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Eleven deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Tensas Parish during the 2022-23 hunting season, bringing Louisiana’s total to 12 cases since the discovery of the disease in January of 2022. All 12 positive tests were in Tensas Parish.

A total of 2,370 hunter-harvested deer were tested for CWD in Louisiana during the 2022-23 season. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) discovered the state’s first case of CWD in a hunter-harvested deer in Tensas Parish during the 2021-22 hunting season. LDWF established a CWD Control Area around the index case.

CWD is a neurodegenerative disease of white-tailed deer and other members of the family Cervidae. It is caused by a prion, an infectious, misfolded protein particle, and is 100 percent fatal in affected deer after an indeterminate incubation period.There is no treatment or preventative vaccine for CWD.

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https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/04/22/pacific-marine-heatwave-upended-steller-sea-lion-winter-diets/

ByNolin Ainsworth

Published:Apr. 21, 2023 at 8:25 PM PDT

SEWARD, Alaska (KTUU) – Steller sea lions aren’t the easiest mammals for scientists to monitor. Rookeries are often on remote rocky outposts like Chiswell Island near Resurrection Bay, where remote monitoring cameras were set up about 25 years ago to study the marine mammals’ population trends.

But the cameras only go so far when it comes to researching marine mammals like Steller sea lions.

A recent study authored by Alaska SeaLife Center scientist John Maniscalco in the journal “Global Ecology and Conservation” studied Steller sea lions up close. By examining the scat remains of the creatures during and after the Pacific marine heatwave of the mid-2010s, Maniscalco found that the heatwave had…

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April 23, 2023

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Avian influenza detected in bears, cats, dogs in Canada and the USA

U.S. CDC H5N1 Bird Flu Detections April 19, 2023

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A team of researchers hastrackedthe arrival and progression ofH5N1 bird flu (Avian influenza)outbreaksin Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

Led by the University of Maryland (UMD) researchers, this teamfound an unusual changefrom seasonal highly pathogenic avian influenza (HAPI) to year-round infections anda far more significant impact onbirds, mammals, and people.

“We’ve been dealing with low pathogenic avian influenza for decades in the poultry industry, but this is different,” commentedJennifer Mullinax, assistant professor in the UMD Department of Environmental Science and Technology and a co-author of the study, in a press release on April 19, 2023.

“This high pathogenic virus is wiping out everything in numbers that we’ve never seen before,” she added.

“This paper illustrates how…

BYJULIA SHAPERO- 04/22/23 6:48 PM ET

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Majority of adults have been personally affected by extreme weather, climate change: poll

The vast majority of U.S. adults have been personally affected by some form of extreme weather in the last five years, according to anew poll releasedon Saturday.

Seventy-one percent in the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll said they had experienced at least one extreme weather event in the last five years.

The largest portions cited extreme hot weather…

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A man dressed as a tree walks on stilts past the Houses of Parliament at ‘The Big One’ environment event which coincides with “Earth Day”, in London, April 22, 2023.

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Climate change campaigners gathered outside Britain’s parliament building ahead of Earth Day to urge action on global warming, while volunteers worldwide geared up to plant trees and clear trash to mark the 54th annual celebration of the environment.

Earth Day this year, officially on Saturday, follows weeks of extreme weather with temperatures soaring to record highs in Thailand and a punishing heatwave in India, where at least 13 people died of heatstroke at a ceremony last weekend.

Average global temperatures could hit all-time highs in 2023 or 2024, climate scientists have warned.

Pope Francis, who…

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https://www.tmz.com/2023/04/22/six-cows-die-mystery-tongue-removed-texas-alien-theory/

Half a dozen cows were found dead deep in the heart of Texas this past week — and some of the things that were done to their bodies are suggesting one culprit to some … aliens.

According toreports, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office — which is about an hour and a half north of Houston — detailed the mysterious tale Wednesday … including what had been done to the carcasses, like the removal of their tongues and flesh from parts of their faces.

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The strange thing about this — besides the fact that the same thing had been done to all 6 of the dead cattle — is that the Sheriff’s Office there says no blood was spilled or left behind.

This story gets even weirder … apparently, the dead cows each belonged to different herds…

BYRACHEL FRAZIN- 04/22/23 6:00 AM ET

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The Biden administration faces what could be one of its most consequential climate decisions yet as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) weighs how to regulate power plants.

The power sector is a major contributor to climate change, making upa quarterof total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2021.

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The agencyis expectedto soon propose new regulationsthat aim to limit how much carbon power plants can emit, but the specifics of how they will do so is unclear.

Nevertheless, climate activists say the rules will be monumental in the fight against global warming.

David Doniger, senior strategic director for the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Climate & Clean Energy Program, said that cutting emissions from vehicles — which the Biden administrationrecently proposed to…

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A woman holds an umbrella to shelter from the sun in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, April 22, 2023. The authorities warned residents across Thailand to avoid outdoor activities due to extreme heat over the weekend. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)

BANGKOK (AP) — Extreme heat has sent temperatures soaring in Thailand as authorities warned people to stay indoors.

The Meteorological Department’s forecast on Saturday said the highest temperature in the next 24 hours could reach 43 degrees Celsius (107 degrees Fahrenheit) in country’s north and could hit 40 C (104 F) in the capital, Bangkok. The highest temperature on Saturday was in the northern province of Phetchabun at 42.5 C (109 F).

“Even if I turn the air conditioning to 20 degrees, I still sweat,” said 37-year-old Supichaya Jittaleela, who attended an outdoor political rally despite the heat.

People should be wary of extremely high temperatures as well as…