Pathogens from salmon aquaculture in relation to conservation of wild Pacific salmon in Canada

 SCIENCE ADVANCE

The spread of pathogens from farmed salmon is a conservation concern for wild Pacific salmon in British Columbia (BC), Canada. Story here.

Changes in Hog Farming are long overdue.

Winnipeg Free Press

When Manitobans dig into their Sunday pork roast, pepperoni 

pizza or ham sandwich, how many spare a thought for the animal farmed and slaughtered for 

their momentary meal? 

Story here.

Manmade climate change worsened the heavy rainfall and winds in Hurricane Milton, according to new rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution.

WORLD WEATHER ATTRIBUTION

The findings for Hurricane Milton are similar to those for Hurricane Helene and in line with previous attribution studies in the area. Based on that, the researchers conclude that such changes in heavy rainfall are attributable to human-caused climate change, caused by burning coal, oil and natural gas, and deforestation.

The rapid analysis found:Climate change increased rainfall from Hurricane Milton about 20-30%.

Rainfall storms similar to Milton are today about twice as likely as they were without human-induced warming.

Climate change made wind speeds from Milton around 10% stronger.

Addressing social vulnerabilities and implementing nature-based solutions, such as restoring wetlands, can help reduce future impacts from these storms

As the team recently conducted a detailed attribution study on Hurricane Helene the rainfall data for this new analysis is based only on weather observations data, rather than also using climate models.

You can find the full analysis on the WWA website.

Thanks,
Ignacio Amigo

Later is too late’: seniors show up for climate across Canada

Canada's National Observer

Seniors across Canada attended “rocking chair rallies,” marches, movie nights, town halls and other protests Monday to stress the importance of fighting climate change. Details here.

Animal Advocates Call on Manitoba's Hog Industry to Stop Using Gestation Crates

Are CBC’s science reporters violating Mother Corp’s own Journalistic Standards and Practices? (Opinion)

According to the JSP, “We do not promote any particular point of

view.” Yet if you heard our Senior Science Reporter talk about the

first private space walk the other day, you’ll know what I’m

getting at. She was positively besotted, using superlatives like

“historic,” and “amazing” often. If that’s not promoting a point of

view, I don’t know what is. (And she’s not the only one.)

Apparently piles of people see the space race as a noble

venture, fulfilling our need to “go where no man has gone before.”

Lots don’t, including myself. With Planet Earth struggling to

shrug off war, famine, poverty, disease and climate catastrophe, I

see countless dollars and rocket fuel being wasted in a quest to go

to a place where there’s no food, no water, no atmosphere, little life

of any kind.

News flash, folks!

We have all of those things right here under our feet

around us! I’m not suggesting our science reporters embark on

quest tomorrow to discredit the space race. Just grow some

skepticism and ask “why” for a change. It should be what we do.

A DISGRACEFUL BETRAYAL OF OUR PRECIOUS ECOSPHERE - A LETTER

       Photo depicts hog manure spread on a Manitoba
field after a rainstorm. Photo by Dr. Eva Pip.