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"?

Global crisis 'to strike by 2030'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7951838.stm

Prof John Beddington

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

Big melt seen in Antarctic past, and maybe future

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090318/ap_on_sc/sci_antarctica_melt

Predicting The Next Pandemic Via Twitter?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/tech/cnettechnews/main4874828.shtml

Scientists grow diabetes drug in tobacco plants

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52i047-us-tobacco-medicine/

Interleukin-10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin-10

Nicotiana

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

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

Number Of U.S. Births Breaks Record

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/18/national/main4873969.shtml

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

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

Food supplies reach Arctic team

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/7952165.stm

Ozone/Smog Death Link and Peking Man Ages Noticeably and More for Thursday, March 12, 2009

Homo erectus pekinensis image licensed under Creative Commons by ideonexus

Ozone In Smog Linked To Risk Of Death

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311170627.htm

Ozone

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

'Peking Man' older than thought

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7937351.stm

Homo erectus pekinensis

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

First Right Whale Sedation Enables Disentanglement Effort

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311180335.htm

Eubalaena glacialis

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

Whaling opponents slam commission over Japan talks

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/sc_afp/whalingiwctreatyjapanskorea;_ylt=AjPTVe7PYFzg2FacfKEwB.UPLBIF

WWF launches urgent appeal to save polar bears

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090312/sc_afp/arcticclimatewarminganimalwwf;_ylt=Au1XKHUmwR9ereHGPPvy6sMPLBIF

Ursus maritimus

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

Environmental group defends Canada's seal hunt

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090311/sc_afp/canadaanimalenvironmentseals;_ylt=ApTZix3xg730Xl9SFzimYX0PLBIF



Human-generated Sounds May Be Killing Fish

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093658.htm

World-record Colony Of Amoeba Clones

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311131608.htm

Dictyostelium discoideum

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

Huge Corn Plants Developed: Doubling A Gene In Corn Results In Giant Biomass

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302120106.htm

Zea mays

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

Artificial Photosynthesis: Turning Sunlight Into Liquid Fuels Moves A Step Closer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311103646.htm

Artificial Photosynthesis

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

Microbial Societies Do Not Like Oligarchy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093914.htm

Oligarchy

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

'Flawed' Red List Puts Species at Risk

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/AmazingAnimals/story?id=7061642&page=1

Muscular Dystrophy: Stem Cells That Repair Injured Muscles Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090305121655.htm

Neuroscientists Map Intelligence In The Brain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311124020.htm

New Technique Developed To Date Forensic Death Based On Corpse Microorganisms

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090312093706.htm

Time: 'Flying Dutchman' of climate change

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1884617,00.html

Probe: Federal agency ignores health hazards

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634477/

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/

'Fat neck' a clue to heart risk

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7935635.stm

Obesity Linked To Dangerous Sleep Apnea In Truck Drivers

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090311111002.htm

EU needs 'brutal' science advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935663.stm

For Wednesday, December 10, 2008

950,000 kids worldwide killed by injury, violence

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/10/childhood.injuries.report/index.html

Zimbabwe: More than 15,000 have cholera

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/10/zimbabwe.epidemic.cholera.spread/index.html

Rare white lion cubs born

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7775782.stm

Why Do Pigs Die During Commercial Transportation?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091035.htm

Sexual Stereotypes in Dolphin Kingdom?

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Science/story?id=6431619&page=1

£5m fund to scrap fishing boats

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7775593.stm

Quality Mark Provides Better Protection For Fish Stocks Than Does The World Trade Organization

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081210091033.htm

Surface-Level Ozone Pollution Set To Reduce Tree Growth 10% By 2100

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209085628.htm

EPA names most-wanted eco-fugitives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28157690/

Warning: Fifth of world coral reefs lost

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28156581/

Tropics No Longer Museum Of Plant Biodiversity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209221705.htm

Tropical Rainforests' Secret Ingredient Found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081209125830.htm

Molybdenum

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

Precious Metal Could Lead To Next Generation Of Cancer Treatments

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208092122.htm

Osmium

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


'Border Patrol Agents' Identified In The Gut

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081208180335.htm

Doctors call emergency care ‘national disgrace’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28148474/

Jumping viruses threaten man and beast

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/12/08/pip.zoonotics/index.html

Deaths tied to painkillers surge in rural areas

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28146377/

UN: New measures can save many young lives

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28147639/

Groups Sue Over Toxic Toys

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/10/earlyshow/living/ConsumerWatch/main4659906.shtml