0:00 | Invaders |
10:55 |
Formosan Subterranean Termite introduced from Japan to New Orleans, can nest above ground, away from insecticides |
20:30 |
Nile Crocodile is native to Lake Victoria, Uganda but how to explain increased attacks on humans and rise in diarrhea, dysentery, malaria, Schistosomisis? |
23:20 | Introduced
Nile Perch extinguished 200 endemic fish species, also brought more fishermen |
24:40 | Introduced
Water Hyacynth clogs lake, fouling drinking water, and breeds mosquito, snail hosts |
27:20 | Introduced
Water Hyacinth Weevil s |
27:50 |
Monitor Lizard introduced to control nocturnal rats on Pacific Islands, but ate poultry |
28:40 |
Cane Toad introduced to control monitors, but the posonous toads were eaten by cats, and rat population exploded |
32:40 |
Asian Tiger Mosquito arrived in North America in used tires and carry West Nile virus |
32:50 |
Fire Ants |
32:55 |
Africanized Bee |
33:05 |
Brown Tree Snake |
38:30 |
Miconia erodes soil in Hawaii, spread by
Japanese White-eye |
44:35 |
Ice Plant in California |
0:00 | The One Degree Factor |
4:50 |
Caribou Porcupine River herd migrates 1500 miles, declined from 187K in 1989 to 120K from aerial census. |
12:40 | Climate change leads to more
Mosquitoes and more snow that buries lichen |
21:00 | Nightly migration of
zooplankton |
24:30 | Zooplankton populations change due to
regime shift in ocean temperatures |
33:30 |
Rise of asthma in Trinidad |
36:30 | Decline of corals and
Sea Fan in Virgin Islands caused by
Saharan dust storms |
37:30 | Drought reduced
Lake Chad in Nigeria due to global warming? |
44:00 | Pathogenic
Aspergillus fungus borned on dust may be agent for Sea Fan disease |
46:30 |
North Atlantic oscillation of high and low pressure air masses propel storm |
50:30 | Aarming of Indian Ocean fixed the oscillation to blow
African dust to Americas |
0:00 | Predators |
6:30 | Hydroelectric project killed many organisms in
Lake Guri , Venezuela |
9:00 |
Howler Monkey are overcrowded, aggressive, not social |
10:20 |
Iguanas at 10x normal density |
11:35 |
Leaf Cutter Ants population at 100x normal numbers |
12:40 |
Flood had caused big predators to flee |
13:50 |
Baby boom of tortoises |
14:05 |
Jaguar |
19:50 | Yellowstone has lost much of its vegetation, such as
willows along stream banks |
21:30 |
Aspen has stopped regenerating since 1930's, when wolves were extirpated |
28:50 |
Willows and aspen regenerate after elk are hunted by re-introduced wolves |
29:50 |
North American Beaver also returns to live off willows |
38:35 |
Coral reefs have declined , covered by algae since 1980's in Discovery Bay, Jamaica |
43:40 |
Fishing of large predatory fish like groupers and snappers also removed algae grazers |
48:00 | Marine reserves in St. Lucia
Grouper in just a few years |
0:00 | Troubled Waters |
4:45 |
Northern Leopard Frog
becoming hermaphrodite |
9:30 | Frogs are deformed when raised in insecticide
Atrazine (.1 ppm dosage) turning testosterone into estrogen |
16:35 |
Beluga Whales are canaries of the sea : each pod has its own dialect/melody; high cancer rates in St. Lawrence Marine Park, Canada |
21:00 |
Beluga healthy immune cells multiply and engulf bacteria, but chemical cocktails can harm these cells |
25:00 |
Semen quality from Columbia, MO is lowere than NY, LA, and Minneapolis, due to exposure to farm chemicals from tap water |
31:30 | Bacteria transform industrial mercury into
methy mercury which builds up in food chain (Lake Hartwell, Georgia) |
33:30 |
ferns can remove arsenic |
33:35 |
Alpine herbs can remove zinc |
33:40 |
Mustard plants can remove lead |
33:45 |
Clovers can remove motor oil |
34:30 |
GM plants can remove mercury |
39:00 | Nitrogen runoff may be causing ourbreak of
Crown-of-Thorns Starfish that devour corals; caused by algal bloom that feed Crown-of-thorns larvae |
48:00 |
Ocean sunfish can grow to 5,000 pounds, spend a lot of time close to shore |
10:55 Formosan Subterranean Termite |
20:30 Nile Crocodile |
23:20 Nile Perch |
24:40 Water Hyacynth |
27:20 Water Hyacinth Weevil s |
27:50 Monitor Lizard |
28:40 Cane Toad |
32:40 Asian Tiger Mosquito |
32:50 Fire Ants |
32:55 Africanized Bee |
33:05 Brown Tree Snake |
38:30 Miconia |
38:30 Japanese White-eye |
44:35 Ice Plant |
4:50 Caribou Porcupine River herd |
12:40 Mosquitoes |
21:00 zooplankton |
24:30 regime shift in ocean temperatures |
33:30 Rise of asthma |
36:30 Sea Fan |
36:30 Saharan dust storms |
37:30 Lake Chad |
44:00 Aspergillus |
46:30 North Atlantic oscillation |
50:30 African dust to Americas |
6:30 Lake Guri , Venezuela |
9:00 Howler Monkey |
10:20 Iguanas |
11:35 Leaf Cutter Ants |
12:40 Flood had caused big predators to flee |
13:50 Baby boom of tortoises |
14:05 Jaguar |
19:50 willows along stream banks |
21:30 Aspen |
28:50 Willows |
29:50 North American Beaver |
38:35 Coral reefs have declined , covered by algae |
43:40 Fishing of large predatory fish |
48:00 Grouper |
4:45 Northern Leopard Frog |
4:45 becoming hermaphrodite |
9:30 Atrazine |
16:35 Beluga Whales are canaries of the sea |
21:00 Beluga healthy immune cells |
25:00 Semen quality |
31:30 methy mercury |
33:30 ferns can remove arsenic |
33:35 Alpine herbs can remove zinc |
33:40 Mustard plants can remove lead |
33:45 Clovers can remove motor oil |
34:30 GM plants can remove mercury |
39:00 Crown-of-Thorns Starfish |
48:00 Ocean sunfish |
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