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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Birds on a Remote Island Make 'Gut-Wrenching Crunching Sounds' Because They Are Full of Littered Plastics
Researchers in Australia have discovered excessive amounts of plastic in birds on the remote Lord Howe Island The birds have plastic making up about 20% of their body mass, which can cause the birds to crunch when both dead and alive Scientists say they found one bird with 778 individual pieces of plastic inside its bodyScientists in Australia have discovered a disturbing new feature of the birds found around the remote Lord Howe Island in New South Wales: they crunch. The picturesque landscape, located about a two-hour flight from Sydney, is home to a variety of wildlife. Unfortunately, this far-flung location doesn't protect the island's animals from the increase in discarded plastics. Ecologist Alex Bond, principal curator at Britain's Natural History Museum, shared with The Washington Post that during a recent trip to Lord Howe Island, he and a team of researchers found a bird with 778 pieces of plastic packed in its stomach "like a brick." "We're talking items up to and including the size of bottle caps and tetra pack lids, cutlery, clothes pegs, the takeaway soy sauce fish bottle that you get from restaurants," Bond noted. "That's the sort of thing that we're finding in the stomachs of these 80-day-old chicks." Bond works with Adrift Labs, an organization that studies the impact of plastic pollution on the world's oceans. Some of the birds the organization discovered on Lord Howe Island — both alive and dead — had so much plastic in their bodies that it amounted to 20% of the birds' total mass. Many birds made what Bond described as a "gut-wrenching crunching sound" when pressed on their sternum. "In the most severely impacted birds, you can hear that while they are still alive," he added. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Dr. Jennifer Lavers, a marine scientist working with Adrift Labs, told ABC News Australia, "There is now so much plastic inside of the birds you can feel it on the outside of the animal when it is still alive." She brought Peter Whish-Wilson, a senator for Tasmania, to see the affected animals on the island. "We are poisoning this planet and killing nature by the way we are living and the decisions we are making," Whish-Wilson told ABC News Australia of what he learned. Bond believes the birds on the island are a sign of what's coming. "The things that we're seeing now in sable shearwaters are things that we're absolutely going to see in a lot more species in the years and decades to come," Bond told The Washington Post. According to Recycle Track Systems, an additional 33 billion tons of plastic enter marine environments annually. In April, a new sculpture of a whale made entirely out of recycled plastics found in the ocean was unveiled in London's Canary Wharf. The piece, titled Whale on the Wharf (Skyscraper), was created to highlight the impact of plastic pollution. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Birds on a Remote Island Make 'Gut-Wrenching Crunching Sounds' Because They Are Full of Littered Plastics
Researchers in Australia have discovered excessive amounts of plastic in birds on the remote Lord Howe Island The birds have plastic making up about 20% of their body mass, which can cause the birds to crunch when both dead and alive Scientists say they found one bird with 778 individual pieces of plastic inside its bodyScientists in Australia have discovered a disturbing new feature of the birds found around the remote Lord Howe Island in New South Wales: they crunch. The picturesque landscape, located about a two-hour flight from Sydney, is home to a variety of wildlife. Unfortunately, this far-flung location doesn't protect the island's animals from the increase in discarded plastics. Ecologist Alex Bond, principal curator at Britain's Natural History Museum, shared with The Washington Post that during a recent trip to Lord Howe Island, he and a team of researchers found a bird with 778 pieces of plastic packed in its stomach "like a brick." "We're talking items up to and including the size of bottle caps and tetra pack lids, cutlery, clothes pegs, the takeaway soy sauce fish bottle that you get from restaurants," Bond noted. "That's the sort of thing that we're finding in the stomachs of these 80-day-old chicks." Bond works with Adrift Labs, an organization that studies the impact of plastic pollution on the world's oceans. Some of the birds the organization discovered on Lord Howe Island — both alive and dead — had so much plastic in their bodies that it amounted to 20% of the birds' total mass. Many birds made what Bond described as a "gut-wrenching crunching sound" when pressed on their sternum. "In the most severely impacted birds, you can hear that while they are still alive," he added. Never miss a story — sign up for to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Dr. Jennifer Lavers, a marine scientist working with Adrift Labs, told ABC News Australia, "There is now so much plastic inside of the birds you can feel it on the outside of the animal when it is still alive." She brought Peter Whish-Wilson, a senator for Tasmania, to see the affected animals on the island. "We are poisoning this planet and killing nature by the way we are living and the decisions we are making," Whish-Wilson told ABC News Australia of what he learned. Bond believes the birds on the island are a sign of what's coming. "The things that we're seeing now in sable shearwaters are things that we're absolutely going to see in a lot more species in the years and decades to come," Bond told The Washington Post. According to Recycle Track Systems, an additional 33 billion tons of plastic enter marine environments annually. In April, a new sculpture of a whale made entirely out of recycled plastics found in the ocean was unveiled in London's Canary Wharf. The piece, titled Whale on the Wharf (Skyscraper), was created to highlight the impact of plastic pollution. Read the original article on People
Associated Press
24-02-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Edison Partners Exits RapidDeploy To Motorola Solutions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. & PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 24, 2025-- Growth equity firm Edison Partners announced today the exit of its investment in RapidDeploy to Motorola Solutions, the leading provider of cloud-native next-generation 911 mapping, mobile and analytics solutions for public safety agencies. Financial terms were not disclosed. Read Motorola Solutions' announcement here. The Austin, TX-based company empowers public safety agencies across the United States with real-time intelligence to enhance emergency response and decision-making. RapidDeploy's cloud-native solutions integrate with an ecosystem of partners and applications, connecting millions of data points to deliver critical, life-saving information to public safety centers. Since 2016, RapidDeploy's technology has expanded to serve over one thousand six hundred 911 centers across 23 states, with 13 statewide contracts, democratizing public safety with cloud-native SaaS solutions. 'We are so pleased with the growth trajectory and strategic opportunity for RapidDeploy after making our initial $20M growth investment in 2023. We recognized that RapidDeploy had a unique ability to lead in a historically challenging space for new entrants,' said Chris Sugden, managing partner at Edison Partners. 'With the support of Edison's value creation resources, including Edison Director Network member Jo Kinsella, to advance the company's market leadership position, RapidDeploy CEO Steve Raucher and his team have taken the company to new heights and, with their state-of-the-art NextGen 911 technology, they've made our country's emergency response system stronger.' RapidDeploy represents one of multiple portfolio companies that support Edison's investment thesis around digitizing critical infrastructure. Two additional recent investments supporting this theme include a $15M investment made in Seismos, an AI-driven technology firm using sound to make energy production safer, cleaner and more efficient, and a $43M growth investment in 120Water, a digital water solution helping the country's 50,000 state and local water utilities to protect public health through water safety, compliance, and wastewater monitoring programs. Further, in 2021, Edison invested in Recycle Track Systems which provides on-demand refuse removal to fully integrated waste management solutions, helping companies and municipalities easily track and optimize their services. +1.917.287.3626 SOURCE: Edison Partners Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 02/24/2025 07:11 AM/DISC: 02/24/2025 07:11 AM
