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Thursday, May 28, 2009

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

Wednesday, April 01, 2009

Overpopulation Warning and More for Wednesday, April 1, 2009


Solenodon paradoxus

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

6,000 rare Irrawaddy dolphins found in waters of South Asia

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1051942

Orcaella brevirostris

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

Imperial Eagle Numbers Have Increased Six-fold In Spain

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323161225.htm

Aquila adalberti

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

Bird survives with arrow 'clean through it'

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29992304/

Grus canadensis

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

Baby chicks do basic arithmetic

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7975260.stm

Gallus gallus

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

Meet Florida's python catchers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7967587.stm

Pythonidae

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

37-year-old frog found in New Zealand

http://www.vuw.ac.nz/victorianews/ViewNews.aspx?id=2607&newslabel=hn

Leiopelma pakeka

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

Connectivity In Marine Fish Populations: Larvae Spawned In Marine Reserves Can Travel Long Distances

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325132336.htm

Cause Of Mussel Poisoning Identified

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324111558.htm

Mussel

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

Azaspiracid

http://www.curehunter.com/public/pubmed11330704.do

Azadinium spinosum

http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/13057.php?from=133484

Atlantic Snails Increase Dramatically In Size

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324171604.htm

DNA From Old Insects: No Need To Destroy The Specimen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331201522.htm

If you can't afford it, grow it

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/04/01/recession.garden/index.html?iref=t2test_livingwed

Palm Oil Development May Threaten Amazon

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101755.htm

Palm oil

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

'First Economical Process' For Making Biodiesel Fuel From Algae

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325222006.htm

Biodiesel
New Insights Into How Brain Responds To Viral Infection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331133341.htm

Stem Cell Breakthrough: 'Switch' Created That Turns Stem Cells Into Muscle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330154806.htm

Amniotic Fluid May Provide New Source Of Stem Cells For Future Therapies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112645.htm

Mechanism That Regulates Movement Of Blood-forming Stem Cells In The Body Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325142509.htm

Stem cell

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

Amniotic fluid

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

Drug-resistant TB is a ‘time bomb,’ WHO says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29990199/

Bill Gates, China Join Forces Against TB

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/health/main4909669.shtml

Discovery Of Tuberculosis Bacterium Enzyme Paves Way For New TB Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327152401.htm

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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

How infection may spark leukemia

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7973678.stm

Leukemia

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

Pregnancy With Male Fetus Riskier, Study Claims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112729.htm

People who live in the tropics have more baby girls

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7972993.stm

Talking in color: imaging helps social skills

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53000z-us-computer-autism/

Salmonella Fear Prompts Mayonnaise Recall

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/health/main4909585.shtml

Raw pistachios may be the source of salmonella

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29978103/

Pistachio warning could signal food safety shift

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29990231/

Ecologists Question Effects Of Climate Change On Infectious Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112448.htm

Climate change 'fans Nepal fires'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7968745.stm

Nitrate Stimulates Greenhouse Gas Production In Small Streams

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330111259.htm

Can 'biochar' save the planet?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/30/biochar.warming.energy/index.html

Biochar

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

Predicting Mosquito Outbreaks For Disease Control

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101757.htm

Anopheles

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



Satellite Snow Maps Help Reindeer Herders Adapt To A Changing Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401102938.htm

Arctic

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

Rangifer tarandus

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