EPA: CO2 is Hazardous/Dangerous and Will Rising Seas Swallow Up the Islands? and More for Sunday, April 19, 2009

Charles Darwin image licensed under Creative Commons by celerrimus

Energy secretary: Islands could disappear

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_sc/cb_obama_summit_energy;_ylt=ApqERs2mBlXWy0Hw9IikeJus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlbWRtN2hoBHBvcwMxMDkEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNlbmVyZ3lzZWNyZXQ-

EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417183528.htm

EPA: Greenhouse gases pose health hazard

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/04/17/greenhouse.gas.hazard.epa/index.html

Obama to regulate 'pollutant' CO2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004975.stm


Carbon dioxide

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

Global Warming 'Fixes' Can Suck Up Water

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=7371405&page=1

No-gas cars soon to hit market

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/04/18/levs.green.cars.cnn

3 patients HIV-positive after VA clinic mistakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30269569/

Factories dumping drugs into sewage

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267705/

King: Waterman finds Chesapeake Bay 'dying daily'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/17/king.sotu.chesapeake/index.html

Chesapeake Bay

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

Desert clash in West over solar potential, water

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_us/water_for_solar;_ylt=AoHmqTJrLt.IwuGFQJ.XHY6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlNGIzM3N1BHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNkZXNlcnRjbGFzaGk-

NYT: A possibly deadly route to beauty

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30267013/

Silicone embolism

Silicone embolism syndrome

http://www.chestjournal.org/content/127/6/2276.abstract

Embryos From IVF OKd for Research Dollars

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=7363394

'Green Nobel' for forest champion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8000936.stm


Goldman Environmental Prize

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


Reports expose holes in Canada's food safety system

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

Food-borne bacteria cause illness in 1 in 6 annually: T.O. health report

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/04/17/foodborne-illness-toronto.html

New fund promises low-cost malaria treatment

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090418/ap_on_re_eu/eu_norway_malaria;_ylt=AiZbU48UdmN_HdWkYijn5oqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkY2VlbmphBHBvcwMxNDIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA25ld2Z1bmRwcm9taQ--

Medical Micro-robots Made As Small As Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085333.htm

Spanish wind farms' record month

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8006668.stm

Key role of forests 'may be lost'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8004517.stm

New limits to Antarctic tourism

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8005467.stm

Antarctic Treaty

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

Ocean Dead Zones Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417161506.htm

Dead Zone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_zone_(ecology)

Bonobos rate food on scale from bark to grunt

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30266532/

Pan paniscus

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

China to build new panda breeding center

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090419/ap_on_re_as/as_china_pandas;_ylt=Aq5_PaP57BfbiCw5sTvcUVEPLBIF

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Peek into kangaroo's pouch shows 2 tiny joeys

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30263612/

Dendrolagus matschiei

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matschie%27s_tree_kangaroo

Flying Mouse-traps Clean Up Fields

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418085935.htm

$14 million effort aims to save rare Hawaiian bird

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30270793/

‘Alala (Corvus hawaiiensis)

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

Alligators Hint At Dinosaur Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417083957.htm

Alligator

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

Dinosauria

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

Researchers Fire The Starting Gun For The Great Turtle Race

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418081508.htm

Dermochelys coriacea

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

Rally against shark fin trade opens in Singapore

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090418/wl_asia_afp/singaporeanimalenvironmentsharkfood;_ylt=Aplil41kS11k6kEAIXxkAeQPLBIF

From Fish To Landlubber: Earlier Transition?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090417144848.htm

Scorpion Biodiversity In 'Evolution Canyon'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090409185415.htm

Scorpiones

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


Neurons That Control Sociability In Worms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090416193308.htm

The Life That Escaped Darwin’s Notice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090418084432.htm

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

Fishermen Dine on Megachasma and DNA Help for Rhincodon and More for Wednesday, April 8, 2008

Fancy some meat? Chimpanzees exchange hunting booty for sex

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988169.stm

Pan

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

Studies Of Hyena Skull Development Put Teeth Into New Female Dominance Theory

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112851.htm

Crocuta crocuta

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

Poison -- It's What's For Dinner: Hunt Narrows For Genes That Let Packrats Eat Creosote

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406072919.htm

Neotoma

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

Creosote

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

Rare megamouth shark caught, eaten in Philippines

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090407/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_rare_shark

Megachasma pelagios

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

DNA Tracks Threatened Whale Sharks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407145159.htm

Rhincodon typus

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

Antarctic Marine Biodiversity Data Now Online

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331133539.htm

Antarctic marine biodiversity link

http://www.scarmarbin.be/

Cat found alive after 5 weeks under rubble

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090407/od_nm/us_germany_cat

Felis catus

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

Fish farms to fight back with EU help

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7989295.stm

Butterflies hit by damp summers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7988232.stm

Tanzania Study Reopens Debate On Targeting Mosquito Larvae To Control Malaria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330200718.htm

Malaria

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

Control, Treatment Of Bed Bugs Challenging

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183504.htm

Cimicidae

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

To Swim Or To Crawl: For The Worm It's A No Brainer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331091254.htm

Caenorhabditis elegans

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

Fragility Of World's Coral Is Revealed Through Study Of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406132609.htm

Anthozoa

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

Mouse Models Of Leukemia That Predict Response To Chemotherapy Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331183753.htm

Leukemia

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

Bad Mix Of Bacterial Remnants And Genetics Leads To Arthritis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331101111.htm

‘Junk’ DNA assists evolution

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20090604-18994.html

Mysterious mouth reaction linked to pollen

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/08/oral.allergy.syndrome/index.html

Oral sex throat cancer link

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6639461.stm

Warning issued over some ground beef sold in Manitoba, Sask., Ontario

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/04/08/mb-beeef-recall.html


More pistachios recalled as salmonella verified

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30078271/

Pistacia vera

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

Use Of Native Southern African Plants In Veterinary Medicine

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330123245.htm

Going Bananas For Sustainable Research: Scientists Create Fuel From African Crop Waste

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090406132819.htm

Musa

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

Rapid Shifts In Wildfire Hotspots To Come?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090407223642.htm

PM heralds 'green economy' Budget

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7989015.stm

Beach rubbish problem 'piling up'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7988726.stm

What's In Your Water? Disinfectants Create Toxic By-products In Drinking Water And Public Swimming Pools


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112725.htm

Metastasis Breakthrough? and The Secret of Life? and More for Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Molecular Switch May Prevent Cancer Spread

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316133436.htm

Metastasis

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

Clues To A Secret Of Life Found In Meteorite Dust

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317153047.htm

Nanotechnology sensors detect salmonella in food

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/18/nanotech-food-safety.html

Brain On A Chip?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318090142.htm

Where Does Consciousness Come From?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201459.htm

‘Smart drug’ may be habit-forming, study says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29739760/

Modafinil

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

Heavy? You may live 3 to 10 years less

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29739036/

Salmonella outbreak has slowed, but isn't over

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29743527/

'Star Wars' laser kills mosquitoes

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090318/sc_livescience/starwarslaserkillsmosquitoes;_ylt=ApTxzGftDdudrA7FQUYHYz6s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMwYjE2bTNwBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwMzE4L3N0YXJ3YXJzbGFzZXJraWxsc21vc3F1aXRvZXMEcG9zAzE4BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xr




UV Light Cuts Spread Of Tuberculosis

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316201505.htm

New Protein Identified In Bacterial Arsenal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310135317.htm

Ubiquitin

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

Waking Up Dormant HIV

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316120848.htm

Key Sperm-binding Proteins Cloned

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317113816.htm

Cochlear implant surgery safe for seniors

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5la-us-cochlear-implant-surgery-safe-seniors/

Shellfish And Inkjet Printers May Hold Key To Faster Healing From Surgeries

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318085923.htm

Making Wood A Clean, Efficient Energy Source With New Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311134802.htm

New government brochure explains climate science

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/sci_climate_literacy;_ylt=AtX2Yb.Be0TEGssXiXi7WAKs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFla2dzc3BjBHBvcwMxMDUEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNuZXdnb3Zlcm5tZW4-

Climate Literacy: The Essential Principles of Climate Science

http://www.noaa.gov/climateliteracy.html

UN accuses EU over climate change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7950211.stm

Robot Sub Searches For Signs Of Melting 60 Km Into An Antarctic Ice Shelf Cavity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317113818.htm

'Armed' chimps raid beehives How chimps armed with clubs plunder beehives for honey.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7946614.stm

Pan

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

Tracking Tigers In 3-D

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312134639.htm

Panthera tigris

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

Escaped lion shot dead at zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090318/od_nm/us_australia_lion_odd;_ylt=AuexEnKF8beN0QpiVPT5YfCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmdTg5MDg0BHBvcwMxOTEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9vZGRfbmV3cwRzbGsDZXNjYXBlZGxpb25z

Panthera leo

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

Wolf numbers up again, but expansion slowing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090317/ap_on_re_us/endangered_wolves;_ylt=AtI_eDbS66bcmT7Q5smzrXis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcWFkc3JyBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawN3b2xmbnVtYmVyc3U-

Canis lupus

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

Bill would ban nonmedical drug use in U.S. livestock

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52g5ul-us-agriculture-antibiotics-bill/

Petland accused of scheme to sell sick puppies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29742068/

Beavers 'could thrive in England'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7949733.stm

Castor

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

Long, Sexy Tails Not A Drag On Male Birds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312115131.htm

Fife aquarium breeds deadly frogs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7950128.stm

Deep Sea World

http://www.deepseaworld.com/

Phyllobates terribilis

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

Fungus devastates 'chicken' frog

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7948124.stm

Leptodactylus fallax

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

Chytridiomycota

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

Discovery Of Color Perception In Deep-sea Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317162844.htm

Callorhinchus milii

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

Cleaning Up Oil Spills Can Kill More Fish Than Spills Themselves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316101430.htm

Cretaceous Octopus With Ink And Suckers -- The World's Least Likely Fossils?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317111902.htm

Most Diverse Animals Have Widest Size Range

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317200944.htm

Chernobyl 'shows insect decline'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7949314.stm

Chernobyl

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

Rare vine in Hawaii designated endangered species

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/endangered_plant_species;_ylt=Am5Yu.NxmE0HQ0QAFOZQyT2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlM2o5aXBzBHBvcwMxMDYEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyYXJldmluZWluaGE-

Process That Regulates Seed Germination Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311170637.htm

Rock Rose Leaves And Olive And Date Pits Make Up New Anti-pesticide Formula

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312153328.htm

New Microorganisms Discovered In Earth's Stratosphere

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318094642.htm

California Condor Suffering from Poisoning, Wounding and More for Sunday, March 15, 2009

Gymnogyps californianus image licensed under Creative Commons by bsterling

Poisoned, wounded Calif. condor treated at LA Zoo

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090314/ap_on_re_us/california_condor;_ylt=Ao82I4uRXRss6y.Yu.3QdQis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlcHEwdmJxBHBvcwMxMDcEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNwb2lzb25lZHdvdW4-

Gymnogyps californianus

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

Falcons combat Dubai's pigeon 'pest'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7943314.stm

Falconry

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

Island of the Rats: Soon it May Be Rat-Free

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7079928&page=1

Adak

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

Traffic Could Trigger Heart Attacks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313171310.htm

Carbon-neutral goal for Maldives

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7944760.stm

Maldives

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

Wind Shifts May Stir CO2, Amplify Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312140842.htm

Silica Algae Reveal How Ecosystems React To Climate Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309093155.htm

Obama bans 'downer' cows from food supply

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29691788/

Salmonella cases: Half still come from crackers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29619415/

Check Your Burgers: E. Coli Season Ahead

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Wellness/story?id=7080622&page=1

Green tea, mushrooms lower breast cancer risk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29681075/

Tiny Brain Region Key To Fear Of Predators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309191455.htm

Reducing Suicidal Behaviors Among Adolescents

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310120349.htm

'The Unexpected' Is Key To Human Learning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313145952.htm

What Drove The Cow Mad? Lessons From A Tiny Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309205323.htm

Single Virus Particle Can Cause Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150254.htm

Novel Antibiotics That Don't Trigger Antibiotic Resistance Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313150121.htm

The Making Of An Intestinal Stem Cell

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121647.htm