Circus Animal Ban, Lepidometer Use, Failure of the IMCI & More for Friday, July 31, 2009

Bolivia bans use of animals in circuses

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090730/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_bolivia_circus_animals;_ylt=Ak7zfBwr1PQHsEBvAjAexq4PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJ2ZTY3N2p0BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzMwL2x0X2JvbGl2aWFfY2lyY3VzX2FuaW1hbHMEcG9zAzEwBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDYm9saXZpY

Rodent Size Linked To Human Population, Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730200634.htm

Invigorated Muscle Structure Allows Geese To Brave The Himalayas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728201743.htm

Anser indicus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-headed_Goose

Anser indicus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1047336

Bald-headed, pink-faced songbird discovered

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32210908/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Pycnonotus hualon

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

Fresh hope for world's fisheries

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8176292.stm

New Hope For Fisheries: Overfishing Reduced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090730141555.htm

Honeybees warn of risky flowers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8176000/8176878.stm

Bees face another killer: selenium

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32203740/ns/technology_and_science-science/


All a flutter: Painted lady invasion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8177655.stm

Vanessa cardui

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

Vanessa cardui (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/2926929

Butterflies tracked as a barometer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32226247/ns/us_news-environment/

Lepidometer

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/lepidometer.html

Lepidoptera

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

Barometer

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

Coal Mine Canary

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/canary_in_a_coal_mine

Dinosaurs come alive in Chicago

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Private transplants to be banned

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8177826.stm

Just Expecting A Tasty Food Activates Brain Reward Systems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727102026.htm

Parasites May Have Had Role In Evolution Of Sex

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090706171542.htm

Journal retracts claim of sperm made of stem cells

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32234135/ns/health-cloning_and_stem_cells/

Breast-feeding could save 1.3 million lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32234145/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

U.N. program to save children failed

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32222438/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/

Integrated Management of Childhood Illness Program

http://dub.washington.edu/djangosite/media/papers/tmpbj0qhL.pdf

Life Evolved in Lakes? and Earliest Tree Dweller? & More for Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Extinction Crisis Looms In Oceania

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728102301.htm

Colder climate tied to longer animal lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32179202/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Naming Evolution's Winners And Losers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729092536.htm

Evolution

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

Wildfires To Increase As Climate Warms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728123047.htm

Earliest Animals Lived In Lake Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727191732.htm

Doushantuo Formation

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

Love Songs of Bowhead Whales: Whales Sings With 'More Than One Voice'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729074523.htm

Balaena mysticetus

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

Balaena mysticetus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328577

Balaena mysticetus (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2467/0

Orangutans swing for their dinner

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8171142.stm

Pongo

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

After Dinosaurs, Mammals Rise But Their Genomes Get Smaller

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727191919.htm

A fossil records the oldest known creature to live in the trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8173117.stm

First Vertebrate To Live In Trees

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728201732.htm

Suminia getmanovi

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

More To Bats' Vision Than Meets The Eye

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090727203745.htm

Bizarre Walking Bat Has Ancient Heritage

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090729095054.htm

Mystacina tuberculata

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

Mystacina tuberculata (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1038741

Mystacina tuberculata (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14261/0

Fossil Tooth Remains Of Extinct Rodent Species Discovered: Oldest Find Within This Genus In The World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090728083707.htm

Bird Population Declines In Northern Europe Explained By Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Deficiency

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090714154921.htm

Thiamine Deficiency

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

How geese squeeze oxygen from thin air

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/28/tech-090728-bar-headed-geese-oxygen-altitude-scott.html

Nearly extinct California frog rediscovered

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32129876/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Rana muscosa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_yellow-legged_frog

Rana muscosa (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1019248


Rana muscosa (IUCN Red List – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/19177/0


One in six species of freshwater crab face extinction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8171000/8171268.stm



Insect defence all blood and guts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8172000/8172168.stm

Acanthoplus discoidalis (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/651276



'Barcode' to help identify plants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8172673.stm

DNA Barcoding

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

'Organic has no health benefits'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8174482.stm

Dye 'cuts spinal injury severity'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8170033.stm

Brilliant Blue G

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

'No doubt' sunbeds cause cancer

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8172690.stm

Tanning Bed

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

Incomplete Entries & Computing Bacteria for Friday, July 24, 2009

* Chrysina image licensed under Creative Commons by Charles Lam

You know we often strive to deliver a 'complete' entry of the daily major postings concerning biology, zoology and other life science topics. Today, we had some unique issues with Blogger freezing up, our (public) Dell Optiplex 755 deleting our data and Microsoft Word (the most current version) and DOS dumping our data...all at the same time. We spoke to the IT people who 'run' the computers and servers here at our IP address, but they reported that it is policy for them to delete all documents when rebooting the servers - even when they have been saved. But, we know that is false based on our previous experience.

Warning!: Based on our experience (above) we strongly suggest moving any and all Word Document work to Google Documents as soon as possible if you are working in the same type of environment.

'Bacterial Computers': Genetically Engineered Bacteria Have Potential To Solve Complicated Mathematical Problems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723194321.htm

Halting A Pandemic: NIH Mounts Search For A H1N1 Vaccine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723194958.htm

Chinese experts grow live mice from skin cells

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56m4pw-us-stemcells-china/

Cloud Changes Worsen Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723141812.htm

Swine flu is now in 160 Countries

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8167961.stm

Copper Can Help In The Battle Against Influenza A H1N1, Says Scientist

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723201456.htm

Landmark Panda Birth Caught on Camera

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8166949.stm

Ailuropoda melanoleuca


http://www.eol.org/pages/328070

Hot secret behind toucan's bill

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8165895.stm

Ramphastidae

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

New Lizard Specie Discovered in India


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8166904.stm

Modest Fisheries Reduction Could Protect Vast Coastal Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722093802.htm

The Secret of the Green Beetle's Shine

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8166157.stm

Chrysina gloriosa

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

Mayan Forest Conservation 3000 Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722150825.htm

Bacterial Wall to Stop Sahara's Growth?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8166929.stm

'Long-haired' Water Molds Are The Most Virulent

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721090136.htm

Saprolegnia

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


Longer Life For Milk Drinkers, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722083720.htm

Another 'Silent Spring' & More for Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Is it another 'Silent Spring'? (No, we're not referring to the late, great Rachel Carson's classic Silent Spring...). Well, actually its now summer, but we've noticed some missing residents around here in lower eastern Michigan. We were up - quite early this morning, before sunrise - and noticed a deafening silence. 'Where were the crickets?', we wondered. Any other year, this time of day and season, you could hear their chorus. We find the complete absence of one of our favorite insects a little disturbing and eerie. We have found a couple (two, exactly) of the smaller field-variety brown crickets - during this whole season... Is it a cause for concern?

Always silent and always appearing en masse, we missed another of our insect friends - Ephemeroptera or the Mayfly. Where have they been this year? Is it too cool and wet for them, this year? Or is it some other unknown reason? Is it linked to our disappeared Gryllidae? We don't know...

Another missing resident is the common Bufo bufo and some of our other Anuran friends. Last spring, we encountered hundreds of their tadpoles in drying tire tracks. Many of which we believe to have matured and survived as we heard their croaks and groans earlier this year. Now, the areas where we had encountered them just one year ago are nearly and/or completely silent. The tire tracks are still there. They are wet. But, inexpicably they are uninhabited. Is it too late in the season? Or is there some other, more ominous reason? We hope to post video evidence of this soon, but lacking funds, we must ask for donations to do this. Otherwise, the evidence may never be posted.

We had previously posted our concerns about the anurans and bufo previously (in another venue...) and received some derogatory comments regarding that. But, we expected that. However, we did not expect a complete disappearance. Believing that the little creatures form the ecological foundation for the rest of the biosphere, we wonder if the next phase of disappearance is coming. We firmly believe that what happens to our other earthling neighbors, happens to us...

How Evolution Can Allow For Large Developmental Leaps


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720163716.htm


Strange! Humans Glow in Visible Light


http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090722/sc_livescience/strangehumansglowinvisiblelight;_ylt=AltqKv8tEQee4NHSatM8xE4PLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNkMGptdnJuBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwNzIyL3N0cmFuZ2VodW1hbnNnbG93aW52aXNpYmxlbGlnaHQEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZ


Ultrasound performed on pregnant dolphin


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8161416.stm

Tursiops


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

Tursiops truncatus (EOL Link)


http://www.eol.org/pages/129548


Wolf Reintroduction Proposed In Scottish Highland Test Case


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720134527.htm

Bangladesh rare leopard cub found


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8162981.stm

Neofelis nebulosa

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

Neofelis nebulosa (IUCN Red List Link – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14519/0

Neofelis nebulosa (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328675

Cod expert: Don't boost harvest yet

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/22/cod-recover-722.html

Gadus

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

Sea Lamprey Embryos Dramatically Alter Genomes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720163734.htm

Petromyzon marinus

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

Petromyzon marinus

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2530

Return of the Giant Jellyfish

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6721081.ece

Echizen kurage

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

Swine flu vaccine trials start in Australia

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/22/swine-flu-vaccine.html

H1N1 Influenza Pandemic Modeling For Public Health Action

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720134227.htm

2009 flu pandemic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic

H1N1 Deaths Double in Three Weeks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/21/health/main5177820.shtml

Infection-Causing Amoeba May be Resistant to Multiple Contact Lens Solutions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721091841.htm

Acanthamoeba

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

C. Difficile Spores Spread Superbug

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720134522.htm

Clostridium difficile

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



Embryonic-like cells repair damaged mouse hearts

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre56j51m-us-heart-stemcell/

Pre-chewed Food Could Transmit HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721163126.htm

Starve A Fever, Feed A Cold, Don't Be Stressed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720163719.htm

Evidence Of Clovis-age Comets Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720190719.htm

Hunt hopes to find ancient trees

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8160881.stm

New Discovery Suggests Trees Evolved Camouflage Defense Against Long Extinct Predator

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722083723.htm

Pseudopanax crassifolius

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

Dinornis

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

Warming Climate Threatens California Fruit And Nut Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721214622.htm

Rice Defies Its Reputation As A Thirsty Crop

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720102014.htm

Combating Iron Deficiency: Rice With Six Times More Iron Than Polished Rice Kernels Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721090129.htm

Oryza

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

DNA Of Ancient Lost Barley Could Help Modern Crops Cope With Water Stress

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090721091822.htm

Hordeum

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

Too Many Trees Planted In Central Strip Of Roads Can Be Worse Than None; Can Trap Vehicle Exhaust Fumes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720105127.htm

Alaskan Algal Bloom & More for Sunday, July 20, 2009

White House creates climate job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31970467/ns/us_news-environment/

Global Model For The Origin Of Species Independent Of Geographical Isolation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717150258.htm

Rare whale spotted off N.J. coast

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Dolphin spotters at watch event

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8157291.stm

Injured rare tiger cub put down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8157891.stm

Panthera tigris sumatrae

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

Panthera tigris sumatrae (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1271383

Pair convicted in Namibia for filming seal hunt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090717/sc_afp/namibiaenvironmentarrestseals;_ylt=Ag2wt32.x4G1F26bvL6.yxAPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMzZGk1cDJmBGFzc2V0Ay9hZnAvMjAwOTA3MTcvc2NfYWZwL25hbWliaWFlbnZpcm9ubWVudGFycmVzdHNlYWxzBHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDeW5fc3ViY2F0X2xpc3QEc2xrA3BhaXJjb25

Cattle return to cliff-top woods

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8158156.stm

'Slow and steady' wins 114-pound (52-kilo) circus tortoise a week of freedom

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090718/K071806AU.html

Breeding success for aquarium's rare amphibians

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/sussex/8157908.stm

Ambystoma mexicanum

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

Ambystoma mexicanum (IUCN Red List)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1095/0

Ambystoma mexicanum (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1019571

Shark attack victims fight for their attackers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090719/ts_alt_afp/environmentanimalssharksoffbeat;_ylt=AoyM3F.EqClmH9gmhXlvhKAPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM2Yjc3cDN1BGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcxOS9lbnZpcm9ubWVudGFuaW1hbHNzaGFya3NvZmZiZWF0BHBvcwMxMQRzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA

Arctic Mystery: Identifying the Great Blob of Alaska (TIME magazine link)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090718/us_time/08599191151700

Algal bloom

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

Why Winning Athletes Are Getting Bigger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717090829.htm

Canadian swine flu vaccine set for October

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/health-minister-canada-swine-flu.html

Scientists could reduce the risk of allergic reactions to peanuts

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8157941.stm

Peanut allergy

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

WHO Loses H1N1 Count & Cure for MD? & More for Friday, July 17, 2009

WHO to stop counting swine flu cases

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/17/who-swine-flu-counting.html

Swine flu so widespread, WHO stops counting

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31962005/ns/health-swine_flu/

Fight for swine flu vaccine could get ugly

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31944668/ns/health-swine_flu/

H1N1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H1N1

Genetic Source Of Muscular Dystrophy Neutralized: Possible Cure?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141127.htm

Muscular dystrophy

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


Male Sex Chromosome Losing Genes Via Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716201127.htm

Y Chromosome

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

DNA Not The Same In Every Cell Of Body

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131449.htm

DNA

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

Neanderthals were likely poised for extinction

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31948849/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Homo neanderthalensis

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

How Dachshunds Got Such Short Legs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141146.htm

Dachshund

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

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1228387

Tiny lizard falls like a feather

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8150000/8150333.stm

Holaspis guentheri

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

Holaspis guentheri (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/793276

In sand, desert lizard swims like a snake

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31949660/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Scincus scincus

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

For fish, it’s the more the merrier

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31952465/ns/technology_and_science-science/


San Diego menaced by jumbo squid

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8155417.stm

Dosidicus gigas

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

Dosidicus gigas (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/403181

Tiger moths can thwart bats by jamming sonar

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31950404/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Bertholdia trigonia

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

Eptesicus fuscus

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

Eptesicus fuscus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/327553


Ecologist Brings Century-old Eggs To Life To Study Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716203205.htm

Ancient Microbes Helped Build Rock Structures

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141221.htm

Stromatolite

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

Capturing CO2: Global Warming Fix From Microbes?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715101441.htm

‘Catching CO2 in a Bowl’ – Inorganic Chemistry

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ic802454w

Arctic Sea Ice Images Derived From Classified Data Should Be Made Public, According To A New Report

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715112033.htm

Major Arctic Sea-ice Formed Earlier Than Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715131435.htm

Arctic Climate Under Greenhouse Conditions In The Late Cretaceous

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709095422.htm

Summer Is Here And The Mercury Is Rising ... Literally

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090715160446.htm

Organic Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_mercury#Safety

Waste From Textile Industry Transformed Into Rich Compost With Help Of Manure And Earthworms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716093959.htm

How do you build a wind farm out at sea?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8151222.stm

Low carbon way 'to reshape lives'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8150919.stm

Solar Power: New SunCatcher Power System Ready For Commercial Production In 2010

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090709205950.htm

Retailers miss plastic bag target

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8155057.stm

Baking Soda: For Cooking, Cleaning, And Kidney Health?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716201123.htm

Sodium Bicarbonate

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