Download as PDF MATS and Mercury in Context Coal-fired power plants are the largest source of mercury in the U.S., accounting for approximately 48% of mercury emissions in 2015[1]. The Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) were finalized in 2012 to regulate emissions of mercury, acid gases and other hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from [...]
Isolated Wyoming Common Loons Continue to Surprise Researchers By Brett French BILLINGS – Wyoming’s small population of about 50 common loons is related to those found in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, according to recent genetic results – not closer populations that nest in Montana or Washington, which are still more than 200 miles away. [...]
BRI research on mercury transfer in birds was recently published in the journal, Environmental Science and Technology. The article, Synthesis of Maternal Transfer of Mercury in Birds: Implication for Altered Toxicity Risk, reviews published and unpublished data on maternal transfer of methylmercury in birds. Researchers used paired samples of females' blood and their eggs from 26 bird [...]
Isolated Wyoming common loons continue to surprise researchers By Brett French Wyoming’s small population of about 50 common loons is related to those found in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, according to recent genetic results — not closer populations that nest in Montana or Washington, which are still more than 200 miles away. “That’s a little [...]
Raptor biologists discuss rare bald eagle sighting in Maine By Aislinn Sarnacki Two bald eagles altered their hunting tactics and seemingly worked together to outsmart sea ducks in a recent story submitted by a BDN reader, Kate Chaplin of Northeast Harbor, for the “Strange Stories in the Maine Wilderness” series. The story got me [...]
GENEVA, Nov 25 2019 (IPS) - It has been more than two years since the Minamata Convention on Mercury entered into force. The global treaty protects humans and the environment from the toxic metal, but countries are still stuck on how to measure the agreement’s effectiveness. As delegations discuss Minamata this week in Geneva, the decisions they make will be critical to the health of humans and the environment for generations to come.
During National Bat Week, we’ll learn about statewide efforts to monitor and foster the health of the bat population, and we’ll also talk with experts about what to do if bats are in your home—or if you are worried about exposure to rabies.
BRI researcher Kathryn Williams has co-authored a new report, “Impacts to Wildlife of Wind Energy Siting and Operation in the United States,” recently published in The Ecological Society of America's (ESA) Issues in Ecology. An increase in the generation of wind energy is a key component of the U.S. strategy to reduce carbon emissions from the [...]
Portland, ME— Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) announces the publication of the scientific paper Restoration of common loons following the North Cape Oil Spill, Rhode Island, USA in the journal Science of the Total Environment (now available online). This loon restoration study, conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over a 15-year [...]
BRI research on common loons was recently published in the journal, Science of the Total Environment. The article, Restoration of common loons following the North Cape Oil Spill, Rhode Island, USA, uses a resource equivalency analysis (REA) to calculate the total loss of common loons after the North Cape Oil Spill in 1996, and uses [...]
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