Discovery News turns to UB experts about Niagara Falls' conditions for tightrope artist Nik Wallenda

By Patricia Donovan

Release Date: June 5, 2012 This content is archived.

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An article on Discovery News about high-wire artist Nik Wallenda's plan to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope June 15 quotes Marcus Bursik, UB professor of geology, on the impact wind and mist could have on the stunt, and Christopher Hollister, UB association librarian, on the dangers that attacks by peregrine falcons nesting nearby could present.

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