How Shipping Ports can Become More Sustainable
Despite their economic importance, ports have adverse effects on the environment, including local air and water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, noise and air pollution, traffic congestion and widespread contamination of sediments.
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Mysterious Eagle Deaths Linked to Cyanobacterium
Bald eagles and other wildlife can succumb to vacuolar myelinopathy, a neurological disease. A cyanobacterium that grows on invasive aquatic plants produces the disease-causing neurotoxin, affecting wildlife in a bottom-up trophic cascade through the food chain.
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Road Salt Can Be Toxic To Fish and Wildlife
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, chloride can be toxic to aquatic life if it is present for long periods at levels above 230 parts per million. A short exposure to chloride at 860 parts per million can also be lethal.
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