Scientists map global routes of ship-borne invasive species
1 replies, posted
[QUOTE][B]Scientists have developed the first global model that analyses the routes taken by marine invasive species.
[/B]
The researchers examined the movements of cargo ships around the world to identify the hot spots where these aquatic aliens might thrive.
Marine species are taken in with ballast water on freighters and wreak havoc in new locations, driving natives to extinction.
The [URL="https://fluff.bris.ac.uk/fluff/u3/injf/mSqRjVMk7VxWaYlcp42csAFSx/"]research[/URL] is published in the Journal Ecology Letters.[/QUOTE]
Source: [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22397076[/URL]
JMH (commenter) - [I]"Why is the fact that it is a bit more expensive and inconvenient for shipping companies an acceptable argument for destroying an ecosystem? Companies are hardly going to stop exporting goods to the UK because they have to filter and/or disinfect their ballast systems."[/I]
Legitimately thought this was about aliens at first and that it was a map over what was most likely to invade earth.
But this is cool too, it's interesting to see that the cargo ships has such a big effect.
Sorry, you need to Log In to post a reply to this thread.