ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL BLOGS

SMOG WAS OUR FRIEND...

    According to an article appearing in Saturday's (UK) Telegraph, we'd be nowehere today with air pollution:

Smoggy skies 'created life on Earth'

Hazy, smoggy skies on baby Earth could have provided the chemical building blocks of the very first life on our planet, according to a study of one of Saturn's moons.

Primordial Earth likely had a layer of atmospheric haze, similar to the one currently on the moon Titan, that may have served as the principal reservoir of life’s building blocks, according to the study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

     The link is here.  Have you thanked your local pollution today?

GOOD NEWS--RESCUED DOLPHINS FROM KATRINA

Photograph courtesy NOAA

Good news, post-Katrina- NationalGeographic.com carries the above photo and the inspiring news that the 8 dolphin residents at Marine Life Oceanarium in Gulfport, Mississippi, who were swept into the Gulf of Mexico, have been rescued.

"All eight dolphins survived and were spotted swimming in the Gulf by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists during an aerial survey of the hurricane damage. Oceanarium staff members are now working with NOAA and other organizations to tend to the marine mammals until they can be taken to nearby saltwater pools for medical care."

     These animals are amazingly resilient.  Hope this brightens everyone's day.  Thanks to National Geographic for the info.