Showing posts with label sphenodon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sphenodon. Show all posts

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Twitter 4: Pandemics? Global Crises? Global Melts? Wildfires? and More for Thursday, March 19, 2009

Will Twitter be the essential new technology tool to help us predict; Pandemics, Global Melting and flooding, Wildfires/Bushfires, Potential Extinctions, and other Catastrophes? (Too late for the Beddington 2030 Global Crisis Projection, see below...). Is this the "real" usefulness or utility for Twitter? Are these "Twittersentials"?
Wildlife center heals survivors of Australia fires

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29769243/

Sexy Beasts: Apes Make Love, Not War

http://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=7114519&page=1

Pan paniscus

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

Is The Hippopotamus The Closest Living Relative To The Whale?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090318153803.htm

Hippopotamidae

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

Indohyus

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

Badgers to be given anti-TB jabs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7952282.stm

Melinae

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

Mycobacterium bovis

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

Bat's fate after shuttle launch appears grim

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29754578/

Tadarida brasiliensis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Free-tailed_Bat

Rare reptile hatchling found on NZ mainland

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_re_au_an/as_new_zealand_rare_reptile;_ylt=Ao5BuTb7J1m6.ORMBiWUxfGs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhMDFtNmxwBHBvcwM2BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3JhcmVyZXB0aWxlaA--

Sphenondon

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

Dinosaurs may have been fuzzy, not scaly, a fossil find suggests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7950871.stm

Behind the scenes at The Walking with Dinosaurs live show

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7951777.stm

Killing Young Fish: Population Growth Paradox

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317143155.htm

Mont. Man Ties State Record By Catching Tiny Fish

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/19/ap/strange/main4875591.shtml

Dying bees 'were not a priority'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7951009.stm

Microscope Reveals How Soil Bacteria 'Breathe' Toxic Metals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316151031.htm

Missing Piece Of Plant Clock Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312150729.htm
Milder Atlantic hurricane season predicted

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/weather/03/18/hurricane.forecast/index.html

Lessons From Hurricane Rita Not Practiced During Hurricane Ike

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090313110752.htm

Hurricane Rita

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

Hurricane Ike

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

Drought, Urbanization Were Ingredients For Atlanta's Perfect Storm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311111013.htm

2008 Atlanta Tornado Outbreak

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Atlanta_tornado_outbreak

Ozone: New Simulation Shows Consequences Of A World Without Earth's Natural Sunscreen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319090754.htm

Ozone layer

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

Ozone depletion

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

Montreal Protocol

Monday, January 26, 2009

For Monday, January 26, 2009

Elephants pack their trunks for Belfast Zoo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7844447.stm

New Zealand reptile becomes a father, at 111

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7850975.stm

Sphenodon

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

Chinese pandas make first outing in Taipei

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7850425.stm

China's Panda Gift Delights Taiwan

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6729690

New Species Hotspot In Remote Cambodian Mekong

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090120174138.htm

Pelochelys cantorii

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor%27s_Giant_Softshell_Turtle

New Insight Into How Bees See Could Improve Artificial Intelligence Systems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090123101211.htm

Drought-hit California farmers abandoning vegetable fields

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/01/26/veggie-farmers.html

WineCrisp: New Apple Was More Than 20 Years In The Making

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122100824.htm

Microbes Fuel Energy Debate

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090122093923.htm

Dinosaur Fossils Fit Perfectly Into The Evolutionary Tree Of Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090126082351.htm

Although Our Genetics Differ Significantly, We All Look Alike...

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Global Warming is Real - For Wednesday, January 21, 2009

General Mills, Kroger pull peanut butter items

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28749159/

Number sickened by salmonella climbs to 485

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28761177/

Japan study group says cloned animals safe for food

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090120/hl_nm/us_food_cloning_japan;_ylt=AvVZJFkyDlkcxF_RTnJZ.b8PLBIF

Animal rights campaigners jailed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/7837064.stm

Scientists 'See' Cell Molecules More Clearly

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090119210535.htm

Welsh bird numbers declining

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/7841295.stm

Europe’s Aquatic Birds Will Seek New Nesting Sites In Face Of Global Warming

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121092357.htm

Plenty spent on endangered species list's tortoise

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090120/ap_on_re_us/desert_tortoise_money;_ylt=Am2Hje0qy.zcpw6gWEWip70PLBIF

Gopherus agassizii

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

Mistaken Identity: Texas State Dinosaur Needs Name Change

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090114/sc_livescience/mistakenidentitytexasstatedinosaurneedsnamechange;_ylt=AoqgA7CZYPDTdMg_1aqnP9kPLBIF

Paluxysaurus jonesi

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


Reptile Fossil Reignites Debate Over New Zealand Submergence

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090121092403.htm

Nile run-off 'boosts fish stocks'

Friday, October 31, 2008

For Friday, October 31, 2008