LCROSS Points to Life Detection on Other Planets and New Himalayas Species and More for Monday, August 10, 2009

LCROSS Spacecraft Detects Life On Earth

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806091014.htm

LCROSS (Wiki Link)

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

Bonn hosts climate change talks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8193203.stm

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Wiki Link)

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

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Website)

http://unfccc.int/

Psychological Factors Help Explain Slow Reaction To Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090807154404.htm


'Motion Picture' Of Past Warming Paves Way For Snapshots Of Future Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090716141138.htm

Global Warming

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

Climate-caused Biodiversity Booms And Busts In Ancient Plants And Mammals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806121757.htm

Ozone Depletion Reduces Ocean Carbon Uptake

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806141716.htm

Ozone depletion

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

Carbon sink

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

Wastewater Produces Electricity And Desalinates Water

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112601.htm

Orangutans Make Musical Instrument

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090810/sc_livescience/orangutansmakemusicalinstrument;_ylt=Aoq8ShvIDyusRoE_LV.PwBYPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNkaGgzYThzBGFzc2V0A2xpdmVzY2llbmNlLzIwMDkwODEwL29yYW5ndXRhbnNtYWtlbXVzaWNhbGluc3RydW1lbnQEY3BvcwM0BHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9oZ

Pongo

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

Greater Yellowstone Elk Suffer Worse Nutrition And Lower Birth Rates Due To Wolves

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717121424.htm

Yellowstone National Park

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

Cervus canadensis

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

Canis lupus

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

Canis lupus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/328607


Is Bat White-nose Syndrome An Emerging Fungal Pathogen?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090803185832.htm

White-nose syndrome

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

Scottish species reach new heights

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8189613.stm

Mary Had A Lot Of Lambs: Researchers Identify Way To Accelerate Sheep Breeding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112401.htm

Ovis aries

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

Ovis aries (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/311906

Flying frog among 353 new Himalayan species: WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090810/sc_afp/asiaenvironmentwildlifewwfhimalayas;_ylt=AvzzLle_EJmbbqWQt6NiSc.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTMxZmpoOGljBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDgxMC9hc2lhZW52aXJvbm1lbnR3aWxkbGlmZXd3ZmhpbWFsYXlhcwRwb3MDNQRzZWMDeW5fbW9zdF9wb3B1bGFyBHNsawNmbHlpb

Invasive Species Threaten Critical Habitats, Oyster Among Victims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090717121426.htm

Links Between Nerve Roots And Plant Roots

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806121724.htm

New Cancer Drug Delivery System Is Effective And Reversible

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090806112359.htm

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/