Randomly Scary and or interesting. Shark Fining. Marine. Living in a difficult place. Anglerfish make up about 80% of the deep-sea population.
There are more than 320 different species of them (belonging to the larger group called Lophiiformes). When we look at photos of anglerfish, we’re usually looking at females. Many female anglerfish are as large as the fist of a human adult. The largest anglerfish that we know of is more than 2 metres long. Female anglerfish have a long "fishing pole" with one or more lures that dangle near their mouth—and sometimes glow in the dark—to attract a meal.
Researcher Theodore Pietsch holds a female anglerfish. In some species of deep-sea anglerfish, the male does not eat at all. An Expert Opinion "The males are dwarfed, tiny little things. Theodore Pietsch Professor and Curator of Fishes University of Washington See an Anglerfish Up Close! From Deep in the Collections The Canadian Museum of Nature has a collection of more than 10 million specimens, including examples of deep-sea fish. Living in a Difficult Place.
Wind farms DO NOT cause climate change. A study that just came out in Nature Climate Change found that wind farms can impact local temperatures, particularly at night.
Basically, the turbines mix warmer air from high up with colder air closer to the ground. Hence, warmer air overall, in these very local spots. So, of course, Fox News is telling people that “New research shows wind farms cause global warming.” Not to be out-crazied, the Telegraph is going with “Wind farms can cause climate change.” Gizmodo at least uses the word “local” in its headline. Which, FINE, the scientists report that the temperature changes they’ve documented, “if spatially large enough, may have noticeable impacts on local to regional weather and climate.” The study’s lead author did explain this to the Guardian: “Overall, the warming effect reported in our study is local and is small compared to the strong year-to-year changes” that result from natural variation, said Zhou. Geography & Environment. Conservation,animals, plants, etc. Federal prison closures blasted by union - Ottawa. The federal government is closing down the maximum-security penitentiary in Kingston, Ont., the Regional Treatment Centre located on the grounds of the penitentiary, and the medium-security Leclerc Institution in Laval, Que.
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews told a press conference Thursday in Ottawa that the facilities are "simply not working well anymore" and that they will be shut down over the next two years, saving $120 million per year. The decisions were immediately denounced by the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers, which said they were made "in haste, secrecy and with minimal research" and will have a major impact on the public. The news comes in the wake of the federal budget that announced the government's plans to cut $5.2 billion in spending by 2014-15. The budget outlined a $295-million cut from the Corrections Canada budget by then. The inmates housed in the three facilities will be moved to other federal institutions across the country, Toews said. View Larger Map. Conservation Information. Geography. Woman Rights & Feminism.