‘Monstrous’ sea lice and jellyfish invasions blighting Scottish salmon farms | Fish | The Guardian (Me: Sea “farms” trigger natural response to rebalance natural system)

Campaigners deployed cameras with underwater drones at salmon farms operated by some of Scotland’s biggest producers. They recorded what they call “monstrous invasions” of sea lice and swarms of jellyfish.

Lex Rigby, head of investigations at Viva!, said: “The intensification of fish farming as a ‘solution’ to overfishing has created a breeding ground for disease in which salmon suffer appallingly.”..

Source: ‘Monstrous’ sea lice and jellyfish invasions blighting Scottish salmon farms | Fish | The Guardian

Study shows replanting logged forests with di | EurekAlert!

  • Twenty-year experiment finds that active replanting beats natural recovery for restoring logged tropical forests.
  • The higher the diversity of replanted tree species, the more quickly canopy area and biomass recovered.
  • Results emphasize the importance of preserving biodiversity in pristine forests and restoring it in recovering logged forest.

Source: Study shows replanting logged forests with di | EurekAlert!