Oil And Gas Infrastructure Hurting Nesting Birds In Globally Important Breeding Area In Arctic Alaska

A new WCS-led study that analyzed 17 years of migratory bird-nesting data in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, revealed that nest survival decreased significantly near high-use oil and gas infrastructure and its related noise, dust, traffic, air pollution, and other disturbances.

Prudhoe Bay is the site of intensive energy development and...