More on Global Warming and More for Thursday, May 28, 2009

* Physeter catodon image licensed under Creative Commons by alh1

Melting Ice Sheets May Threaten Northeast U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121055.htm

Methane rise detected in Arctic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30889664/


European Shipping Routes Linked To Locations With High Nitrogen Dioxide Pollution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522132001.htm

Microfossils Challenge Prevailing Views Of 'Snowball Earth' Glaciations On Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140846.htm

Hospital workers save orang-utan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/jersey/8068358.stm

Pongo

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

Glowing monkeys 'to aid research'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070252.stm

Rare blue whale found dead on New Zealand beach

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090528/ap_on_re_au_an/as_new_zealand_rare_whale;_ylt=AuOmTghBIBefOoNb3QKpxuWs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlOW43aWU1BHBvcwMxMjIEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9zY2llbmNlBHNsawNyYXJlYmx1ZXdoYWw-

Balaenoptera musculus

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

Balaenoptera musculus (IUCN Link – Endangered)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2477/0

Balaenoptera musculus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328574

Caught on tape! How whales steal fish

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30944866/

Physeter catodon

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

Physeter catodon (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/328547

Physeter macrocephalus (IUCN link) Species notation: You may find this specie listed under Physeter catodon in the Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia of Life. You will find it listed only under Physeter macrocephalus in the IUCN Red List (Vulnerable).

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/41755/0

Notothenia microlepidota

http://fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=12014&genusname=Notothenia&speciesname=microlepidota

Pink dolphin makes splash in shipping channel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30968596/

Tursiops truncatus

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

Tursiops truncatus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/129548

Thais cheer surprise panda birth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8071393.stm

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

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

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (IUCN Red List Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (EOL link)

http://eol.org/pages/328070

Mountain lion killed after escape at Kansas zoo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30947607/

Puma concolor

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

Puma concolor (EOL Link) Species notation: You may find this specie listed under Felius concolor in the Wikipedia, but you may find it listed only under Puma concolor in the Encyclopedia of Life.

http://eol.org/pages/311910


Mouse genome laid bare to science

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8069235.stm

Mouse Genome Informatics

http://www.informatics.jax.org/

More Genetic Differences Between Mice, Humans

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202722.htm

Climate Change Threatens Endangered Honeycreeper Birds of Hawaii

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526140840.htm

Cyanerpes

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

Cuckoo's call becomes rarer in UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070021.stm

Cuculidae

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

Cuculus canorus

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

CBC MANITOBA Falcon cam

http://www.cbc.ca/manitoba/features/falcon/

Falco peregrinus

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

Falco peregrinus (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/1049164

Komodo dragon attacks terrorize villages

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30913500/

Varanus komodoensis

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

Varanus komodoensis (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/790179

Varanus komodoensis (IUCN Link)

http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/22884/0


Did The North Atlantic Fisheries Collapse Due To Fisheries-induced Evolution?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202809.htm

Shellfish At Risk In High Carbon Dioxide World

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202807.htm

Shellfish

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

Giant Dinosaur Posture Is All Wrong

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526213918.htm

Giant dinosaurs 'held heads high'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8068789.stm

Sauropoda

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

New Extinct Lemur Species Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527073030.htm

Palaeopropithecus kelyus

http://www.em-consulte.com/article/212118/iconosup

Cancer patient held at U.S. airport for missing fingerprint

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090527/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_cancer_fingerprints

Capecitabine

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

Australia swine flu ship isolated

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8071292.stm

Scientists develop new basis for H5N1 vaccine: WHO

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r2yg-us-flu-who-vaccine/

British scientists make H1N1 flu strain for vaccine

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54r3ay-us-flu-britain-vaccine/

Child diabetes cases 'to double'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8068941.stm

Ocean monster shows hidden depths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8071021.stm

Chikyu Hakken

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

Brain Activation Can Predict Strategies People Use To Make Risky Decisions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527121043.htm

Investigating The Development Of Mechanosensitivity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522101924.htm

Can you "hear" shapes and "taste" sounds?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070210.stm

Synaesthesia

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

Watermelons Tapped For Ethanol

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090522180918.htm

Citrullus lanatus

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

Postwar Food Vetch Is An Important Source Of Antioxidant Activity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528092528.htm

Vicia

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

Vicia (EOL Link)

http://eol.org/pages/13463


Geographic Isolation Drives Evolution Of Hot Springs Microbe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090527105715.htm

Viruses Are Sneakier Than We Thought

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526202724.htm

Portable Device Can Detect Viruses In Minutes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528093004.htm

Would have been an 'insult' not to accept seal heart: Gov. Gen.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/27/jean-hunt.html

Immense Oil Seep? and More for Tuesday, May 19, 2009

WHO: Swine flu shot to take months to produce

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30823371/

Egypt criticized for 'inhumane' killing of pigs

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090518/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_egypt_swine_flu;_ylt=AuJM77NBRgWAAydpgfo4B6oPLBIF

Natural Oil Seep Bigger Than Exxon Spill?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513130944.htm

From Greenhouse To Ice House: Important Role Of The Indonesian Gateway Suggested

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518102954.htm

Move Any Mountain: New Research Tracks Snowmelt Accurately

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513234814.htm

Lakes face 'complex' challenges

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cumbria/8056860.stm

Nitrogen From Human Activities May Be As Damaging As Phosphorus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518120956.htm

Fossil Of 'Giant' Shrew Found In Spain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518103229.htm

Dolinasorex glyphodon

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122294885/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Agency agrees to deadline for review of walrus

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090518/ap_on_re_us/us_pacific_walrus;_ylt=AjKFb1Fjp4nV5AlKxcOFMs0PLBIF

Odobenidae

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

Bill of health: Injured stork gets artificial beak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8057461.stm

Ciconiiformes

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

Mockingbirds Can Recognize A Face In A Crowd

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172437.htm

Mockingbird

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

Komodo dragons have venomous bite

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8056040.stm

Varanus komodoensis

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

Monitoring Water Through A Snake's Eyes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512193241.htm

Fish Poisoning May Be Why Polynesians Left Paradise

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518111717.htm

Ciguatera poisoning

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

Fast And Efficient As Soon As They Are Dead: Jellyfish-like Creatures May Play Major Role In The Marine Carbon Transport System

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513091618.htm

Pyrosoma atlanticum

http://jellieszone.com/pyrosoma.htm

Beetles To Be Used To Show Consequences of Inbreeding

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075852.htm

Tenebrionidae

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

Insight Into Evolution Of First Flowers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518172453.htm

Biomass As A Source Of Raw Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090512102549.htm

Leaves reveal smog pollution levels

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30808843/

Plant Life Discovery On Boston Harbor Islands Could Help Future Damage Caused By Exotic Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090514221501.htm

Scientists Work To Plug Microorganisms Into The Energy Grid

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518101906.htm

Artificial Skin Made In Fully Automated Process

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090518102959.htm

Tumour make-up 'fuels depression'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8055104.stm

Salmonella's Sweet Tooth Predicts Its Downfall

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519075850.htm

Salmonella

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

Too much cola 'zaps muscle power'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8056028.stm

Cola

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

Microscopic Manufacturers Produce Eco-friendly Plastics

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519084631.htm

New Sponge-like Material Can Remove Mercury From Water, Separate Hydrogen From Other Gases And Pull Sulfur Out Of Crude Oil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090517143341.htm

Chalcogel

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

Crunch Time and The Pan Massacre(s) and More for Thursday, March 25, 2009

Neofelis nebulosa image licensed under Creative Commons by Smithsonian National Zoo' s photos

'Crunch year' for world's forests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7963489.stm

Poland reverses to spare wetland

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7962918.stm

U.S. funded nets killing whales, turtles off Africa

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29890406/

USAID

http://www.usaid.gov/

Raising The Alarm About Chimpanzee Massacre In The Democratic Republic Of Congo

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324111818.htm

Pan

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

2 rare clouded leopard cubs born at zoo in

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23679187/

Neofelis nebulosa

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


China puts rampant desert gerbils "on the pill"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7963836.stm

Gerbillinae

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

90 years of birdwatchers' notes going online

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/26/pp.bird.usgs/index.html

Biologists worry over increased turtle harvest

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090326/ap_on_bi_ge/turtle_harvest;_ylt=AqzhvPs0CNiYjT9FJofxNmgPLBIF

32 Komodo dragons hatch at Indonesian zoo

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29876165/

Varanus komodoensis

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

Australia's Most Endangered Snake Might Need More Bush Burning

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324091207.htm

Hoplocephalus bungaroides

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-Headed_Snake

Flesh-eating fish could pose threat

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/03/26/ldt.flesh.eating.fish.ped.cnn

Wild Bees Can Be Effective Pollinators

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324131550.htm

Bid to aid daddy longlegs numbers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7963088.stm

Tilupidae

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

Giant Sea Worm Unmasked as Coral Killer

http://www.bluereefaquarium.co.uk/news-from-newquay/coral-worm.htm


Gene Exchange Among Sex-manipulating Bacteria

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132450.htm

How Salmonella Survives In Environment

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323101817.htm

New Possibilities For Hydrogen-producing Algae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171556.htm

Massive corporate farm venture planned for Western Canada

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/03/26/corporate-farm.html

Radar tech takes aim at fruit frost

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29879240/

New Drug Kills Tumor Cells 200 Times Better

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132458.htm

Licorice Compound Offers New Cancer Prevention Strategy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324081433.htm

Fast Magnetic Fix For Sepsis? Micromagnetic-microfluidic Device Could Quickly Pull Pathogens From The Bloodstream

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325162621.htm

The Cough That Could Be Deadly

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=7165175&page=1

Esophageal cancer

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

New DNA and Killer Komodos and Corn's 8700 Year History and More for Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Varanus komodensis image licensed under Creative Commons by Phil Romans

New DNA With 12 Chemical Letters

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323122437.htm

Researchers find 4000 year old coral species

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29842632/

Stranded whales returned to sea off Australia

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29837129/

Globicephala melas

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-finned_Pilot_Whales

Seeing Eye Horse Shocks Store Patrons

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7157642

Australia's new-born orange monkey

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7960611.stm

Trachypithecus francoisi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francois%27_Langur

Parrot gets award for warning about choking tot

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29858577/

Myiopsitta monachus

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



Two Komodo dragons maul fruit-picker to death

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29848167/

Varanus komodensis

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


Evolution Of Fins And Limbs Linked With That Of Gills

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323212021.htm

Fish Health Claims May Cause More Environmental Harm Than Good, Researchers Say

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090317142843.htm

'Delicious' New Grape Debuts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090321103807.htm

Early Agriculture Left Traces In Animal Bones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324081439.htm

Earliest Evidence Of Domesticated Maize Discovered: Dates Back 8,700 Years

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323212037.htm

Zea Mays

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

Triceratops Was A Social Animal, According To New Fossil Discovery

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324081431.htm

Triceratops

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

Global warming endangers public, U.S. agency rules

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/23/tech-090323-epa-global-warming.html

USEPA

http://www.epa.gov/

Setback for climate technical fix

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7959570.stm

Less winter ice found on Great Lakes

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29842552/

Less ice on Great Lakes leading to lower water levels

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/24/great-lakes-ice.html

The Great Lakes

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

Ocean experiments to stop climate change

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7960449.stm

Oil plagues Prince William Sound 20 years after spill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29838444/

Exxon Valdez

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

Prince William Sound

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

'Ice That Burns' May Yield Clean, Sustainable Bridge To Global Energy Future

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323143858.htm

Methane clathrate

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


Public Nuisance Laws Can Control Damage To Ecosystems

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319111436.htm

Cancer Breakthrough: Tales Of 'Trojan Horse Drug' And 'Miracle Dogs'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323143856.htm

Malaria map shows where to target the disease

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52n03v-us-malaria-map-health/

Malaria

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

Brain waves 'foreshadow mistakes'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7955360.stm

The Human Brain Is On The Edge Of Chaos

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090319224532.htm

Group says 5.3 million in U.S. have Alzheimer's

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52n3iy-us-alzheimers-usa/

Alzheimer’s disease

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s

Stroke Survivors Improve Balance With Tai Chi

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323110458.htm

Tai Chi Chuan

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

Gulf War Veterans Display Abnormal Brain Response To Specific Chemicals

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323092800.htm

Persian Gulf War

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

Could Your Walls Be Harming Your Health?

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/story?id=7146929&page=1

Death link to too much red meat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7959128.stm

Red, Processed Meat Linked To Higher Death Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161109.htm

Cold Sore Cure? New Way To Fight Herpes Virus

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323112058.htm

Stem Cell Therapy: Treatment For Deafness?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323093129.htm

Inside the hottest place on Earth

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7950845.stm

Danakil Desert

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