Deglaciation and More for Friday, June 5, 2009

Mount Rainier and Carbon Glacier image licensed under Creative Commons by brewbooks

Deglaciation

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/06/deglaciation.html

Younger Dryas

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

Glacier

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

History Channel: MegaDisaster Episode Archives

http://www.history.com/content/megadisasters/episode-archive

The End of Nations? And More for Friday, February 6, 2009

http://americanpoliticalhandbook.blogspot.com/2009/02/for-friday-february-6-2009.html

Stem Cells On Contact Lens Restore Sight

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605081151.htm

Climate Change Models Find Staple Crops Face Ruin On Up To One Million Square Kilometers Of African Farmland

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602204259.htm

Origin of Antarctic ice revealed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8079767.stm

Rainforest is worth more standing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8083706.stm

Prehistoric Whale Discovered On The West Coast Of Sweden

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090605110420.htm

After failed courtship, zoo helps rare birds breed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090604/ap_on_re_us/us_national_zoo_rare_crane;_ylt=ApphHFChYBUz2VvfT6Jnt9sPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTMwaGQ4NGQ3BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNjA0L3VzX25hdGlvbmFsX3pvb19yYXJlX2NyYW5lBHBvcwMxMARzZWMDeW5fYXJ0aWNsZV9zdW1tYXJ5X2xpc3QEc2xrA2FmdGVyZmFpbG

Grus vipio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-naped_crane

Grus vipio (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/143775/0



Bee-killing Parasite Genome Sequenced

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222430.htm

Nosema ceranae

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

Sacred plants of the Maya forest

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8083000/8083812.stm

Ceiba pentandra

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

Pachira aquatica

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

Pseudobombax ellipticum

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

Quararibea funebris

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

Long-standing Mystery Of How Plants Make Eggs Solved

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144332.htm

Plantae

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

Do Dinosaurs Still Exist?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/dodinosaursstillexist;_ylt=Annd33a3BTCQtYSFjiPknboDW7oF

Dinosaur

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

Bacteria From The Deep Can Clean Up Heavy Metals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604222432.htm

Carbon Payments Help Protect Threatened Tropical Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604181251.htm

'Beehive fence' deters elephants

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8081000/8081521.stm

Elevated Water Temperature And Acidity Boost Growth Of Key Sea Star Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601140926.htm

Bacteria And Algae Act As Biocatalysts For Deep-sea Raw Material Deposition

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601085918.htm

Researchers Solve 'Bloodcurdling' Mystery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144326.htm

How Humans Have Disrupted The Nitrogen Cycle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090604144322.htm

Nitrogen cycle

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

Diarrhea vaccine urged for all children

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31121962/

Rotavirus vaccine

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

8-Year-Old N.M. Boy Dies Of Bubonic Plague

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/06/05/health/main5064847.shtml

Bubonic plague

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


Is There a Lake Champlain Monster?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7760355&page=1

Anoiapithecus brevirostris Discovery and More for Wednesday, June 3, 2009

* Aptenodytes forsteri image licensed under Creative Commons by lin padgham

New Hominid With 'Modern' Facial Features

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602083729.htm

Salvador Moyà-Solà, David M. Alba, Sergio Almécija, Isaac Casanovas-Vilar, Meike Köhler, Soledad De Esteban-Trivigno, Josep M. Robles, Jordi Galindo, and Josep Fortuny. A unique Middle Miocene European hominoid and the origins of the great ape and human clade. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0811730106

http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0811730106

Dolphin and whale climate fears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/8077272.stm

'Nature's ghosts' filmed for first time

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8077000/8077903.stm

Macroderma gigas

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

Macroderma gigas (IUCN Red List – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12590/0

Macroderma gigas (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328820

Lawsuits filed over wolf hunting in Rockies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31073035/

Canis lupus

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

Canis lupus lupus

http://eol.org/pages/1226119

FDA approves cancer drug for dogs

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31084765/

Canis lupus familiaris

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

Canis lupus familiaris (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1228387

Belch-o-meter: collar measures methane in bovine burps

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8078033.stm

Pigs offer new stem cell source

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8078996.stm

Sus

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

Ancient Mammals Changed Diets With Climate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602204255.htm

* Penguins Mapped From Space By Their Feces

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602122621.htm

Aptenodytes forsteri

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

Aptenodytes forsteri (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1049604

Canaries That Hear Poor Songs As Juveniles Nevertheless Sing Rather Normal Songs As Adults

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121053.htm

Serinus canaria

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

Serinus canaria (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/922693

Why birds in cities are singing louder than their country cousins

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/mid_/8079539.stm

When Evolution Is Not So Slow And Gradual

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602133551.htm

Poecilia reticulata

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

Poecilia reticulata (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/208520

Legless lizard found on recovery trail

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25573013-30417,00.html

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronzeback_Snake-lizard

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (IUCN Link – Vulnerable)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15361/0

Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/791263

In The Turf War Against Seaweed, Coral Reefs More Resilient Than Expected

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601111932.htm

Anthozoa

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

'Death Receptors' Designed To Kill Our Cells May Make Them Stronger

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090601102023.htm

Pharmacists may be switching your meds

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30627962/


Plants 'can recognise themselves'

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

Ethanol Production Could Jeopardize Soil Productivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090602112257.htm

Couple to plead guilty in toxic pet food case

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31083389/

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/