The Coming Drought in India/Asia and More for Thursday, August 13, 2009

World population to hit 7 billion in 2011

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/12/world.population/index.html


Lasting benefits seen in gene therapy for blindness (Reuters)

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre57b5pn-us-blindness-genetherapy/

India's water use 'unsustainable'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8197287.stm

Australia emissions plan rejected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8198690.stm

Atlantic hurricanes 'at 1,000-year high'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8197191.stm

Wikipedia List of Atlantic Hurricane Seasons

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

Conserving Big Cats Works: South African Leopard Field Study Yields Encouraging Results

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090811143838.htm

Panthera pardus

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

Panthera pardus pardus (EOL Link)

http://www.eol.org/pages/1270484



Australia camel cull sparks woe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8198701.stm

Camelus

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

Breeding like...Rise in rabbit numbers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8198790.stm

Have scientists solved mystery of why flamingos stand on one leg?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8197000/8197932.stm

Phoenicopterus

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

Radio tags reveal secrets of roadrunners

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32374535/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Geococcyx

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

Synthetic Derivative Of Kudzu Vine Can Reduce Drinking And Prevent Relapse

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090811161255.htm

Daidzin (Unsponsored link to Chemblink site)

http://www.chemblink.com/products/552-66-9.htm

GMA: Tainted Fruit - Produce and Pesticide Residue

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=8315670&page=1



Anthrax Bacteria Conspire With Viruses To Stay Alive

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090812035445.htm

Bacillus anthracis

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

Martian Methane: Red Planet Not So Dormant

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810085308.htm

Martian life appears less likely, study reveals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32394763/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Mars

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

Swine Flu 2009 and More for Monday, April 27, 2009

U.S. advises against travel to Mexico as swine flu spreads

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1063663

American swine flu cases climb to 40

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682/

Mexico closes schools as deaths climb to 149

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30434921/

Swine Flu Outbreak 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_outbreak

Swine flu case confirmed in Spain

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8020552.stm

Asia on high alert for flu virus

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8019907.stm

Swine flu cases confirmed in UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8020222.stm



Kenya poachers admit ivory haul

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8021094.stm

Poaching

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

Gray whales granted rare reprieve

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8017291.stm

Eschrichtius robustus

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

Cow genome 'to transform farming'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8014598.stm

Rare albino buffalo seen in Kenya

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8017328.stm

EU acts to save 'hungry vultures'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8018115.stm

Shark fins protection welcomed

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/8018284.stm

'Bleach bath' benefit for eczema

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8015995.stm

Eczema

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

Type Of Vitamin B1 Could Treat Common Cause Of Blindness

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423180237.htm

Adding Walnuts To Good Diet May Help Older People Improve Motor And Behavioral Skills

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419201207.htm

Juglans

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

How Plants Protect Us From Disease

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090419202029.htm

Search For Alien Life Gets A Hand(edness)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423105846.htm

'Super Reefs' Fend Off Climate Change, Study Says

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090423132612.htm

Anthozoa

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

Sea shells used to clean up heavy metals

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30435640/

'Moderately Large' Potential For Red Tide Outbreak In Gulf Of Maine Region

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422085146.htm

Red tide

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

Greenhouse Gases Climb Despite Economic Slump

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090424195920.htm

Blood Testing, Mosquito Style

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090424114218.htm

Could Climate Change Worsen Lyme Disease?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090426182944.htm

Lyme disease

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

Computational Biology Illuminates How Cells Change Gears

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090420182226.htm

Most Distant Detection Of Water In The Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090422085756.htm