Global Warming = Monsoon Failure = Water Shortages and More for Wednesday, July 7, 2009

Mumbai facing water cuts as lakes run dry

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090708/wl_asia_afp/indiaweatherwater;_ylt=ApPH2bggIj8yCByXjS9FKAEPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJvZm1yaXZxBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDcwOC9pbmRpYXdlYXRoZXJ3YXRlcgRwb3MDMTQEc2VjA3luX2FydGljbGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNtdW1iYWlmYWNpbmc-

Mumbai

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

Monsoon

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

Global warming already impacting monsoons, crop production in India

http://www.naturalnews.com/021233.html

Climate Records Show Global Warming Could Influence Asian Monsoon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/01/030127075900.htm


Scientists claim sperm 'first'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8138963.stm

Reefs could perish by end of century, experts warn

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5654jy-us-oceans/

Coral Reef

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

Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning: NASA

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090708103212.htm

Amazon River Is 11 Million Years Old

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707155827.htm

Amazon River

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

New Monkey Discovered In Brazil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707121417.htm

Saguinus fuscicollis mura

http://www.springerlink.com/content/b6k0x4mv1272nt66/

Monkeys recognise 'bad grammar'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8139322.stm

Deer's underwater antics could be an evolution clue

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8137000/8137922.stm

Striking salamander species found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8140000/8140003.stm

Urspelerpes brucei

http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/Urspelerpes/U_brucei.shtml

Armadillo-like crocodile roamed Brazil: researchers

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5666qt-us-brazil-crocodile/

Armadillosuchus

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

Largest Carnivorous Dinosaur Tooth Ever Found In Spain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622103904.htm

How Can The World's Fisheries Be Sustainable?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090622201918.htm

Coralline Algae In The Mediterranean Lost Their Tropical Element Between 5 And 7 Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707093744.htm

Corallaniaceae

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

Salt-tolerant Crops Closer To Reality

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090707142138.htm

Multiple Means Of Identifying Species Better Than DNA Barcoding Alone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090625100349.htm

DNA Barcoding

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

N.Y. Museum to Bank Endangered Species DNA

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/08/tech/main5143991.shtml

Rice concrete can cut greenhouse emissions

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31782597/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Travel more than doubles risk of blood clots: study

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090706/hl_nm/us_travel_bloodclot;_ylt=AhFRP8ctZfOVqZP9jWWGerwDW7oF


Agencies outline Mars initiative

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8130393.stm

Bombus Returns and More for Monday, June 1, 2009

Rare bumblebee heading back to the UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8076205.stm

Bombus subterraneus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-haired_bumblebee

Bombus subterraneus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1177353

Help wanted to write book of life

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8077262.stm

Public asked to help monitor life on earth

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5501sm-us-observatory/

Far-flung dinosaur? Similar tracks cue study

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31043589/

Root of the problem: can plants recognize themselves?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8076000/8076875.stm

Satellites Observe Amazon Basin Water Storage And Runoff

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090529135720.htm

Amazon Basin

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

Meteoroid Bombardment May Have Made Earth More Habitable, Says Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601085930.htm

Birdsong radio taken off the air

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8076381.stm


600 eye fungus suits settled by contact maker

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31030388/

Fusarium keratitis

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

Bausch & Lomb Inc.

http://www.bausch.com/

For Monday, February 16, 2009

Parasitic wasp image licensed under Creative Commons by Arthur Chapman

Amazon dieback 'overstated'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7892066.stm

Amazon rainforest

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

Burp of Arctic laughing gas is no joke

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16602-burp-of-arctic-laughing-gas-is-no-joke.html

Ancient Geologic Escape Hatches Mistaken For Tube Worms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090204121506.htm

First carbon-free polar station opens in Antarctica

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51e1s3-us-climate-antarctica/

Air Pollution Too High Near Some US Schools

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090214103104.htm

Synthetic Biology Yields Clues To Evolution And Origin Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151611.htm

Baboons And Pigeons Are Capable Of Higher-level Cognition, Behavioral Studies Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141143.htm

Columbidae

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

Biologist Gets The Straight Poop On Baboons: Execretion Analysis Aids Primate Social Studies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090215151451.htm

Papio

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

Ivory trade hits Asia's elephants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7891908.stm

Elephas maximus

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

DNA testing fails on ancient British polar bear remains

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7874602.stm

Ursus maritimus

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

Songbirds Fly 3 Times Faster Than Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212141152.htm

Passeri

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

Turbines' impact on birds probed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/tayside_and_central/7892277.stm

Japanese turtle to get prosthetic limbs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090216/sc_afp/japanenvironmentanimaloffbeat;_ylt=AlI.ppx0qZBZqorj2Xu8YpkPLBIF

Caretta caretta

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



Cleaner waters attract sharks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090213/od_nm/us_sharks_odd;_ylt=Av653pT1suuO.UV0nBvHiO.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmM280c2gwBHBvcwMxOTMEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDY2xlYW5lcndhdGVy

Climate Change And Fisheries: US Atlantic Cod Population To Drop By Half By 2050

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212171941.htm

Gadus

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

Study: 'Astonishing richness' in polar species

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29212190/

Parasite Wasps Have Practiced Gene Therapy For A Hundred Million Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090216100425.htm

Braconidae

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

Honeybees under attack on all fronts

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126954.600-honeybees-under-attack-on-all-fronts.html

How to hunt for shadow life

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2009/02/how-to-hunt-for-shadow-life.html

Heart pill could 'erase bad memories'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7892272.stm

Cancer Diagnosis: Now In 3-D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209152416.htm

Nanoparticle 'Smart Bomb' Targets Drug Delivery To Cancer Cells

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212125139.htm

Stem Cells In Hair Follicles Point To General Model Of Organ Regeneration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213112923.htm

HIV gene therapy trial promising


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7883023.stm

Empathy Partly Based On Genes: Mouse Study

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211082354.htm

Internal Choices Are Weaker Than Those Dictated By The Outside World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211094036.htm

New Test For Mysterious Metabolic Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090211094040.htm

Evolutionary Link To Modern-day Obesity, Other Problems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212150826.htm

Genetic Risk For Substance Use Can Be Neutralized By Good Parenting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210125437.htm

First Brain Study Reveals Benefits Of Exercise On Quitting Smoking

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090210092738.htm

Study pinpoints genes tied to high blood pressure

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre51e1ig-us-heart-genes/

Deciphering The Body's Healing Secrets

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090212093710.htm

New Surgical Option For Wrist Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090213172055.htm

Painless Shoulder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0113-painless_shoulder.htm

For Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Budorcas taxicolor image licensed under Creative Commons by suneko

Fears for Bhutan national animal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7813805.stm

Budorcas taxicolor

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

Rare frog filmed for first time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7814913.stm

Turtle retires to the seaside

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7815981.stm

Pink iguana rewrites family tree

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7811875.stm

Journey Of A Green Turtle From Indonesia Into Australian Opens Mystery Of 'Oceanic Superhighway'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090104094116.htm

Light Pollution Can Kill Animals: Polarized Light Leads Animals Astray

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107092714.htm

Four, Three, Two, One . . . Pterosaurs Have Lift Off

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106161514.htm

Concern for California's pelicans

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7815969.stm

Pelecanus occidentalis

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

US vows 'huge' marine protection

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7812786.stm

Rules on killing ravens relaxed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7813429.stm

Corvus

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

Parrot paradise? World's biggest parrot colony faces growing pressures

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7721889.stm

Male Crickets With Bigger Heads Are Better Fighters, Study Reveals, Echoing Ancient Chinese Text

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107092718.htm

Gryllidae

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_(insect)

Genetic Roots Of Cacao Trees Traced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228193212.htm

Grazing Animals Help Spread Plant Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229200736.htm

Amazon Deforestation Trend On The Increase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090104093542.htm

Researchers Create Car Parts From Coconuts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106113005.htm

China issues bird flu alert after woman dies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28540254/

Drug created from genetically engineered goats

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28540855/

Diet pills from Brazil pose big health risks

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28539431/

Motorola phone made from recycled bottles

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28529493/

Double Take: Woman Has Two Wombs

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/WomensHealth/story?id=6588895&page=1

For Sunday, November 30, 2008

Bison bison image licensed under Creative Commons by lissalou66

Amazon deforestation accelerates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7756241.stm

Timelapse footage of enormous iceberg breaking away from glacier

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7752650.stm

Clue to break-up of ice shelves

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7753228.stm

Beached whales die in Australia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7757231.stm

New National Survey Says Public Reveres Bison

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118131857.htm

Bison bison

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

Ice Age Park - The truth about cloning mammoths

http://www.forteantimes.com/strangedays/events/1479/ice-age-park.html

Farming And Chemical Warfare: A Day In The Life Of An Ant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081117082048.htm

Rabies Barrier To Save World's Rarest Wolf

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081119175533.htm

Sustainable Garden Roofs Developed As New Construction Material

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081121151914.htm

New Environmental Threat In N. American Lakes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081127145141.htm

Pavement Sealcoat Linked To Urban Lake Contamination In The Central And Eastern United States

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122075126.htm

Fast Food A Potential Risk Factor For Alzheimer’s

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081128082937.htm

For Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Penicillin bug genome unravelled

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7638379.stm

Carbon Dioxide Capture Device: Warming Fix?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929123941.htm

New Dinosaur Had Bird-Like Breathing System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929212931.htm

Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow On Red Planet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929175934.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929220900.htm

Free-Living Protozoa Found In Meat-Cutting Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080926162142.htm

Like An Arrow: Jumping Insects Use Archery Techniques

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929212928.htm

Mass Extinctions And The Evolution Of Dinosaurs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080930102631.htm

TB Bacterium Uses Its Sugar Coat To Sweeten Its Chances Of Living In Lungs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929163722.htm

Officials: Amazon deforestation speeding up

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/09/29/amazon.rainforest.destruction.ap/index.html

Crested pterodactyl inspires aircraft design

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26949339/

Elephants 'phone' friends with rumbles

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26957207/


Turtles rescued as highway project looms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26956682/

Fla. man dives in to save dog from shark

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26956958/

'Iceman' row ends after 17 years

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7643286.stm