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New Guano Deposits. Share full article. Feb. 25, 1857. ... The guano trade--so important to the agri cultural interests cf the world-is, at the present moment, attracting special attention in Europe.
Guano mining also destroyed the seabirds’ habitats. When Namibia’s guano islands were first documented in the early 1800s, they were capped by several metres of bird poo. On Peru’s Chincha Islands, ...
New research uses bird droppings to track avian flu in remote regions, revealing hidden hotspots and potential for early ...
Guano mining continued within the Bat Cave of Carlsbad Caverns until 1923, when the cave became a National Monument. The guano miners were kicked out of Bat Cave and relocated to Slaughter Canyon ...
Thanks to such tender care, the birds have multiplied mightily. In 1909 the annual guano crop was only 77,000 tons. Last year the protected birds turned out 240,800 tons (worth nearly $14,850,000).
Guano mining continued within the Bat Cave of Carlsbad Caverns until 1923, when the cave became a National Monument. The guano miners were kicked out of Bat Cave and relocated to Slaughter Canyon ...
And phosphorus is a feature of the guano deposits left behind by birds, which may occupy some of the same ecological niches as pterosaurs. Other remains at the site hint at what the pterosaurs ...
Even after the penguins migrated from their colony, the guano deposits continued to emit ammonia, resulting in a concentration that was still more than 100 times higher than baseline.
What’s the Guano Islands Act? Essentially, it allows a United States citizen to take possession of any unclaimed island with guano deposits on it, so long as it’s not under the control of ...
To the Editor of the New-York Daily Times: In your edition of to day I notice an article on "New Guano Deposits," said to have been discovered lately, on "The Isle of Aves," W. I.