Pipelines and Supporting Structures Create New Habitats, Unbalancing Arctic Ecology. By Andrew C. Revkin, NYTimes, September 8, 2009. "A spreading mesh-work of pipelines and supporting structures is required to get fuel to markets. As with a coral reef or a rain forest, structure is habitat, and on the treeless coastal plain the oil structures provide welcome cover, perches and nesting or denning sites for predators, particularly arctic foxes, ravens and gulls. A story in Science Times shows new research that these 'subsidized predators' are having a significant impact on migratory birds that nest within three miles or so of oil infrastructure."
2009-09-15
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