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Thursday, May 28, 2009

More on Global Warming and More for Thursday, May 28, 2009

* Physeter catodon image licensed under Creative Commons by alh1


Melting Ice Sheets May Threaten Northeast U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121055.htm

Methane rise detected in Arctic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30889664/


European Shipping Routes Linked To Locations With High Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522132001.htm

Microfossils Challenge Prevailing Views Of 'Snowball Earth' Glaciations On Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140846.htm

Hospital workers save orang-utan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/jersey/8068358.stm

Pongo

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

Glowing monkeys 'to aid research'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070252.stm

Rare blue whale found dead on New Zealand beach

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090528/ap_on_re_au_an/as_new_zealand_rare_whale;_ylt=AuOmTghBIBefOoNb3QKpxuWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlOW43aWU1BHBvcwMxMjIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyYXJlYmx1ZXdoYWw-

Balaenoptera musculus

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

Balaenoptera musculus (IUCN Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2477/0

Balaenoptera musculus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328574

Caught on tape! How whales steal fish

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30944866/

Physeter catodon

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

Physeter catodon (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328547

Physeter macrocephalus (IUCN link) Species notation: You may find this specie listed under Physeter catodon in the Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia of Life. You will find it listed only under Physeter macrocephalus in the IUCN Red List (Vulnerable).

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41755/0

Notothenia microlepidota

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12014&genusname=Notothenia&speciesname=microlepidota

Pink dolphin makes splash in shipping channel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30968596/

Tursiops truncatus

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

Tursiops truncatus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/129548

Thais cheer surprise panda birth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8071393.stm

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL link)

http://eol.org/pages/328070

Mountain lion killed after escape at Kansas zoo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30947607/

Puma concolor

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

Puma concolor (EOL Link) Species notation: You may find this specie listed under Felius concolor in the Wikipedia, but you may find it listed only under Puma concolor in the Encyclopedia of Life.

http://eol.org/pages/311910


Mouse genome laid bare to science

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8069235.stm

Mouse Genome Informatics

http://www.informatics.jax.org/

More Genetic Differences Between Mice, Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202722.htm

Climate Change Threatens Endangered Honeycreeper Birds of Hawaii

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140840.htm

Cyanerpes

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

Cuckoo's call becomes rarer in UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070021.stm

Cuculidae

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

Cuculus canorus

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

CBC MANITOBA Falcon cam

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/falcon/

Falco peregrinus

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

Falco peregrinus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1049164

Komodo dragon attacks terrorize villages

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30913500/

Varanus komodoensis

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

Varanus komodoensis (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/790179

Varanus komodoensis (IUCN Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22884/0


Did The North Atlantic Fisheries Collapse Due To Fisheries-induced Evolution?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202809.htm

Shellfish At Risk In High Carbon Dioxide World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202807.htm

Shellfish

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

Giant Dinosaur Posture Is All Wrong

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526213918.htm

Giant dinosaurs 'held heads high'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8068789.stm

Sauropoda

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

New Extinct Lemur Species Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527073030.htm

Palaeopropithecus kelyus

http://www.em-consulte.com/article/212118/iconosup

Cancer patient held at U.S. airport for missing fingerprint

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090527/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_cancer_fingerprints

Capecitabine

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

Australia swine flu ship isolated

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8071292.stm

Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r2yg-us-flu-who-vaccine/

British scientists make H1N1 flu strain for vaccine

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r3ay-us-flu-britain-vaccine/

Child diabetes cases 'to double'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8068941.stm

Ocean monster shows hidden depths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8071021.stm

Chikyu Hakken

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

Brain Activation Can Predict Strategies People Use To Make Risky Decisions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121043.htm

Investigating The Development Of Mechanosensitivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522101924.htm

Can you "hear" shapes and "taste" sounds?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070210.stm

Synaesthesia

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

Watermelons Tapped For Ethanol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180918.htm

Citrullus lanatus

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

Postwar Food Vetch Is An Important Source Of Antioxidant Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528092528.htm

Monday, May 18, 2009

Balaenoptera Return and DNA Damage Seen in Pollution Cases and More for Monday, May 18, 2009




Nations urge WHO to change pandemic assessment

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/18/health-swine-flu-who-meeting-pandemic-severity-virus-spread-deadly.html


Artificial Simulator Of The Nervous System Created For Research Into Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513091615.htm

EDLUT

http://code.google.com/p/edlut/

New System For Personalized Cancer Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090517081157.htm

Particulates May Damage DNA In Just Three Days

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090517143218.htm

Engineered antibodies fight AIDS virus in monkeys

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54g20c-us-aids-vaccine/

Menstruation genes discovered

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8046457.stm

Jump in swine flu cases in Japan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8054881.stm

Painkiller Patch Can Lead To Addiction





http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8048000/8048288.stm

Sotalia fluviatilis

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

Baby elephant's birth webcast live

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8054575.stm

Enriched Environment Improves Wound Healing In Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512202736.htm

* Flourishing eagles feast on Maine's rare seabirds

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090517/ap_on_sc/us_predator_eagles;_ylt=Ao0lrUWQLYA16kNZaC6VnvAPLBIF

Haliaeetus leucocephalus

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

Phalacrocorax carbo

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

World's Largest Leatherback Turtle Population

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090517212653.htm

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Golden Rice An Effective Source Of Vitamin A

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513121102.htm

Golden Rice

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

Vitamin A

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



New Red Alga Discovered In Mediterranean Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513091515.htm

Leptofauchea coralligena

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a908652311~db=all~jumptype=rss

Woman finds seahorse in garden

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8053275.stm

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Mammalian Northward Migration Due to Warming and More for Wednesday, May 13, 2009



Changes In Sun Not Causing Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511122425.htm

Climate change threatens millions who live off sea

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_sc/as_coral_crisis;_ylt=AtCGb9arFfBaxKJKqdXNEKcPLBIF

Advance Toward Producing Biofuels Without Stressing Global Food Supply

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511115003.htm

Bacteria Create Aquatic Superbugs In Waste Treatment Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512193238.htm

Climate Change Driving Michigan Mammals North

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512193300.htm

Michigan

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

New Dinosaur Species Possible In Northwestern Alberta

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512134657.htm

Troodon

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

Blue Whales Re-establishing Former Migration

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511140953.htm

Balaenoptera musculus

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

DNA Analysis Reveals The Prime Stock Of Indonesian Cattle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512202738.htm

Bos primigenius indicus

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

Bos javanicus

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

Motorist: 500-pound moose 'fell out of the sky'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_fe_st/odd_falling_moose;_ylt=AmbQO2IQZwAmegFN8IDvOv_tiBIF

Alces alces

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

Largest herd of gazelles sighted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8034000/8034392.stm

Procapra gutturosa



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

Penguin mystery solved

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1071148

Eudyptes chrysolophus

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

Predators Ignore Peculiar Prey, Bird And Salamander Study Finds


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512102555.htm

Project launched to fight frog-killing fungus

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30686761/

Chytridiomycota

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

Earwig mums 'sniff out' best babies for lavishing with care

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8040259.stm

Dermaptera

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

U.S. scientists fight fire ants with parasite that makes them 'zombies'

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/tech-090613-fire-ant-parasite-zombies-texas.html

Solenopsis

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

Phoridae

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

Why Silkworms Find Mulberries Attractive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507121951.htm

Bombyx mori

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

Morus

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



New Method Used To Detect Antibiotics In Honey

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090508045723.htm

Honey

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

Insect Gene Expression Responds To Diet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090506202939.htm

Trichoplusia ni

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

Fungi Pathogenic To Insects Are New Tool In Fight Against Chagas Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511210409.htm

Chagas disease

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

Old Genes Can Learn New Tricks, Horned Beetles Show

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511180655.htm

Color-shifting cuttlefish inspire TV screens

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30702154/

Sepiida

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

True Grit: How Sea Urchins Carve Hiding Holes in Limestone

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090504094304.htm

Echinoidea

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

Key coral reefs 'could disappear'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8047138.stm


Rules Proposed To Save The World's Coral Reefs


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511101735.htm

Coral Triangle could die by century's end: WWF


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090513/sc_afp/environmentoceansclimateindonesia;_ylt=Aq6rmZ0b1tqdAZIsHgO56G8PLBIF

Coral Triangle


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

Rare island species 'undervalued'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8043907.stm

How banana waste could make new fuel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8047155.stm

Musa

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

Unprecedented Data On Circadian Rhythms Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090507072824.htm

Circadian rhythm

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

Mexican Genome Reveals Significant Variation

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512081744.htm

The Mexican Genome Diversity Project (Web Page)

http://diversity.inmegen.gob.mx

Swine flu fears evident as world's cases top 6,000

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090513/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu;_ylt=AmFkaEXrKzlYGLGlx5EBOGis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkY2ZzODE1BHBvcwMxMzkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3N3aW5lZmx1ZmVhcg--

Molecular Structure Could Help Explain Albinism, Melanoma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512121255.htm

Winnipeg researcher charged with smuggling biological material into U.S.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/13/border-biological-agents.html

Canada's environment minister to speak against U.S. green tariff proposal

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/13/tech-090613-prentice-greenhouse-carbon-tariffs-emissions-us-imports.html

Jim Prentice

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

Belgian city plans 'veggie' days

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8046970.stm

Ghent

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

CNNMoney:
Cheerios warned on health claims

http://money.cnn.com/2009/05/13/news/companies/General_Mills_FDA/index.htm?postversion=2009051310

Cheerios

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

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Asexual Mycocepurus smithii and the Return of Balaenoptera musculus and More for Wednesday, April 15, 2009



Rare blue whales returning to B.C. coast, study suggests

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/04/15/tech-090415-blue-whales.html

Balaenoptera musculus

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

Three Neanderthal Sub-groups Confirmed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415075150.htm

Homo neanderthalensis

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

Experts identify compound that may fight bird flu

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53e258-us-birdflu-drug/

Compound identified that may fight bird flu

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30226134/

Vaccine Developed For E. Coli Diarrheal Diseases That Kill Millions Of Children

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414172915.htm

Enterotoxigenic E. Coli

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

Salmonella vaccine may be result of space trip

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30216674/



New prostate cancer vaccine shows promise

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30212269/

How PCBs May Alter In Utero, Neonatal Brain Development

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413204546.htm

Stem Cells Jumpstart Bone's Healing Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414102534.htm

Smart Material Technology Adapted To The Repair Of Skeletal Malformations Succeeds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415074843.htm

Alzheimer Cell Death In Zebrafish: Demise Of Neurons Observed Live For The First Time

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413180542.htm

Study: Link Between Diabetes And Dementia

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/14/eveningnews/main4945476.shtml

Protest as Japan whaling factory ship returns to port

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090414/sc_afp/japanwhalingenvironmentgreenpeace;_ylt=AnkFMv6UiPFCKksNeLGCOA8PLBIF

'First camel clone' born in Dubai

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7998505.stm

Camelus dromedarius

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

Australia targets killer crocodiles

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30220554/

Crocodylidae

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

African lark soon to be extinct

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000199.stm



Heteromirafra sidamoensis

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

Bumper brood World's rarest parrot is now not quite so rare

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7999568.stm

Strigops habroptilus

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

Owls' Dawn And Dusk Concerts Promote Visual Communication

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407223638.htm

Bubo bubo

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

Birds: Feather Color Is More Than Skin Deep

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415074854.htm

Loxia curvirostra

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

Endangered turtles race to save their future

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/14/turtle.race/index.html

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Man bites snake - the only way to survive epic Kenya struggle

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7999909.stm

Pythonidae

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

Born To Be Caught: Largemouth Bass Vulnerability To Being Caught By Anglers Is A Heritable Trait

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414153532.htm

Micropterus salmoides

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large-mouth_bass

Micropterus salmoides

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=3385&genusname=Micropterus&speciesname=salmoides

French fishermen block 3 ports on English Channel in quota protest

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/15/english-channel-fishing-quota-protest-blockade.html

Cure For Honey Bee Colony Collapse?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414084627.htm

Nosema ceranae

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

Ants inhabit 'world without sex'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7998931.stm

Mycocepurus smithii

http://myrmecos.net/myrmicinae/MycSmi8.html

Digital Archeology Reveals Dinosaur Details

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090415/sc_livescience/digitalarcheologyrevealsdinosaurdetails;_ylt=AjtVFO0Y_3vuGhVRFDRX5xIPLBIF

Field Stations Foster Serendipitous Discoveries In Environmental, Biological Sciences

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408170728.htm

Changing Climate May Lead To Devastating Loss Of Phosphorus From Soil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415074852.htm

Phosphorus

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

Global Warming: Heat Could Kill Drought-stressed Trees Fast

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413180535.htm

Reserves Found To Be 'Effective Tool' For Reducing Fires In Brazilian Rainforests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407223636.htm

Arctic Ice Could Be Saved With Emission Cuts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414120457.htm

Garden Of Eden Battling Severe Drought

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/15/tech/main4946357.shtml

When Oceans Get Warmer, Carbon Dioxide Uptake By Marine Plankton May Be Reduced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090408074403.htm

Midwestern Ethanol Industrial Processes Use Much Less Water Than That Used In Western Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415075051.htm

Michigan farmer shocked by five-lamb birth

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090414/K041406AU.html


Where You Live May Affect Your State Of Mind

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414084220.htm

Junk Food Makes Kids Fatter, But Happier, Study Suggests

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414085325.htm

Inbreeding Was Major Cause Of Fall Of The Spanish Habsburg Dynasty

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415075148.htm

Inbreeding

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

Hapsburg Spain

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

Paleontologist pleads guilty to stealing bones

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30216545/

Attention shoppers: beware of false eco-claims

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/15/greenwashing.html

Greenwashing

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

TerraChoice Link

http://www.terrachoice.com/