Africa Megadroughts and More for Friday, April 17, 2009

Antipathella subpinnata image licensed under Creative Commons by Tim Sheerman-Chase

West Africa faces 'megadroughts'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8003060.stm

Mega-droughts In Africa Expected To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416144520.htm

Our 'Inner Fish' Seen In Conserved Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415193249.htm

New Nucleotide Could Revolutionize Epigenetics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416144639.htm

New Clues To How Stem Cells Form

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416125205.htm

C. elegans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._elegans

Uncovering Secrets Of Salmonella's Stealth Attack

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416125203.htm

Coordinate response better for outbreaks like listeria: report

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/listeriosis-ont.html

Breaking The Animal Kingdom's Color Code

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416105348.htm

Patent for meatier pigs gets European trotters in a mix

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8002503.stm

Researchers discover vast black coral forest

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30250258/

Antipathella subpinnata

http://www.arkive.org/black-corals/antipathella-spp/info.html

Forgotten nut could save lives and forests

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/16/cnnheroes.erika.vohman/index.html

Brosimum alicastrum

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

Fake 'trees' designed to trap CO2


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30251856/

Newly Discovered Iron-breathing Species Have Lived In Cold Isolation For Millions Of Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416144512.htm


'Two-handed' Marine Microbes Point To New Method For Isolating Harmful Forms Of Chemicals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415102121.htm

Protein That Concentrates Carbon Dioxide In Algae Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409103423.htm

Chemists Uncover Green Catalysts For Industrial Chemical Processes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413185726.htm

Bird Flu Victim and New Marine Species and For Sunday, January 18, 2009

Frozen Bananas image licensed under Creative Commons by C J Sorg

China confirms girl infected with bird flu

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/18/china.bird.flu/index.html

Slight Changes In Climate May Trigger Abrupt Ecosystem Responses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116142119.htm

'We all have a vested interest' in polar bear future: Prentice to summit

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/16/pbear-summit.html

Jim Prentice

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

Palm oil frenzy threatens to wipe out orangutans

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090118/ap_on_re_as/as_orangutan_s_last_stand;_ylt=AluDi1f2vRNSrjOf9GOxubqs0NUE

Domestic Animal Colors Due To Human Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090116073327.htm3

Runway-loving birds are risk to planes in Antarctica

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre50g2iv-us-antarctica-birds/

Robbers kill pensioner's budgie

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7836055.stm

Beekeepers fear sting of imported Australian hives

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090118/ap_on_re_us/disappearing_bees;_ylt=AvkpT283FQkreSqxPkiKtUOs0NUE

New marine life discovered off Tasmania

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28711152/

NY man accused of stealing shark from pet store

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090116/ap_on_fe_st/odd_fish_theft;_ylt=As_rY.9x6jQh5e5C4P_.477tiBIF

Horticulturists And Botanists Develop Flower That Blooms All Summer Long

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1012-year_round_bloom.htm

In Tough Times, Nature Favors Female Brains

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090118/sc_livescience/intoughtimesnaturefavorsfemalebrains;_ylt=AhPN8Jz26j7GGaR2ammp9x4PLBIF

Banana hammers nail at 21 below zero

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/weather/2009/01/15/kare.banana.hammer.cnn

Duplex Bird Cage/Fish Tank Blows Your Pets' Tiny Minds

http://i.gizmodo.com/5133111/duplex-bird-cagefish-tank-blows-your-pets-tiny-minds