2016 at 2:13 pm ET
By ENENewsWashington Post, Jun 22, 2016 (emphasis added): All along the western Canadian coast, mussels are dying. Their blobby bodies are swollen by tumors. The blood-like fluid that fills their interiors is clogged with malignant cells. They’re all sick with the same thing: cancer. And it seems to be spreading.
For all its harrowing, terrifying damage, the saving grace of cancer has always been that it dies with its host. Its destructive power comes from turning victims’ own cells against them and making them run amok. But when molecular biologist Stephen Goff biopsied these mussels, he found something strange. The tumor cells didn’t have the same DNA as their host. Instead, every mussel was being killed by the same line of cancerous cells, which were jumping from one individual to the next like a virus…
National Geographic, Jun 23, 2016: It sounds like the plot of a summer horror flick: Malignant cells floating in the sea, ferrying infectious cancer everywhere they go. The story is all too true, say scientists who’ve made a discovery they call “beyond surprising.”…
“The evidence indicates that the tumor cells themselves are contagious – that they can spread from one clam to another in the ocean,” says biochemist and immunologist Stephen Goff of Columbia University, co-author, along with Michael Metzger of Columbia, of a paper reporting the results in the journal Cell.
These mussels are one of four species of mollusks affected. The mussels at Copper Beach in West Vancouver, Canada, are infected with the disease. This week the team reported new findings in the journal Nature. The transmissible cancer has been discovered in… mussels (Mytilus trossulus) in West Vancouver… Mytilus trossulus is the main native intertidal mussel in the northern Pacific.
In North America, it’s found from California to Alaska… The cancer, it’s believed, originated in one unfortunate mollusk. It’s astounding, Goff says, that a leukemia that has killed countless clams traces to one incidence of the disease… What will happen in other mollusk species? Ominously, says Goff, “It’s too soon to know.”
University of British Columbia, Jun 23, 2016: 1st contagious cancer that spreads between species — UBC scientists were involved in research that found the first contagious cancer that can spread between species, CBC News reported. The leukemia-like disease seems to be widespread among shellfish with hinged shells, or bivalves, like clams, mussels and cockles. Environment Canada scientists worked with UBC researchers to collect mussels in West Vancouver and Esquimalt, B.C. and test them for cancer.
CBC News, Jun 22, 2016: Contagious cancers are a scary idea to begin with, but scientists have made some startling new discoveries about them – they are likely more common in nature than originally thought, and some can even spread between species… Mussels living off the coast of British Columbia [are] prone to the contagious cancer… scientists reported Wednesday in Nature… Canadian scientists collected mussels in West Vancouver, above, and Esquimalt, B.C. They then took them back to the lab and screened them for cancer… Sherry worked with Reinisch and scientists at the University of British Columbia to collect mussels in West Vancouver and Esquimalt, B.C.
Then they took them back to the lab and screened them for cancer… Samples that tested positive for leukemia were sent to Goff and his postdoctoral researcher Michael Metzger, lead author of the new paper, for genetic analysis.
That analysis showed that not all the mussels with leukemia had a contagious cancer – in some cases, the cancer had developed from an individual’s own cells, as is typically the case. But contagious cancers were found in all three species, and were typically clones from a single individual… Stephen Goff, a professor of microbiology at Columbia University who also co-authored the new paper, is interested in finding out what mutations allowed the transmissible cancer to spread to other individuals.
In reply to: Salmon Disappear off West Coast – 11/04/2015
“Worst Ever”: Alarm over shocking crash of salmon population in Pacific Northwest —
“Very frightening… Pathetic… Grave… Disastrous… Non-existent” —
Official calls for immediate government action —
“Something majorly wrong is happening in our oceans” (VIDEOS)
Published: November 18th, 2015 at 6:38 pm ET
By ENENewsGlobe and Mail, Nov 12, 2015 (emphasis added): The collapse of major salmon runs in B.C. this fall… prompted First Nations to request “an urgent meeting” with newly appointed federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo. Chief Bob Chamberlin, chair of the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance, said the disappearance of millions of pink salmon headed for the Fraser and the collapse of the Adams River sockeye run underscore the need for immediate government action.
“Only about 2,000 fish made it back to the Adams River*. That’s supposed to be one of the biggest, most precious runs of sockeye in the world,” he said Thursday. About 1.2 million sockeye were forecast to return to the Adams… No explanations for the failure of the runs to materialize have been given by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans… Mr. Chamberlin said… “This year’s runs have made it abundantly clear that our salmon stocks are in grave danger“…
Globe and Mail, Nov 4, 2015: British Columbia’s iconic Adams River salmon run… appears to have collapsed… Jim Cooperman, president of the Shuswap Environmental Action Society, said the spawning beds… are empty this fall… “It’s pretty grim here at the Adams River … it’s quite depressing here really.”…
Because the fish mature at four years of age, the runs are on a cycle, which means each one usually reflects the progenitor run that occurred four years before [i.e. 2011]… it is the worst return ever on that cycle; the next lowest year was 1939, when 16,000 fish came back. Mr. Cooperman said the small return represents “a very frightening crash,” and two successive poor years should set off alarm bells…
Salmon Arm Observer, Oct 27, 2015: Sockeye numbers shockingly low… South Thompson sockeye run has been disastrous… No late-run sockeye were observed in upper Adams… Four years ago, late-run salmon were in the millions, sparking hopes of a large return…
CTV, Nov 6, 2015: Alarm sounded after dismal sockeye salmon return to iconic B.C. river
CTV transcript, Nov 6, 2015: One of B.C.’s most important salmon runs just hasn’t happened… The story it’s telling is ugly. (Jim Cooperman, president of the Shuswap Environmental Action Society:) “This is a collapse. This is a crash. It’s very significant.”… What’s missing is the salmon. Normally by this time of year with the spawning over, you’d be seeing a scattering of sockeye carcasses along the Adams River — but today you’re hard-pressed to find a single one… Government biologists say [it’s been] very disappointing.
Global News, Nov 6, 2015: [T]he number of sockeye returning to the Adams River is down sharply from the number originally expected. Now a local environmental group is raising concerns the return may be a sign of even bigger problems. “It was pathetic,” says Jim Cooperman, president of the Shuswap Environmental Action Society.
“That tells me that there is something majorly wrong happening in our oceans… think [of] salmon as the canary in the coal mine… we have some major concerns and it is not just the salmon.”… “We can say the returns are significantly below what we had preseason forecast,” says Stu Cartwright, Fisheries and Oceans Canada… federal authorities don’t know why fewer sockeye returned this year than originally expected.
Vancouver Sun, Nov 3, 2015: The late South Thompson sockeye run has seen far fewer fish than expected… “In terms of the sockeye return, it’s much more disappointing than people were hoping to see this year,” said Greg Taylor, senior fisheries adviser for the Watershed Watch Salmon Society… “They arrive in the spawning grounds in October, and the numbers they’re seeing are disturbingly low.”… Taylor noted that this is the second year in a row that both the early summer and late summer components of Shuswap sockeye returned at levels well below pre-season expectations.
Vancouver Sun, Sep 9, 2015: [A] fish expert says this year’s salmon season seems to be non-existent… “I didn’t smoke or can anything this year,” [Ken Ashley, director of the Rivers Institute at the B.C. Institute of Technology] said…
The Province, Sep 10, 2015: “I think we’re looking at the gradual biological extinction of salmon” [said First Nations fish adviser Ernie Crey]… Crey, 66, has been studying the situation for 35 years, first as a member of Fisheries and Oceans Canada… “This year’s run on the Fraser will be one of the lowest returns we’ve seen,” [fisheries scientist Brian Riddell] said…
In reply to: Mass Mortality on West Coast – 04/22/2015
Die-Off Started in 2011 – 06/04/2015
Scientists reveal details of unprecedented mass mortality on West Coast that began summer 2011 —
“Many millions” of deaths before sea star wasting syndrome —
Multiple species wiped out in days —
Mortality rate of 99.99% over large region —
“No documented event has been so severe”
Published: June 4th, 2015 at 12:30 pm ET
By ENENewsUniv. of California (Davis), Jun 3, 2015 (emphasis added): In August 2011, scientists at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory walked into their labs to a strange, disturbing sight: Thousands of purple sea urchins and other marine invertebrates were dead in their tanks, which are fed directly by seawater. [The] ocean washed up carcasses of red abalone, large sea stars, and football-sized, snail-like chitons… even more heavily impacted as a population were the millions of purple sea urchins and tiny sea stars that died along a 62-mile stretch of coast…
“We might not have known urchins and six-armed sea stars were affected if lab-held animals hadn’t died right in front of us,” said the study’s lead author Laura Jurgens… “We’re expecting real ecological changes in how these tide pools operate”… this die-off was fast, wiping out these two species in as little as a few days. The die-off also occurred about two years before [observance of] sea star wasting syndrome…
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Jun 3, 2015: [It was] a grim scene, with dead red abalone, purple sea urchins and tiny sea stars rotting across the Northern California shoreline… the same carnage [took place] at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab… scientists tallied almost 100 percent mortality of purple sea urchins and six-armed sea stars throughout the 62-mile study area… Researchers found only 10 purple sea urchins in the area once home to millions…
Study by scientists from CA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, Bodega Marine Lab, UC Davis/Santa Cruz/Merced, Jun 3, 2015: Patterns of Mass Mortality among Rocky Shore Invertebrates across 100 km of Northeastern Pacific Coastline — In late August 2011, formerly abundant intertidal populations of the purple sea urchin [and] six-armed sea star were functionally extirpated from ~100 km of coastline… studies by others indicated moderate to severe impacts on… red sea urchin… and red abalone…
There were no obvious physical stressors (e.g., a storm, heavy rainfall)… we did not find a single six-armed star at these six locations… Ochre sea stars and gumboot chitons also experienced elevated mortality… We found only ten surviving intertidal purple urchins out of a prior regional population we estimate at many millions…. [The] mortality rate was therefore >99.99% over 100 km… [N]o previously documented mortality event has been so severe over such a large region… its sudden onset [is] a pattern that is rare in marine systems… typically [it takes] several months or years…
[W]e cannot unambiguously ascribe the current die-off to a particular cause or set of causes… A disease outbreak is plausible… The most likely cause… appears to be a toxin produced by phytoplankton… yessotoxins have not previously been known as lethal… the possibility remains that unidentified species and/or toxin(s) were responsible.
Press Democrat (Sonoma), Feb 2014: Biologists were initially stumped by the die-off, which stunned local divers and was erroneously attributed to a red tide. The cause has since been identified as a bloom of microscopic algae called Gonyaulax membranacea, which produce a toxin called yessotoxin…
In reply to: West Coast Fisheries Closing – 04/16/2015
Friday, April 17, 2015
Food Chain Catastrophe: Emergency Shut Down Of West Coast Fisheries
Mac Slavo
Activist PostEarlier this week Michael Snyder warned that the bottom of our food chain is going through a catastrophic collapse with sea creatures dying in absolutely massive numbers. The cause of the problem is a mystery to scientists who claim that they can’t pinpoint how or why it’s happening.
What’s worse, the collapse of sea life in the Pacific Ocean isn’t something that will affect us several decades into the future. The implications are being seen right now, as evidenced by an emergency closure of fisheries along the West coast this week.
On Wednesday federal regulators announced the early closure of sardine fisheries in California, Oregon and Washington. According to the most recent data, the sardine populations has been wiped out with populations seeing a decline of 91% in just the last eight years.
Meeting outside Santa Rosa, California, the Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to direct NOAA Fisheries Service to halt the current season as early as possible, affecting about 100 fishing boats with sardine permits…
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The action was taken based on revised estimates of sardine populations, which found the fish were declining in numbers faster than earlier believed…
The council did not take Wednesday’s decision lightly and understood the pain the closure would impose on the fishing industry, said council member Michele Culver, representing the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. She added that it was necessary because a new assessment of sardine stocks showed they were much lower than estimated last year, when harvest quotas were set.
Source: New York Times via Steve Quayle / ENEnews
Sardines, like honey bees, don’t seem important to the casual observer. But just like honey bees, which are experiencing their own colony collapse, they are critical to the propagation of the global food chain. The immediate effects can be seen on the creatures next in line:
… 90 percent of this year’s class of sea lion pups were starving for lack of sardines to eat.
“The sardine populations have crashed 91 percent since 2007,” he said after the vote.
“We would have liked to see this happen much sooner, but now we can start to rebuild this sardine population that is so important to the health of the ocean.”
(Courtesy: The Seattle Times)
But even closing of commercial fisheries may not be the solution. As Snyder points out in the aforementioned report, there are some unexplained phenomena occurring in the Pacific ocean and either scientists don’t have a clue what is happening, or someone is keeping a gag order on researchers.According to two University of Washington scientific research papers that were recently released, a 1,000 mile stretch of the Pacific Ocean has warmed up by several degrees, and nobody seems to know why this is happening. This giant “blob” of warm water was first observed in late 2013, and it is playing havoc with our climate. And since this giant “blob” first showed up, fish and other sea creatures have been dying in absolutely massive numbers.
The issue could potentially be one of climate change – but not the kind of climate change we hear from politicians who just want to put carbon tax credits in their pocket. Rather, we could be talking about cyclical climate shifts that have occurred regularly throughout the course of earth’s history. And with those shifts come massive migrations and species die-offs.
Or, as one contributor at ENEnews.com suggested, the answer to why this is happening should be obvious:
We have three cores melted out of their reactor buildings, lost in the mudrock and sandstone, which we have failed to locate and mitigate.
We have an underground river running under the ruins, which we have failed to divert around the reactors.
We have three empty reactors, containing nothing but corium splatter left when they blew up and melted out.
We have the Pacific Ocean Ecosystem, which we have stressed beyond endurance, through ocean dumping, over fishing, agricultural runoff, and now unrestricted radiation.
We have the sudden collapse of the Pacific Ocean Ecosystem, with a threatened collapse of the biosphere.
We continue to allow corporate and governmental inaction.
What in hell did you think was going to happen?
Something is wrong with world’s food chain and one Harvard Professor suggested last year that recent signs, namely with the die-off of honeybee populations, are a prelude of things to come:But he now warns that a pollinator drop could be the least our worries at this point.
That it may be a sign of things to come – bees acting as the canary in the coalmine.
That not only are we connected to bees through our food supply, but that the plight that so afflicts them may very well soon be our own.
Could it be that the collapse of honeybee colonies, mass sea life die-offs, and changing climates in once lush growing regions are all the result of the same underlying phenomena?If so, then we can soon expect not just higher food prices, but a breakdown in the food chain itself.
And though none of us can truly prepare for a decades-long (or longer) food disaster and the complexities that would come along with it (like mass migrations and resource wars), we can take steps to make ourselves as self sustainable as possible, while also preparing emergency plans to respond to the initial brunt of the force should it hit.
Source: http://www.activistpost.com/2015/04/food-chain-catastrophe-emergency-shut.html#more
In reply to: 35,000 Dead Sea Lions on West Coast – 03/04/2015
10,000 baby sea lions dead on one California island —
Experts: “It’s getting crazy… This is a crisis… Never seen anything like it… Very difficult to see so much death” —
TV: “Numbers skyrocketing at alarming rates” —
“Woman is burying the rotting mammals” after digging graves at beach (VIDEOS)Published: March 16th, 2015 at 10:40 am ET
By ENENewsNBC L.A., Mar 12, 2015 (emphasis added): “The sea lion emergency is back all along the California shore“… [Pups] are washing ashore at a rate so alarming, rescuers said Thursday, this year is the worst yet… more than 1,600 marine mammals [have been picked up].
KTLA, Mar 10, 2015: Stranding numbers for the months of January and February were more than 20 times the average [said NOAA].
ABC 10 News, Mar 14, 2015: Friday, Konnie Martinkis was burying her third sea lion… There were at least five within just more than a football field’s length that were dead… she contacted the city… but it just decomposed as more showed up… she will continue building those graves.
Coast News, Mar 12, 2015: [NOAA] said not to feed it [that] will only prolong the animals suffering.
KABC: Numbers are skyrocketing at alarming rates…Sunday, six sea lions were found dead
NY Times, Mar 12, 2015: “It’s getting crazy,” [Wendy Leeds, animal-care expert at the Pacific Marine Mammal Center] said… Sharon Melin, a wildlife biologist with [NOAA said] “We do expect the population to take a drop… probably a really good hit”… Michele Hunter, the center’s director of animal care, said, “It’s very difficult to see so much death.”
Sacramento Bee, Mar 7, 2015: Tens of thousands of pups birthed last summer are believed to be dying on the islands… some [are] desperately trying to climb onto small boats or kayaks… Scientists noted a worrisome anomaly in 2013, when 1,171 famished pups were stranded… scientists blamed the phenomenon on unseasonably cold waters… On San Miguel… Melin said researchers believe “probably close to 10,000 are dead, and we expect more to die over coming months”… the mortality rate is similar on San Nicolas.
Time: Experts at NOAA say that the culprit is rising ocean temperatures [note “unseasonably cold” ocean temps were the culprit during the record strandings in 2013]… a NOAA climate expert said that they do not believe the stranding increase is tied to climate change.
Marine Mammal Center, Mar 5, 2015: It’s clear these sea lions are trying to tell us something. Their very presence here in such great numbers at this time of year is sounding an alarm up and down the coast… it signals something complex happening in our ocean… sea lions are very sensitive to their environment… alerting us to major changes in the ocean… The scene on the Channel Islands this year is grave, worse even than what researchers saw in 2012, before the Unusual Mortality Event in 2013… “What’s scary is that we don’t know when this will end,” says Dr. Shawn Johnson, Director of Veterinary Science at The Marine Mammal Center. “This could be the new normal—a changed environment that we’re dealing with now.”
LA Daily News, Mar 13, 2015: “By the end of January, we had as many as we did in (all of) 2013,” [Marine Mammal Care Center’s David Bard] said… “We’ve never seen anything like this with back-to-back events that are affecting the same part of the population,” Melin said.
Dr. Melin: “Based on what we are seeing… we should be bracing for a lot more animals”
CBS Los Angeles, Mar 9, 2015: [California Wildlife Center’s Jeff Hall] says the event has escalated into a crisis. “I would personally consider this a crisis,” Hall said… The epidemic has prompted a number of volunteers to step forward, including… television personality Kat Von D [who said] “I think there’s a lack of awareness of what’s going on in the environment.”
In reply to: Pacific Coast Sea-Bird Die-Off – 01/04/2015
Unprecedented: ‘Cataclysmic’ die-off of birds on entire West Coast —
Beaches covered with dead bodies —
Professor: It’s tragic… never seen anything like this… We ignore it at our peril… Canary in the coalmine for us… Scrambling to figure out what’s going on with ecosystem
Published: January 8th, 2015 at 7:33 pm ET
By ENENewsStatesman Journal, Jan 2, 2015 (emphasis added): Why is the beach covered in dead birds?… “I’ve never seen that many before”… a mass die-off [is] going on along the entire West Coast… “To be this lengthy and geographically widespread, I think is kind of unprecedented,” [said Phillip Johnson of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition].
Oregonian, Jan 6, 2015: Dave Nuzum, a wildlife biologist… said his office continues to field calls from concerned beach-goers who come across a grisly scene: Common murres and Cassin’s auklets dead on the beach in great numbers… Oregon is the cataclysm’s epicenter… He doesn’t expect the crush of deaths to let up any time soon… [It’s] up to 100 times greater than normal annual death rates.
Prof. Julia Parrish, Univ. of Washington School of Aquatic & Fishery Science, Jan 6, 2015: This is the worst wreck of cassins auklets that we’ve ever seen on the West Coast… Certainly we are concerned… Is it that there’s less of their food, or perhaps that food has changed its distribution?… How many cassins may actually be suffering in this particular mortality event? We’re working with oceanographers and atmospheric scientists to try and discover whether there’s something in the environment which is signaling a difference, signaling a change.
Prof. Parrish #2, Jan 6, 2015: We’re seeing some adults wash up… The bumper crop [born this year] can’t quite explain [this]… We’re easily seeing tens of thousands, if not actually more… Normally [they] can exist out in the N. Pacific [far] from the coastline over the winter. We think that the population for some reason has snugged up to the coast… Unfortunately the cassins are the canary in the coalmine for us, so they’re telling us something is going on. To put it mildly, we’re still scrambling to figure out what’s going on with the ecosystem… Of course, everybody always wants to point the finger at climate change. The thing about climate change is it’s a very slow, steady change.
CBC, Jan 7, 2014: More than 100,000 carcasses… have been found… up to 100 times the normal number are washing ashore… “It’s a tragic event… We have never seen a die-off of Cassin’s like this, so that in and of itself says something” [said Parrish].
Mysterious Seal / Walrus Virus is Spreading
Biological Hazard in MultiCountries
Thursday, 13 October, 2011 at 04:59
Event Report
Friday, 23rd March 2012 :: 03:03:46 UTC
Updated:Thursday, 08 March, 2012 at 04:40 UTCDescription
A mysterious sickness that has killed Alaskan seals and walrus appears to be spreading. First spotted last year on Alaska’s northern coast, the illness was reported last week at the top of the Alaska panhandle where a dying seal was captured by fishermen.The seal, spotted at Yakutat near the top of the Alaska panhandle, was bald and lethargic and suffered conditions similar to those found in 60 dead seals and 75 diseased ones, most of them ring seals, that were discovered in July last year on the north coast.
"The seal, determined to be a yearling, exhibited almost total hair loss and nodular, ulcerated scabbed skin sores," Kathy Burek-Huntington, a veterinary pathologist part of an international group of experts working on the disease, was quoted as saying.
"These sores are consistent with the disease process we have been seeing in the ice seals in the North Slope and Bering Strait areas." Scientists last month ruled out that the illness could have been caused by radiation from the nuclear disaster last year at Japan’s Daiichi Fukushima power plant.
The dead seals discovered last year showed lesions on hind flippers and in their mouths. Some suffered from hair loss and irritated skin around the nose and eyes. Post-mortem examinations found fluid in lungs, white spots on livers and abnormal growth in brains.
Source: http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/pageid=event_update_read&edis_id=BH-20111013-32661-MLC&uid=12363
Crystal River replies –‘, ‘There were two things in this article that made me pause and ask questions.
The first one was this sentence: The disorder, which causes adult bees to abandon their hives and fly off to die, is likely a combination of many causes, including parasites, viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition and pesticides, experts say.
In much of my research into Morgellons there have been things that appeared like bacteria, appeared like virus, appeared like parasites—the pesticides is most likely correct–yet
I question the article as a whole.
The second thing that made me go hmmmmm: Bee Keeper got a shock when he checked on them, finding hundreds of the hives empty, abandoned by the worker bees.
Do you recall the nanotechnology white paper and the water flea that left its brood and swam in circles of confusion? This is similar to what happens to a mother that has Morgellons. One has to ask if these situations are connected. Could that raining on us from the sky be contributing to these conditions?
And what of the many nanotech products on the market; aren’t you concerened–the scientists sure are and it is in their best interest not to be. Did that give you pause–did it make you ask why?
Source: http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=169926
It’s HAARP, cell phone towers are a red herring
Hi Ray–Thanks for the article, but I partially disagree and have a different theory. I think that cell phones may have been observed misleading bees in their travels home–but I think the real culprit is HAARP, ( radio waves millions of times stronger than cell phones) which is being used in military testing and covert activities.
HAARP also requires the coating of the skies and air with barium and aluminum particles, as well as biological debris in order to allow the super powerful radio waves to bounce off the ionosphere and travel around the world. HAARP is a suspected cause of numerous recent events and catastrophes—earthquakes in Iraq, Pakistan, Indonesia, the Indonesian Tsuname, the " bombing" in Bali, the twin trade towers destruction, etc. It is a hugely powerful " secret" scalar weapon.
Cell phones have been around since the end of the 1970’s . I had one in
1981…bulky, but it still required towers and transmissions, and there were no reports of bees dying. It wasn’t until recently when the HAARP weapons became apparent that the bees started disapearing. The first chem trails in the Colorado/New Mexico area began coating the skies in 1999/2000, and they spread across the US after that, then to Europe. That is the same pattern that the disappearance of the bees followed…the Rockies first, then California area, then Europe.If HAARP and ELF ( Extra Low Frequency ) radio waves ( militarized into Tesla death rays) can cause the death and disorientation of whales and dolphins — then it can do the same to bees and birds. The cell phones are a smokescreen, a red herring to cover the US weapons program that will eventually cause starvation from lack of pollination of foods. In my opinion. The bees are just the canary in the mine for what is to come.
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi/noframes/read/102772
Electrosmog (continued)
‘Electrosmog’ could kill beekeepers’ buzz
September 16, 2008By Geoffrey Lean
Mobile phones, Wi-Fi systems, electric power lines and similar sources of "electrosmog" are disrupting nature on a massive scale, causing birds and bees to lose their bearings, fail to reproduce and die, a conference has heard.
Dr Ulrich Warnke – who has been researching the effects of man-made electrical fields on wildlife for more than 30 years – told the conference, organised by the Radiation Research Trust at the Royal Society in London and held in the past week, that "an unprecedented dense mesh of artificial magnetic, electrical and electromagnetic fields" has been generated, overwhelming the "natural system of information" on which the species rely.
He believes this could be responsible for the disappearance of bees in Europe and the US in what is known as colony collapse disorder, for the decline of the house sparrow, whose numbers have fallen by half in Britain over the past 30 years, and that it could also interfere with bird migration.
Warnke, a lecturer at the University of Saarland, in Germany, added that the world’s natural electrical and magnetic fields have had a "decisive hand in the evolution of species". Over millions of years they learned to use them to work out where they were, the time of day, and the approach of bad weather.
Now, he said, "man-made technology has created transmitters which have fundamentally changed the natural electromagnetic energies and forces on the earth’s surface. Animals that depend on natural electrical, magnetic and electromagnetic fields for their orientation and navigation are confused by the much stronger and constantly changing artificial fields."
His research has shown that bees exposed to the kinds of electrical fields generated by power lines killed each other and their young, while ones exposed to signals in the same range as mobile phones lost much of their homing ability.
Studies at the University of Koblenz-Landau, reported in The Independent on Sunday last year, have found bees failed to return to their hives when digital cordless phones were placed in them, while an Austrian survey noted that two-thirds of beekeepers with mobile phone masts within 300 metres had suffered unexplained colony collapse.
Warnke also cites Spanish and Belgian studies showing that the number of sparrows near mobile phone masts fell as radiation increased. And he says that migrating birds, flying in formation, had been seen to split up when approaching the masts.
But the Mobile Operators Association, representing the UK’s five mobile phone companies, says a US research group has found collapsing bee colonies in areas with no mobile phone service, and Denis Summers-Smith, a leading expert on sparrows, has described the link as "nonsense".
In reply to: Reply To: VHS bird die-offs Great Lakes – 05/04/2007
Lake Michigan bird die-offs continue, Aug. 2007
Published: August 30, 2007 10:30 amBird die-offs return to lakeshore
Invasive species play part in deaths
By VICTOR SKINNER
vskinner@record-eagle.comEMPIRE — Dead birds and fish again are washing up in waves at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
And park biologist Ken Hyde is concerned that this year’s die-off of gulls, loons, ducks and cormorants affects more species, particularly the endangered piping plover.
"One sad thing is we lost four piping plovers," Hyde said. "That is a concern to us because we are trying to increase their populations … and now we have one more thing that impacts them or can kill them."
Bird and fish deaths became evident by August last year. More than 2,600 fish-eating birds were found dead on Lake Michigan beaches north and south of the Platte River mouth by late 2006.
This year, biologists recorded die-offs by early summer.
The culprit is Type E botulism, a naturally occurring toxin in lake sediments that’s apparently entering the food chain through invasive species such as zebra and quagga mussels and round Goby fish.
In turn, birds and larger fish that consume mussels and Gobies are poisoned.
Since mid-June, hundreds of Gobies have washed ashore. More recently, smaller numbers of lake trout, salmon and carp have died and washed up on the beach, Hyde said.
State wildlife experts expressed concern over the sheer number and variety of dead birds.
"I haven’t dealt with those kinds of numbers in any die-off," said Tom Cooley, who’s tested animals for the Department of Natural Resources since 1977.
Friends of Sleeping Bear Dunes chairman Kerry Kelly said the problem has been discussed at group meetings.
"The loons in particular I think a lot of our members would be concerned about," he said. "A lot of our visitors also enjoy the natural beach setting and being able to walk the beaches, and nobody likes to walk the beach and see dead birds or dead fish."
This year’s death toll is impossible to predict, Hyde said.
"We do know from our dive crews that the Goby and quagga mussel populations are really building up along this part of Lake Michigan," he said.
Hyde is using off-shore monitoring devices as well as numerous crayfish, insect and fresh dead bird and fish samples to better understand the toxin’s pathway through the ecosystem.
Other agencies also are researching the problem.
Mark Breederland, district educator with the Michigan Sea Grant, said his cohorts in New York and Pennsylvania investigated similar situations in Lakes Erie and Ontario since the late 1990s.
"This is probably going to be a series," he said. "The general trend is for this July-August die-off of species, from what we learned from people in Lake Ontario, but there is also a late October-November die-off."
http://www.record-eagle.com/archivesearch/local_story_242103038.html
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More on Lake Michigan bird die-off, oct. 2006
Bird Die-Off Update
Date: October 19, 2006
Contact: Steve Yancho, 231-326-5134Biologists at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore were recently informed by lab specialists at the Michigan Department of Natural Resource Wildlife Disease Laboratory that Type E Botulism remains the culprit in the deaths of an assortment of bird species along the Lake Michigan shoreline. According to Lakeshore Biologist Ken Hyde, the outbreak began this summer and continues to primarily impact fish-eating birds. Hyde reported that “We have recently observed a significant die-off of Horned Grebes, Mergansers, and Common Loons in addition to the more commonly seen Cormorants and Gulls. Estimates of the total number of birds lost to Type E Botulism since August, just along the beaches of the Lakeshore, are approaching 2,600 birds.”
Early indications of what may have caused such a significant release of Type E Botulism into the ecosystem are not clear. Type E Botulism-caused bird die-offs were first reported on Lake Michigan in 1963. Hyde’s research into the problem has shown that these die-offs have become common in shoreline locations across the Great Lakes and that the outbreaks are often related to an upwelling of lake-bottom sediments containing the Type E Botulism. Hyde postulated that “Sediments that contain the bacteria are being filtered by non-native Zebra Mussels, thus concentrating the Botulism in the mussels. The mussels are then eaten by non-native Round Gobies, which in turn are consumed by the affected birds.” Hyde went on to say that “The gobies are recent invaders that are steadily increasing in number throughout the Great Lakes and are becoming a significant food source for many fish-eating birds. These fish can concentrate PCBs and, apparently, botulism from the Zebra Mussels as well.”
According to Hyde, there is no indication that this bird die-off represents any type of human health threat. It is unknown, however, whether there is a risk to dogs that feed on the dead birds. When asked about this concern Superintendent Dusty Shultz reminded visitors that “All dogs must be kept on a leash when in the park, and this is especially important when visiting beaches that are open to dogs. This not only protects other visitors and wildlife, but protects the dogs as well.”
Although park visitors and neighbors continue to express concern about the dead birds on the beaches, it appears that the carcasses are more of an aesthetic concern than a health risk to wildlife or humans. Biologist Hyde noted that, “Because of the environmental pathway the botulism is taking, it appears that direct actions such as burial or removal will have little chance of stopping or even slowing outbreaks such as this one.” Superintendent Shultz agreed, saying, “The Lakeshore appreciates all of the interest in this issue and the many offers of help. There is a great sense of loss each time a Common Loon or other bird is found and since there are very few management options available, there is hope that nature will soon resolve this very difficult situation. Unfortunately, with two rapidly increasing non-native species as the suspected delivery mechanism, this is a problem that may be with us on a reoccurring basis.”
In reply to: Reply To: Toxicopathy and CCD in bees – 07/21/2007
from caraway – 05/31/2007
Re: Why are the bees dying?To Jane and Wikipedia entomologist Doug,
I would like to breathe a sigh of relief at your explanation about
Colony Collapse Disorder not being such a big deal. But I have to ask
you a few questions:1. Why do eminent entomologists from Harvard and other more
prestigious universities than UC Riverside (you are right not to
brag!) disagree with you, and testify before Congress that this is
indeed an unprecedented event?
2. Beekeepers do lose colonies in the winter, but why are they
suddently losing all their bees in the Spring, during pollination
season? Can you show me when Colony Collapse Disorder, the
disappearance of entire colonies of bees, has happened before 2004?
3. If beekeeper mismanagement is a possible cause, what makes you
think they suddenly changed their management procedures this year?
Can you back up this assertion with facts? The beekeepers that
testified before Congress were in the business for generations, and
they were visibly shaken by this unprecendented event.
4. Since it’s "impossible to get hard numbers", how do you know this
is just a "drop in the bucket"?
5. What proof do you have that this is just a continuation of "colony
stress", that has been around for centuries? This event is reported
by the beekeepers themselves, testifying before Congress, as
completely unprecedented.
6. How do you explain the autopsies done, on the few bees that were
found, showing complete immune-system collapse? I remind you that the
pesticides being used now have been used for many years, even
decades, without this Colony Collapse occurring.
7. You pooh-pooh the stories and say not to trust the media. Does
this include misinformation in the alternative media (like
wikipedia)? I have found the mainstream media to be mostly silent
about this problem, except for quick, spotty coverage.
8. Don’t trifle with us. This is something to be concerned about.sincerely,
Mike Cfrom Patricia Robinette – 05/29/2007
Possible culprit identified in decline of honeybeeshttp://www.sunjournal.com/story/214 … ified_in_decline_of_honeybees/
They are among the most sensitive and hardest-working creatures in
nature. Ancient navigators of the air, honeybees are guided between
hive and flower by the angle and direction of the sun. Their internal
clock signals the time of day a particular flower’s nectar is
flowing. And daily changes in the earth’s magnetic cycle alert those
in the darkened hive to sunrise and sunset.A mysterious ailment, however, is causing the great pollinators to
lose their way home. The disorder, called "colony collapse," has
resulted in the deaths of millions of honeybees worldwide and up to
half of the 2.5 million colonies in the United States.The chief suspect, say many scientists, is the most commonly used
insecticide on the planet: imidacloprid."I grew up in the 1960s, and this reminds me of Rachel Carson’s
"Silent Spring,"’ says Douglas Fisher, a New Jersey state legislator,
referring to the 1962 book that warned the world about the long-term
effects of agricultural chemicals on the environment.Last week Fisher escorted New Jersey’s secretary of agriculture,
Charles M. Kuperus, to some hard-hit beekeeping operations in the
legislator’s Salem County district.Launched in 1994 by Bayer, the German health care and chemical
company, imidacloprid is used to combat insects such as aphids that
attack more than 140 crops, including fruits and vegetables, cotton,
alfalfa and hops. Sold under various brand names, such as Admire,
Advantage, Gaucho, Merit, Premise and Provado, imidacloprid also is
manufactured for use on flowers, lawns, trees, golf courses and even
pets in the form of flea collars. The list soon could grow even
longer. Last fall, Bayer announced findings indicating imidacloprid’s
ability to promote plant health even in the absence of infestation.But while it is a successful insecticide, the chemical, in sublethal
doses, may be wreaking havoc on honeybees’ nervous systems. In the
mid-1990s, imidacloprid was implicated in a massive bee die-off in
France, in which a third of the country’s 1.5 million registered
hives were lost. After beekeepers protested, imidacloprid was banned
for several uses, including treatment of sunflowers and corn seed. At
the same time, beekeepers in Germany, Poland, Spain and Switzerland
were suffering similar losses."These things (imidacloprid insecticides) do a great job on termites,
fleas, ticks, but people forget honeybees are insects, too," said
Jerry Hayes, president of the Apirary Inspectors of America and an
entomologist with the Florida Department of Agriculture. "It amazes
me the disconnect that chemical companies have – or are allowed to
have – in terms of the effects (of pesticides) on good insects."Honeybees come into contact with pesticides because insects are
needed to pollinate scores of crops, such as apples, blueberries,
cantaloupes, cranberries, cucumbers, pumpkins and watermelons.
Imidcacloprid is one of the newer chemicals especially effective
against a wide range of pests. A member of a class of pesticides
called neonicotinoids, it is a synthetic derivative of nicotine and
works by impairing the central nervous system of insects, causing
their neurons to fire uncontrollably and eventually leading to muscle
paralysis and death.The potent chemical can be sprayed on plants, or coated on seeds,
which then release the insecticide through the plants as they grow.In sublethal doses, however, research has shown that imidacloprid and
other neonicotinoids, such as fipronil, can impair honeybees’ memory
and learning, as well as their motor activity and navigation. When
foraging for food and collecting nectar, honeybees memorize the
smells of flowers and create a kind of olfactory map for subsequent
trips.However, in laboratory and field studies, honeybees exposed to
imidacloprid seem to wander off, which may explain, say scientists,
why hives all over the world are turning up empty.Recent studies have reported on the "anomalous flying behavior" of
imidacloprid-treated bees where the workaholic insects simply fall to
the grass or appear unable to fly toward the hive.In 2003, a French television documentary team filmed honeybee
activity after exposure to imidacloprid. Clumsy and uncoordinated,
their legs trembling, the bees looked like drunks unable to find the
key to the front door of their hive. Others had trouble leaving the
hive, seemed disoriented, and when they were eventually able to make
their way out, soon disappeared, never to return.The possibility that neonicotinoids are at the heart of the bee die-
off implies a far more complex problem because of the widespread use
of pesticides. Every year these chemicals are applied to hundreds of
millions of acres of agricultural lands, gardens, golf courses and
public and private lawns across the United States. Their use on major
crops nearly tripled between 1964 and 1982, from 233 million pounds
to 612 million pounds of active ingredients. And since then, their
use has exploded. By 1999, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
reported 5 billion pounds of pesticides used on U.S. crops, forests,
lawns, flowers, homes and buildings.Because of imidacloprid’s emergence as a primary player in pest
management, a painful paradox has developed in relation to the recent
debate. Neonicotinoids are needed by farmers and growers to maintain
the health of crops, many of which also require pollination by
honeybees."Neonicotinoids are now the best aphid insecticide we have," said
Peter Shearer, a specialist in fruit tree entomology with the Rutgers
Agricultural and Extension Center in Bridgeton, N.J. "It’s very
important to our pests that have shown resistance to other chemicals.
It’s very important to eggplants, potatoes, tomatoes."Shearer notes that apple farmers, for instance, don’t use Provado,
which has imidacloprid as an active ingredient, until after the bees,
which are used for pollination, are removed from the orchards.
"So it doesn’t seem to be a logical route of bee die-off," he said.
"It would have to last 11 months."However, Shearer also acknowledges that some published studies
indicate that imidacloprid can persist on both vegetation and in the
soil for weeks, months and perhaps years.In France, there have been inconsistent results since the bans on
imidacloprid went into effect. In 2005, for the first time in a dozen
years, the French honey harvest improved, but only in certain
regions, according to the country´s beekeeping federation.Some U.S. entomologists, who recently have been analyzing dead bees,
have found a remarkably high number of viruses and fungal diseases in
the carcasses, leading them to suspect there may be other culprits
besides neonicotinoids.A 2004 University of North Carolina study, for instance, found that
some neonicotinoids, in combination with certain fungicides,
increased the toxicity of the "neonics" to honeybees a thousand-fold."I don’t think there is one smoking gun," said Hayes. "When
neonicotinoids are used on termites, they can’t remember how to get
home, they stop eating and then the fungus takes over and kills them.
That’s one of the ways imidacloprid works on termites – it makes them
vulnerable to other natural organisms. So if you look at what’s
happening to honeybees, that’s pretty scary."Last week the five-state Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and
Extension Consortium released a progress report on colony collapse
disorder. Its findings included "the high prevalence of fungi in
adult bees" which seemed "indicative of stress or a compromised
immune system; these symptoms have never been previously reported."Another entomologist at the Rutgers center, Gerald Ghidiu, knows
there is no simple answer to the problem."They’ve been looking at this since the late 1990s," said the
vegetable specialist. "They’ve done quite a few studies and they
still can’t find the direct link. Seventy-five percent of the
vegetable crops in Arizona gets imidacloprid, but they have no
problems with the honeybees right now. So why isn’t it straight
across the board? Everyone is in the dark over this."(Mike C comments: What explains the sudden colony collapse this spring, if this insecticide has been in use for years?
from diane1077 – 05/29/2007
I read recently in a California small periodical that actually the
ORGANIC bee-keepers in CA are having no problems with their bee hives.
It’s only the commerical bee-keepers who are using the pesticides in
their hives who are having dead and missing bees.I bought some honey two weeks ago from a small organic farm in San
Diego county. They aren’t having any problems at all with their bees.The media isn’t reporting that.
(MikeC comment – This is "anecdotal", but I notice wide-spread losses in certain areas, but some areas are unaffected. I suspect it does not really matter between organic and commercial. Again, I don’t see where the affected beekeepers are suddenly doing anything different)
In reply to: Reply To: Fish hatchery deaths in Idaho – 05/12/2007
from vicky davis – 05/12/2007
I know several people suffering from asthma and breathing problems. And my poor cat isn’t doing well. Layperson’s diagnosis – he has something like chronic wasting disease. I suspect from the poisoned food. I bought him prescription food from the Vet because of his urinary problem (FUS). It was one of the brands on the list. Strange thing is, my female cat is fine – at least so far.
If you are sane in an insane world, the insanity will make you insane.
In reply to: Reply To: Fish hatchery deaths in Idaho – 05/12/2007
from bridget – 05/12/2007
Vicky it is good to hear from you.
I know, nothing makes sense these days. I correct myself in saying this is a bactria, it is actually a parasite that can causae bacterial infection.
Bees, fish, millions of water fowl and if fact I’m not so great either.
Idiots and devils are having a field day, heaven help us.
BridgetIn reply to: Reply To: Fish hatchery deaths in Idaho – 05/12/2007
In reply to: Reply To: Fish hatchery deaths in Idaho – 05/12/2007
from bridget – 05/12/2007
I think this is a bacterial infection and can not be related to GW because the cure (in part) is to raise the water temp quite a few degrees. At least this is the process in an aquarium.
This to me is a continuation of bacteria, virus, fungus and all other co-infections we are seeing as a result of surpressed immune system.
It may seem like a ‘fishy’ story but it does fit with the general decline.
Thanks for this it is imprtant information, it may not seem like it, bit it is.
BridgetIn reply to: Reply To: Fish hatchery deaths in Idaho – 05/12/2007
from rocky – 05/12/2007
http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=12744
LOS ANGELES — An algae bloom in Southern California coastal waters has produced record levels of a toxic acid, scientists reported Wednesday. The chemical has been blamed in the deaths of numerous marine mammals and seabirds in recent months.
Measurements from four coastal stations last month found the highest domoic acid concentrations at 27 micrograms per liter, said David Caron of the University of Southern California.
"I have never seen these kind of numbers before," Caron said.
from rocky – 04/11/2007
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1176173703124340.xml&coll=7Recent deaths of seabirds leave scientists puzzling
Birds uncommon in Oregon have been washing up dead on the coast in high
numbersWhat’s killing the seabirds?
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
MICHAEL MILSTEINSeabirds rarely seen on the Oregon coast have been washing up dead in
unusually high numbers over the past month, possibly because warm ocean
waters in recent years have pushed out their normal food sources.The birds are starving, with empty stomachs and breast muscles
shrinking as their ailing bodies burn muscle tissue to survive, say
people who have found and examined the birds."They also feel lighter than they should," said Mike Patterson, an
independent researcher in Astoria who keeps track of the trends.What stands out about the die-off that emerged in early March and
picked up again a few weeks later is the type of birds involved. They
include horned puffins, parakeet auklets, mottled petrels and
thick-billed murres, all species that usually stay far offshore of
Oregon and rarely appear here, experts say.This is the third year that unusual numbers and types of birds have
turned up dead, a pattern that some researchers suspect could be linked
to shifting ocean conditions driven by global warming.Others say the trend is more complicated, with climate change only one
of many factors at play. Many of the birds live far from human view,
making their lives an avian mystery in which it’s not clear whether
they are dying of unusual causes, or in unusual places, or if ocean
currents are moving them in unusual ways.Some biologists suspect the birds may have moved toward shore searching
for food because the herring they usually feed on this time of year
have been especially scarce.That could be tied to warm ocean conditions over recent years. A flush
of cold, nutrient-rich water that surges up from the deep along the
coast in a phenomenon known as upwelling has come later than usual in
the past few years, said Bob Emmett, a research fisheries biologist
with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Newport.Herring numbers
He surveys herring numbers near the mouth of the Columbia River. Young
herring flourish in that colder water, but probably had a hard time
surviving in the warmer conditions that dominated instead. That would
have left fewer herring for birds to eat this year.Herring "can rebound very quickly if the conditions are right, but they
can crash just as quickly," Emmett said. "They are kind of a harbinger
of what’s going on out in the ocean."When herring do well, seabirds and salmon often do well, too. But when
they do not, the other species do not, either."If you don’t have herring around, it’s probably going to be hard on
salmon, too," Emmett said.The good news is that upwelling started on time this year, enriching
coastal waters, said Bill Peterson of the federal Fisheries Service in
Newport. That promises a strong rebound in coastal species if the
upwelling continues, he said.The upwelling can also backfire on marine life if it grows too strong,
though. In some recent years, it has been so powerful, that it carried
nutrients that fueled massive algae blooms. When the algae dies and
decays, it sucks oxygen from the water, leaving a so-called "dead
zone."Very strong upwelling currents may also push herring far offshore,
making it more difficult for them to spawn and feed, Emmett said."If they can’t get to shore, their life history is broken," he said.
More than single cause?
But other researchers say the marine system is too complicated to blame
the bird deaths on a single cause yet.It seems clear that either more birds are dying, or they are dying in
different places, or some combination of the two, said Julia Parrish, a
professor at the University of Washington who monitors bird deaths
through Washington, Oregon and California.That is probably because the near-shore ocean conditions are shifting,
but exactly how is not so clear, she says.She suspects the deaths are driven by something that’s happening during
the winter, before upwelling usually begins.Some of the same type of birds were found on Oregon beaches in 1980,
said Range Beyer, an independent researcher in Newport who has compiled
counts of current and past bird deaths along the coast on his Web site,
at http://www.orednet.org/\UNSTRIPrbayer/lincoln/2007-beached.htm. So the
deaths are not entirely unprecedented."I sort of view it as we have a large puzzle here," he said. Part of
the mystery is that scientists have limited knowledge of some rarer
species, such as horned puffins, so it is difficult to know how they
behave normally and how current conditions might be changing that.People who find dead birds on the beach should leave them in place, so
they can be counted in regular beach surveys. Reports can be submitted
online at oregoncoastwatch.org.Michael Milstein
from mirakulu – 04/10/2007
http://www.katu.com/news/local/6955562.htmlScientists baffled over seabird die-off on coast
Story Published: Apr 10, 2007 at 10:55 AM PDTStory Updated: Apr 10, 2007 at 6:25 PM PDT
By Associated Press
VideoASTORIA, Ore. (AP) – Horned puffins, mottled petrels and thick-billed
murres are seabirds that generally stay far offshore and away from Oregon.But the birds have been washing up dead on Oregon shores in unusually
high numbers this year. People who have discovered them say the birds
were starving.The die-off is a mystery. But theories range from global warming to a
scarcity of the herring the birds usually feed on this time of year.Young herring thrive in colder water. A research fisheries biologist,
Bob Emmett, says their smaller numbers could be tied to warm ocean
conditions over recent years.When herring do well, seabirds and salmon often do well, too. But when
they do not, Emmett says, the other species don’t, either.Other researchers say the marine system is too complicated to blame
the bird deaths on a single cause.(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
from bridget – 04/05/2007′, ‘What Is Causing Central Valley Bee Crisis?
Apr. 3 – KGO – There is a crisis in the Central Valley that could jeopardize billions of dollars in crops. Something is causing teh valley’s bee population to dwindle. It’s a problem that has bee keepers scratching their heads, and farmers wondering who to pollinate their crops.
They are vital to the success of California’s $1.4 billion-dollar almond industry – honey bees. But something is killing these pollinators, jeopardizing 80-percent of the world’s almond production — and possibly crippling other crops.
Eric Mussen, UC Davis: "About one-third of the fruits and vegetables we consume every day rely upon honey bee pollination."
At UC Davis Apiculturist Eric Mussen is one of the top bee researcher’s in the country. He says the problem started on the east coast – moved throughout the midwest and has now turned up in California’s Central Valley.
Eric Mussen: "We really don’t know exactly what is happening – but a number of colonies starting last summer – began to lose their adult bee populations. And the bees apparently just flew away and didn’t come back."
Among the possible causes is "colony collapse." That’s when entire hives dies off unexplainably en masse.
Max Eggmen, Beekeeper: "I’ve personally lost 830 beehives out of a 1,000."
Beekeeper Max Eggmen of Terra Bella near Bakersfield suspects that’s what killed his bees. All these hives are empty the bees you see, those are just stragglers. Eggmen estimates his losses add up to more than $160,000 dollars.
In Fresno County, third generation beekeeper Bryan Beekman has lost up to $70,000 dollars worth of bees in 760 hives. He suspects his bees were poisoned by a new class of pesticides.
Bryan Beekman, beekeeper: "Even though you are register them with the county and they are supposed to give you a 48 hour notice — there are still a lot of people that spray that don’t bother to call the county or they got a bug problem, and they don’t have time to wait and they just do it."
Local agricultural officials aren’t ruling out pesticides as the cause – but in both cases they are also looking at the possibility that a predatory mite has invaded these hives. The verroa mite can devastate a bee colony.
But researchers say the cause may be simple malnutrition.
Eric Mussen, UC Davis: "We do know that if the bees aren’t well fed – if the bees don’t get a good mix of quality pollen – then they are weaker."
There is also a chance that the losses in bee populations is a naturally occurring phenomenon. Similar to fluctuations in population have been documented in the 1960’s and the 70’s. Still state officials are keeping a watchful eye on the situation fearful it may become a permanent problem.
California agricultural secretary A.G. Nakamura worries that any future bee shortages could devastate California crops.
A.G. Nakamura, CA Agricultural Secretary: "We depend on bees for a tremendous amount of pollination of an enormous amount of crops – in other words if the bees don’t pollinate those flowers the fruits don’t come out of it."
To make up for part of the bee shortage domestically – some bees are being brought in from Australia while valley beekeepers try to rebuild their colonies.
Written and produced by Ken Miguel.
Copyright 2007, ABC7/KGO-TV/DT.
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from bridget – 03/30/2007
Add this to the list of bee CCD Message List
http://www.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Bee+Decline&btnG=Search+News
from rocky – 03/23/2007′, ‘http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/21/ap/national/main2591078.shtml
HONOLULU, Mar. 21, 2007
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(AP) The Navy is refusing to detail its sonar use for a federal court in a case involving potential harm to whales, saying the information could jeopardize national security.
Complying with a federal judge’s order to hand over the information would require disclosure of sensitive and classified material, the Navy said in a news release Tuesday.
The Natural Resources Defense Council is suing the Navy to ensure sailors use sonar in a way that doesn’t harm whales and other marine mammals.
Critics say active sonar, which sailors use by pumping sound through water and listening for objects the sound bounces off of, can strand and even kill marine mammals. A U.S. Congressional Research Service report last year found Navy sonar exercises had been responsible for at least six mass deaths and unusual behavior among whales. Many of the beached or dead animals had damaged hearing organs.
The Navy acknowledges sonar may harm marine mammals but says it already takes steps to protect whales, such as posting lookouts.
In considering the lawsuit, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper issued an order for the Navy to submit data for the case on when and where sailors have used sonar since 2003. Cooper instructed the Navy to list the latitude and longitude of where it used mid-frequency active sonar, how long it used the sonar, and the times and dates.
The Navy said in its new release that it refused to comply citing state secrets privilege, which allows government officials to keep information secret on national security grounds.
"If you look at it in the aggregate, it paints a picture that we wouldn’t want to paint for our adversaries," said a Navy official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter was still being litigated.
Joel Reynolds, a Natural Resources Defense Council attorney, said he would challenge the Navy’s position. The council and the court needs the data to ascertain how the Navy has complied with environmental laws when sailors use sonar.
"This latest invocation of state secret privilege is one more attempt to deprive the public of the information it needs to determine whether the Navy is illegally and needlessly endangering the marine environment," Reynolds said.
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from caraway – 03/18/2007
South Dakota beekeepers say the disorder has started to affect
their colonies, most of which have been shipped south for the winter
and are pollinating crops in California, Texas and other states.Hundreds of bees died at the Washington Pavilion’s beehive exhibit
this week in Sioux Falls, raising the possibility that colony
collapse disorder somehow reached the city….…atlantis12 wrote on March 18, 2007 11:36 AM:"The honey bee die-off
is a direct result of not only ongoing chemtrail toxins and pathogens
spread 24/7 for over a decade, but also depleted uranium spread
around the globe, combined with pesticides, counter-pesticides,
bioengineered crops and nano-bugs, scalar electromagnetic tampering
and weather modification, resulting in an atmospheric and planetary
toxic soup that’s multiplying superexponentially with no end in
sight. I’ve been watching and documenting the decline of the food
chain for many years now. Amphibians, the first to go, with their
permeable skin and their minute size, compared to large, complex,
stalwart humans, now suffering too. Then the birds started dropping
out of the sky, by the millions. Canaries in the invisible cage of
human-imposed death. "
