News on the Permian-Triassic Extinction Event and Giant Trilobites and More for Tuesday, May 5, 2009

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Poison bacteria set up worst extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30563213/

Chlorobium

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorobium

Permian extinction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permian_extinction

US supports reducing climate-warming gases

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090504/ap_on_re_us/un_un_ozone_treaty;_ylt=AhognnvvI1fu0K43Yfl5UEIPLBIF

Climate Debate: Short-Term Data 'Misleading'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504141047.htm

Global warming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_warming

Earth Still Recovering From A Glacial Hangover

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429180955.htm

New Energy Source? Structure Of Highly Efficient Light-harvesting Molecules In Green Bacteria Determined

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504171947.htm

Mercury Levels In Arctic Seals May Be Linked To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504165950.htm

Mercury (Hg)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)

European Parliament approves ban on seal products

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/05/05/eu-seal-ban-505.html

EU ban looms over seal products

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8033498.stm

Norwegian Red Foxes Have More Trichina, But Less Scabies Than Previously

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090427075414.htm

Vulpes vulpes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_fox

Trichinella

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichina

Scabies

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scabies

About 200 New Species Of Amphibians In Madagascar Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505061942.htm

White Blood Cells Can Sprout 'Legs' And Move Like Millipedes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094424.htm

Leucocyte

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_blood_cells

Lithium May Help Radiation Target Cancer, Spare Healthy Tissue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504141841.htm

Lithium (Li)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium

New Light Shed On Enigma Of Salt Intake And Hypertension

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094428.htm

Cellular On And Off Switch For Allergies And Asthma Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430101451.htm

Toward Giving Artificial Cells The Ability For Sustained Movement

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504165810.htm

Is The Channel Creature The Loch Ness Monster?

http://www.allnewsweb.com/page6756754.php

Loch Ness Monster

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster

Man pays $1k for freak 'kiwi fruit'

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/05/2561032.htm

Feijoa sellowiana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feijoa

Giant Trilobites And Trilobite Clusters From The Ordovician Of Portugal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090505072714.htm

Trilobite

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite