Level 6 Alert? and Stabilize Warming and More for Monday, May 4, 2009

Pinus ponderosa image licensed under Creative Commons by cm195902

WHO head indicates full flu pandemic to be declared


http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5431di-us-flu-who-pandemic/


More than 1,000 swine flu cases worldwide: WHO


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/04/swine-flu-world-health119.html



Swine Flu Update: At Least 18 Countries Affected; Human-to-Pig Infection Reported In Canada


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090503190223.htm


Halving Carbon Emissions To Stabilize Warming?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090502092019.htm

Potentially Harmful Chemicals Found In Forest Fire Smoke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430091057.htm

Pinus ponderosa

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

Alkaloid

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

Climate Change Threatens Unique Ecosystems of World's Largest Lake, Lake Baikal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501090925.htm

Lake Baikal

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

Global Warming Data Buried in Mud

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7454828

Researchers flag increasing levels of fresh water in Labrador Sea

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/05/04/labrador-sea-504.html

Labrador Sea

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

Brain Can Recognize Objects Much Faster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429132231.htm

Man chooses grizzly bear as 'best man' at wedding

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1066923

Ursus arctos horribilis

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

Wolves come off endangered species list in northern Rockies

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1066925

Canis lupus

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

Mummified puppy found in Egyptian tomb

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30519834/

Isolated Birds Evolve 'Normal' Species Song

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090503132617.htm

Mexico to review flu restrictions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032582.stm

China denies flu discrimination

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8032157.stm

Mexicans defy swine flu advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032248.stm

Swine flu: mapping the outbreak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm

China bans Alberta pork after virus infects pig herd: media report

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/03/china-haltspork.html


Can masks help stop flu spread?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8024605.stm

Rare raccoon roundworm blinds teen

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30558815/

Procyon lotor

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

Toxocaridae (Raccoon roundworm)

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

Matrix Protein Key To Fighting Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429091336.htm

Toxic mercury levels in seal meat linked to melting Arctic ice

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/04/tech-090504-seal-meat-mercury.html

How Mercury Emissions Reach Tuna And Other Seafood, And Why Mercury Contamination Is Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501195628.htm

Thunnus

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

Mercury

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

New Southern California Beetle Killing Oaks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501154147.htm

Agrilus coxalis

http://cisr.ucr.edu/goldspotted_oak_borer.html

Quercus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_(genus)

Date Palm Genome Drafted

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501162809.htm

Phoenix dactylifera

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

Why Invasive Plants Take Over

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090502082952.htm

Euphorbia esula

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

Pueraria lobata

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

New Technique For Modifying Plant Genes Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429132233.htm

Analysis Finds Strong Match Between Molecular, Fossil Data In Evolutionary Studies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428171004.htm

Backyard scientists use Web to aid research

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/04/citizen.science.climate.change/index.html

Ducklings tour White House

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/05/03/vonat.white.house.ducklings.cnn

Mystery Horse Deaths at US Polo Open and More for Monday, April 20, 2009

Fucus vesiculosus image licensed under Creative Commons by visulogik

Earth Day (April 22)

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

1970s lifestyle 'protects planet'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8004257.stm

Clouds: Lighter Than Air But Laden With Lead

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419133839.htm

Minimizing The Spread Of Deadly Hendra Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415102213.htm

Hendra virus

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

Study reveals cancer culprits in tobacco smoke

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30294894/

Learning Disabilities In Males: Nine New Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419133841.htm

Fish Oil Protects Against Diseases Like Parkinson's

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419133844.htm

Omega-3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-3

Keeping Slim Is Good For The Planet, Say Scientists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419212516.htm

Success Found In Treating Rare Retinal Disorder

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413180710.htm

Cracking The Root Of Tooth Strength

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418080952.htm

Animal Survival In Inherited Habitats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415163205.htm

Museum Specimens Aid Conservation Effort In Madagascar

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416190945.htm

Madagascar

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

Furcifer petteri

http://www.wildmadagascar.org/wildlife/species/Furcifer_petteri.html

Lemur catta

http://www.wildmadagascar.org/wildlife/species/lemurs/Lemur_catta.html

Phelsuma madagascariensis

http://www.wildmadagascar.org/wildlife/species/Phelsuma_madagascariensis_madagascariensis.html

21 polo horses die at Fla. tournament; cause of death unknown

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1060398

Polo horses die at tournament

http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/30302408/

U.S. Open Polo Championship

http://www.sportpolo.com/Spectators/US_Open_Polo_Championship.htm


Tasmania's wombat poo paper proves to be a hit

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8006042.stm

Vombatidae

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

Fish and mercury: How healthy is your catch?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/20/hm.fish.mercury/index.html

Parasite Breaks Its Own DNA To Avoid Detection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415141210.htm

Trypanosoma brucei

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

Plant Gene Mapping May Lead To Better Biofuel Production

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414102648.htm

Blueberries May Help Reduce Belly Fat, Diabetes Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419170112.htm

Cyanococcus

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

Hedgerow Trees 'Key To UK Biodiversity'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090410101342.htm

Arctia caja

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

Garden impossible How do you grow trees in the driest place on Earth?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7934406.stm

Prosopis limensis > pallida

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

Time Record Of Marine Species Formation In The Baltic Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090414084451.htm

Fucus radicans

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=235808

Fucus vesiculosus

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=145548

Will Ocean Plants Adapt To Climate Change?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415172243.htm

Antioxidant Levels In Cooked Vegetables Vary With Cooking Method Healthier To Griddle-Cook Or Microwave

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090415163730.htm

The Truth Behind "Sell-By" Dates On Foods

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/18/earlyshow/health/main4953898.shtml

For Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Aptenodytes forsteri image licensed under Creative Commons by CD_Photo

Cell Phones Dangerous For Child Pedestrians, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126112429.htm

Top doctor admits she made up the condition 'cello scrotum'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7853564.stm

Evolution: Not Just Due To Natural Selection?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203207.htm

EU calls for US action on climate

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7856120.stm

UK gets biofuels research centre

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7851344.stm

Dynamical Theory And Novel 4-D Colorimetric Method Reveal Modus Operandi Of Intact Living Brain

Genetics Of Popularity In Social Networks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173604.htm

Newborn Infants Detect The Beat In Music

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127083540.htm

New Tree Of Life Sets Lower Metazoans Apart

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203157.htm

Metazoan

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

DR Congo gorilla numbers up 12.5%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7852953.stm

Iceland sets major whaling quota

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7854705.stm

Australia denies whaling 'deal'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7852649.stm

Iceland raises quota for whale hunts

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_eu/eu_iceland_whaling;_ylt=AnU9OIY0vtRoiAI.S7aE91cPLBIF

Bears, Gazelles And Rats Inspire New Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Treatment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127170708.htm

OCD

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

Emperor penguins face extinction

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7851276.stm

Aptenodytes forsteri

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

Birds Survived Mass Extinction That Wiped Out Dinosaurs Because Of Their Larger Brains

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127165505.htm

Grouse numbers in north falling

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7853393.stm

Tetrao tetrix

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

Seabird’s Ocean Lifestyle Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126162256.htm

Puffinus puffinus

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

White Eyed Birds Diversify Across A Hemispheric Range Faster Than Any Other Bird

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173719.htm

Zosteropidae

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

Snowy owls swoop southward, delighting birders

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_us/snowy_owls;_ylt=AnLFTtH.QxYgNaAYmWRGe5MPLBIF

Bubo scandiacus

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

Butterflies Across Europe Face Crisis As Climate Change Looms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126102043.htm

Lepidoptera

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

Honey Bees Can Tell The Difference Between Different Numbers At A Glance

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127202103.htm

Gene-engineered Flies Are Pest Solution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126203205.htm

Bacterial Intestinal Infections: Was It The Chicken Salad, Private Well Water, Or The Swim?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173831.htm

Idaho's Poor in Danger From Fish?

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=6747317

Ancient Wounds Reveal Triceratops Battles

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090127202044.htm

Triceratops

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

Scientists zero in on Earth's original animal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28865038/

Placozoa

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

N. American Comet Impact Theory Disproved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126173729.htm

Cows find milky way to happiness

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/tyne/7854745.stm

For Thursday, January 8, 2009

Raphus cucullatus image licensed under Creative Commons by Jeremy Burgin

Every animal counts - zoos begin their annual stock-take

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7817194.stm

Gu Gu strikes again! Panda attacks zoo visitor

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28554008/

Ten Extinct Beasts That Could Walk the Earth Again

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126905.000-ten-extinct-beasts-that-could-walk-the-earth-again.html?full=true

How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_sc/sci_flying_dinos;_ylt=AjbIFGK38SA85VkKzQZMBCes0NUE

'Spookfish' uses mirrors as well as lenses to spot its prey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7815540.stm

Dolichopteryx longipes

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=9121&genusname=Dolichopteryx&speciesname=longipes

Hind Wings Help Butterflies Make Swift Turns To Evade Predators, Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108101635.htm

Lepidoptera

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

Asian Grasslands May Hold Global Promise To Restore Grasslands In Arid Areas

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081228193530.htm

First flight of algae-fuelled jet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7817849.stm

USDA taking applications for Cattail eradication

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_bi_ge/farm_scene_killing_cattails;_ylt=AsrbfpfDrOOPcDBhE.KNKOGs0NUE

Typha

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

More species invasions feared for Great Lakes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_re_us/great_lakes_invasives;_ylt=Ah14zBPO6xIACNYaAGdGjVCs0NUE

Tilting At Wind Farms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107092724.htm

Solution To Darwin's Dilemma Of 1859

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108082914.htm

Chemopreventive Agents In Black Raspberries Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108082529.htm

Rubus

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

To Climate-change Worries, Add One More: Extended Mercury Threat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107134635.htm

Avian Flu Becoming More Resistant To Antiviral Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090107122658.htm

Dangerous New Method For Bacterial Toxin Transfer Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106145004.htm

New Bartonella Species That Infects Humans Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106145006.htm

Bartonella

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

Wonderful Cheese Is All In The Culture

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106144945.htm

Testes Stem Cells Change Into Other Tissues

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105154256.htm

Lab discloses problem with vitamin D testing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28557342/

For Monday, December 1, 2008

"Big tuna and fisherman" image licensed under Creative Commons by Mr. mt

Potentially Universal Mechanism Of Aging Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081126122203.htm

Congo's war-baby gorillas bring hope for endangered species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081130/sc_afp/drcongounrestanimalsgorillas;_ylt=AvcJNpYcb2Hpdx0T.zoJ1dQPLBIF


Record starling flock leaves Rome with messy problem

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7755309.stm

Sturnus vulgaris

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

First inventory of life at poles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7754071.stm

Antarctica Has More Species Than Galapagos, First Comprehensive Inventory Of Life In Antarctica Shows

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081201082401.htm

Want Sustainable Fishing? Let The Big Ones Go

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081130210013.htm

Mercury Tarnishes Louisiana Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122090900.htm

'No water' in cholera-hit Harare

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7758147.stm

Antioxidants 'cannot slow ageing'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7754644.stm

Heart disease 'reversed in mice'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7750855.stm

Sex Life Of Killer Fungus Finally Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081130164513.htm

Aspergillus fumigatus

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

Why Are So Many Infectious Diseases Jumping From Animals To Humans?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081118141710.htm

The Horrific Effects of Tranquilizer Detox

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/DepressionNews/story?id=6354685&page=1

Some doctors may give up vaccines because of cost

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081201/ap_on_bi_ge/med_vaccines_cost;_ylt=AnWUzF_tuNrzP2aM96LrQI.s0NUE

For Saturday, November 22, 2008

Ailuropoda melanoleuca image licensed under Creative Commons by Mike Johnston

Panda bites student who just wanted a hug

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27855970/

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Zoo introduces three baby cheetahs

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/22/vo.ohio.cheetah.cubs.wlwt

Acinonyx jubatus

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

Sea eagles could be reintroduced

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7742832.stm

Haliaeetus

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

Mercury Tarnishes Louisiana Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122090900.htm

Urgent Action On International Coral Reef Crisis Urged

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081110112200.htm

Estimating the True Costs of Invasive Species in Great Lakes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081122/sc_livescience/estimatingthetruecostsofinvasivespeciesingreatlakes;_ylt=Ai.l_S1sTm_nBHSAyNKe9FEPLBIF

Identifying Invasive Australian Pine Trees In Florida

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081031213814.htm

When Good Maples Go Red: Why Leaves Change Color In The Fall

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081122084655.htm

Acer

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

Worm removed from woman's brain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7743275.stm

Study ties saturated fat to small intestine cancer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27847390/

Two From One: Evolution Of Genders From Hermaphroditic Ancestors Mapped Out

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120171328.htm

For Saturday, August 9, 2008

Analysis: What if a jury heard the anthrax case

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_an/anthrax_opening_arguments;_ylt=AuwMpTcUpdzM1iLbShaXz6ms0NUE

Rabies from bats suspected in Venezuela deaths

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080809/ap_on_he_me/venezuela_vampire_bats;_ylt=AqdGpH7sBZUeYWBpt0TW8nCs0NUE

Lyssavirus

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

Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_sc/poisoned_lake;_ylt=Ag2xZh.yxKD8AzsDb.Pthrms0NUE

Great Salt Lake

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

Mercury (element)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_%28element%29

2.5 million-year-old mastodon unearthed in Romania

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_sc/sci_romania_prehistoric_mammal;_ylt=AgDZ_SEsRIi.P1mC8.Fjd3Gs0NUE

Eat kangaroo to 'save the planet'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7551125.stm



Dachshund gene 'blindness clue'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7547883.stm

Study examines bluetongue spread

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549866.stm




Spiders Who Eat Together, Stay Together -- And Form Enormous Colony Sizes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080806113318.htm




1.2 million pounds of beef recalled in E. coli scare

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26101733/