As some environmentalists reconsider nuclear power, it turns out fish are warming to nuclear, too. An interesting energy tidbit in a Rochester Post-Bulletin article about an ice-fishing tournament last weekend on Lake Pepin:

Another major change has been the fish. Anglers once reeled in scores of fish. Now, only a few are generally caught. A change in how the Prairie Island Nuclear Power Plant at Red Wing cools its water has meant warmer water up there, so fish head that way instead of staying on the lake. “The guys have tried everything [for bait and tackle], he said. “Nothing really works well.”

When we think of “pollution,” it’s chemicals that probably come to mind first. I thought this paragraph was an interesting reminder that heat pollution can have an impact on the environment, too.