Environment
New ap to identify cane toads
Environment minister Albert Jacob says there is not much chance of stopping cane toads spreading further.
A cane toad
The West Australian [read this story]
He is inviting us to use a new mobile phone ap to help distinguish the poisonous amphibian from native frogs.
You can read his statement here:
Wells ready for fracking
Buru Energy says it has five wells ready for “fracking” (hydraulic fracturing) between Derby and Broome.
Fracking is a process that involves pumping water and chemicals into rocks deep below the earth to fracture them and release gas.
Dog culls ‘increase calf attacks’
An agricultural scientists says shooting wild dogs can actually increase attacks on calves.
He says packs of dogs are more likely to prey on native wildlife than cattle, but upsetting the leadership balance of an established pack leaves room for younger dogs to come in and prey on cattle.
New ap to report marine pests
The Fisheries department is asking the public to report possible marine pests.
A new ap that can be installed on smartphones and tablet computers enables users to upload photographs of suspected exotic marine pests.
Science Network [read this story]
Cane toads ‘biggest disaster’
Premier Colin Barnett says the arrival of cane toads is the Kimberley’s biggest ever environmental disaster.
A cane toad
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Roebuck Bay: Algae blooms change the ecology
Severe blue-green algae blooms have altered Roebuck Bay’s ecology, scientists say.
Certain worms and snails managed to thrive during worst of the blooms, but it caused a decline in most bottom feeding invertebrates such as crabs which have not recovered.
The massive land clearing for Broome North subdivision did not cause the worst of these blooms, which happened the year before.
The was the wet season of 2009 – 2010, which included a very wet December and a dry sunny January and February.
Science Network [read this story]
No fracking at Ungani
Buru Energy says it will not be doing any fracking at Ungani, about 100km east of Broome.
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