Dead birds adrift and the killer source

Two bird species common to parts of the northern U.S. have attracted the semi-morbid attention of scientists and engineers at Florida Atlantic University and the U.S. Geological Survey. Using carcasses of common loon and lesser scaup species, the team conducted experiments to determine how water current, wind velocity and the amount to which the carcass is submerged affect its drift. USGS is using the results to develop computer simulations to potentially pin point the location of toxic sources ...