In a first-of-its-kind study, Poppy was able to do something with ease that's proven far more challenging for humans and their machines.
Poppy, a six-year-old springer spaniel with floppy brown ears and a tail that never seems to stop wagging, is by all accounts a very good dog.In a first-of-its-kind study, Poppy was able to do something with ease that’s proven far more challenging for humans and their machines: she sniffed out an oil spill submerged in water and trapped under ice.
Her precision varied, from either right on top of the pan to about 100 metres away, said Palace. The less accurate results, which he suggested were still “very impressive” compared to other oil spill detection methods, were likely influenced by wind direction, he said.Locals in Montreal’s east end upset, looking for answers after second major oil spillFor news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.
When she smelled oil, she sat down. When she was correct, she was rewarded with some playtime with “wubba,” her favoured chew toy, said her trainer Paul Bunker. More than a decade later, U.S. President Donald Trump has put Arctic drilling and fossil fuel expansion at the top of his agenda. On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order aimed at boosting fossil fuel development in Alaska, an order consistent with requests by the state governor to open drilling in the pristine Arctic National Wildfire Refuge.
“I wish I had on Deepwater,” said Owens, who was an adviser on the shoreline cleanup when BP’s Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
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