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Invaded Waters
Foreign fish and other creatures have invaded the Great Lakes and are killing off native lake life. This investigation found most of these creatures arrived by ship from Europe or Asia and that many of these ships are not inspected as they should be before being allowed passage. Biologists believe these new species will soon dominate the lakes' ecology. Some of these changes may pose risks to humans. Most fishermen have been negatively affected. 'Flying' fish have also proved dangerous.
Tags: great lake; fish; wildlife; ecology; biology; water; coast guard; goby; environmental protection agency
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Russian Roulette
Pitch Weekly series about endangered gray whales. "Biologists fear their research is providing cover for massive oil drilling that threatens to wipe out this lost tribe once and for all."
Tags: whales; gray whales; biologists; Siberian sea; oil drilling; conservation; environment
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Russian Roulette
In this New Times investigation, Dougherty examines how a billion dollar oil and gas development by the U.S. and Russian on a the Russian province of Sakhalin threaten to decimate the dwindling population of Western Pacific Gray Whale. The species of whale was thought to be extinct for 30 years until the 1980s when Russian scientists identified a small group of whales who migrated to Sakhalin each summer. But in 1994 a multinational oil agreement was formed between the U.S. and Russia, combining money and resources to tap energy fields in Russia, one such area was a small offshore drilling project in Sakhalin. A small group of scientists, biologists and environmentalist have been lobbying the government to protect the endangered whales, but Dougherty reports that the group's pleas have been largely ignored.
Tags: Environment; whales; oil; Russia
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Sea Sick
Discover investigates why "killer whales that live near Seattle are dying too soon and too often." The report reveals that "there are three proposed culprits" causing the spate of premature deaths - "boat traffic,... reductions in certain preferred prey species ... [and] pollution." The story sheds light on a scientific finding that some whales are "carrying staggering concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), long lived industrial compounds that accumulate in fat and have been linked to cancer..." The author suggests that listing the killer whales under the Endangered Species Act can reduce some of the human-induce threats, but not the pollution.
Tags: biologists; orcas; Pacific Northwest; fish; health; contamination; marine mammals
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Biological Disaster
The Houston Press finds that a prominent reproductive biologist at Baylor College of Medicine entered into a terminology transfer agreement with her employer and a private biotechnology company. Her "partners" then terminated the agreement, which, unbeknownst to the scientist, granted ownership of her life's work to the company. The company then used the scientist technology to take the company public and raise funds from investors, only to shelve the research and begin marketing a questionable treatment for male impotency. Allegations of fraudulent stock promotion have been made by investors.
Tags: SEC; Securities Exchange Commission; Stocks
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No title (id: 13714)
This series determined that more than $3 billion has been spent since 1980 to rescue Columbia Basin Salmon runs. Yet many fish runs are closer to extinction than ever. The series documented a salmon recovery industry of bureaucrats, fisheries biologists, engineers and politicians earning their living off the continued decline of the salmon. Politics and inside connections determine which scientific studies are funded, and influence the outcome of those studies. Many multi-million dollar schemes such as hatcheries are proven failures, but lawmakers keep pouring money into them because they are politically popular. (July 28 - 30, 1996)
Tags: Mapes River of no return Contest entry wildlife 51 pgs.
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No title (id: 13348)
Congress and the media hailed the case of a whistle-blower at M.I.T. who brought down a Nobel Prize-winning biologist and his colleague. But what if they were wrong? New Yorker magazine investigates charges surrounding biologists, Imanishi-Kari and David Baltimore, and the fabrication of scientific experiments presented by Imanish-Kari. New evidence now suggests Imanish-Kari may not have falsified her data and Baltimore may have been justifiably stripped of a post as president of Rockefeller University for supporting Imanishi-Kari.
Tags: Kevles The Assualt on David Baltimore Margot O'Toole Academic dishonesty Research Narrative 15 pgs.
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No title (id: 9150)
Anchorage Daily News finds that the U.S. Forest Service suppressed a report from its own biologists warning that several species of wildlife could disappear from parts of Alaska's Tongass National Forest unless more old-growth forest timber stands are protected from logging, Dec. 27, 1992.
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