NEW CHINESE LABORATORY TO PREVENT BIRD STRIKES
May 1st, 2016
Chinese authorities have set up a laboratory to study and prevent bird strikes.
The lab - the first of its kind in China - will operate at Tianjin Binhai International Airport and carry out ecological analysis of birds.
Scientists will be study warning, intervention and correlation patterns by analysing habitat, soil, water and plants as well as analysing different ways of dispersing flocks.
Tactics currently include destroying nests; non-toxic chemical sprays; the use of pinwheels and flags, and sonar and gas guns.
Tens of millions of birds fly over Tianjin ...
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