Level 6 Alert? and Stabilize Warming and More for Monday, May 4, 2009

Pinus ponderosa image licensed under Creative Commons by cm195902

WHO head indicates full flu pandemic to be declared


http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5431di-us-flu-who-pandemic/


More than 1,000 swine flu cases worldwide: WHO


http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/05/04/swine-flu-world-health119.html



Swine Flu Update: At Least 18 Countries Affected; Human-to-Pig Infection Reported In Canada


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090503190223.htm


Halving Carbon Emissions To Stabilize Warming?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090502092019.htm

Potentially Harmful Chemicals Found In Forest Fire Smoke

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090430091057.htm

Pinus ponderosa

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

Alkaloid

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

Climate Change Threatens Unique Ecosystems of World's Largest Lake, Lake Baikal

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501090925.htm

Lake Baikal

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

Global Warming Data Buried in Mud

http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7454828

Researchers flag increasing levels of fresh water in Labrador Sea

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/05/04/labrador-sea-504.html

Labrador Sea

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

Brain Can Recognize Objects Much Faster

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429132231.htm

Man chooses grizzly bear as 'best man' at wedding

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1066923

Ursus arctos horribilis

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

Wolves come off endangered species list in northern Rockies

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1066925

Canis lupus

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

Mummified puppy found in Egyptian tomb

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30519834/

Isolated Birds Evolve 'Normal' Species Song

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090503132617.htm

Mexico to review flu restrictions

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032582.stm

China denies flu discrimination

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8032157.stm

Mexicans defy swine flu advice

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8032248.stm

Swine flu: mapping the outbreak

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8021547.stm

China bans Alberta pork after virus infects pig herd: media report

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/03/china-haltspork.html


Can masks help stop flu spread?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8024605.stm

Rare raccoon roundworm blinds teen

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30558815/

Procyon lotor

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

Toxocaridae (Raccoon roundworm)

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

Matrix Protein Key To Fighting Viruses

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429091336.htm

Toxic mercury levels in seal meat linked to melting Arctic ice

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/05/04/tech-090504-seal-meat-mercury.html

How Mercury Emissions Reach Tuna And Other Seafood, And Why Mercury Contamination Is Likely To Worsen

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501195628.htm

Thunnus

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

Mercury

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(element)

New Southern California Beetle Killing Oaks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501154147.htm

Agrilus coxalis

http://cisr.ucr.edu/goldspotted_oak_borer.html

Quercus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_(genus)

Date Palm Genome Drafted

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090501162809.htm

Phoenix dactylifera

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

Why Invasive Plants Take Over

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090502082952.htm

Euphorbia esula

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

Pueraria lobata

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

New Technique For Modifying Plant Genes Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090429132233.htm

Analysis Finds Strong Match Between Molecular, Fossil Data In Evolutionary Studies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090428171004.htm

Backyard scientists use Web to aid research

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/04/citizen.science.climate.change/index.html

Ducklings tour White House

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/05/03/vonat.white.house.ducklings.cnn

For Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Gorilla image licensed under Creative Commons by Corey Leopold

'World mandate' on climate action

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7748247.stm

Universal test 'would slash Aids'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7749437.stm

EU condemned on tuna 'mockery'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7746965.stm

Gorillas Survive Amid Congo Conflict

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6336780

Rare Vietnamese turtle in close call with soup pot

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_re_as/as_vietnam_giant_turtle;_ylt=AhfKVDB3MjPve3c.bK7P9USs0NUE

Melamine Found in U.S. Infant Formula

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=6335884

America's Looming Health Care Disaster

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/SmallBiz/story?id=6309491&page=1

Prehistoric Climate Hints At Future Changes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081124141055.htm

Denmark Works To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions By 50%

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081126075617.htm

Sea Level Rise Alters Chesapeake Bay's Salinity

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081120122157.htm




Learning languages 'boosts brain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3739690.stm

New Tool Trains Athlete Brains To React 53 Percent Faster

Sweet Molecule Could Lead Us To Alien Life

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081125090344.htm

Glycoaldehyde

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

Space experts offer anti-asteroid plan

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081125/ap_on_re_us/un_asteroid_threats;_ylt=Au4Wk1OKD5ytpBr_SqSlLres0NUE

Supermarkets 'to halve bags used'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7739229.stm

If aliens are out there, Jill Tarter will hear 'em

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/26/aliens.tarter/index.html

Shark or boy? 5-year-old has extra set of teeth

http://bodyodd.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/25/1688782.aspx

For Thursday, November 6, 2008

Lemmus lemmus image licensed under Creative Commons by Feffef

Rabid fox is unwelcome jogging companion for Arizona woman

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7712306.stm

Climate pushing lemmings to cliff

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7711709.stm

Lemmus lemmus

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

Malaysia seizes rare turtle eggs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7708372.stm

Bat mating ritual caught on film

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7710236.stm

Earthworm Activity Can Alter Forests' Carbon-carrying Capabilities

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027152119.htm

Lumbricina

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

1,000 Tags Reveal Mysteries Of Giant Bluefin Tuna

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029141049.htm

For Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Cute Knut April, 2007 (with Thomas Doerflein) image licensed under Creative Commons by Ole Begemann

Rising Carbon Dioxide Levels 'Will Hit Coral Reefs Harder'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081028121023.htm

Coral Reefs Found Growing In Cold, Deep Ocean

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104084210.htm

Ice-Age rhinoceros remains found

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/gloucestershire/7710415.stm

Coelodonta antiquitatis

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

Death By Hyperdisease: How DNA Detective Work Explains Extinction Of Christmas Island's Native Rats

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081105081955.htm

Rattus nativitatis

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

Tuna Range Wide, Dive Deep

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081104/sc_livescience/tunarangewidedivedeep;_ylt=AuCY4sdeUoOeXMuk95edLBEPLBIF

Bear statue to adorn carer's grave

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7708812.stm

Thomas Doerflein

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

Extreme Weather Postpones Flowering Time Of Plants

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081105083540.htm

Year 'Round Bloom

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1012-year_round_bloom.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081031141524.htm

S Asia is 'worst for snake bites'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7708888.stm

Could Life Have Started In Lump Of Ice? Very Cold Ice Films In Laboratory Reveal Mysteries Of Universe

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081105083545.htm

Clue Discovered In Spread Of 'Superbugs'

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103192409.htm

New Device Controls, Measures Dynamics Of Chemicals In Live Tissue

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081027174632.htm

Award for sleeping sickness work

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7708634.stm

Trypanosoma brucei

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

'Junk' DNA Proves Functional, Gene Study Finds

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104180928.htm

Dangers Of Going Green

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1001-dangers_of_going_green.htm

'Weapons of Mass Production', I mean, 'Mass Destruction!' How The Brain Prevents Verbal Errors

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104084219.htm

Folic Acid, B Vitamins Do Not Appear To Affect Cancer Risk

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081104175352.htm

Drug 'tricks body to lose weight'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7707876.stm

Safety fears over nanocosmetics

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7706818.stm

For Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Fossil insect image licensed under Creative Commons by Jairus.

Exotic spiders crawl into the UK

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7573530.stm

UK's 'most venomous' spider

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7663272.stm

Steatoda nobilis

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

Closure call for tuna 'disgrace'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7669167.stm

Whale deal falls at last minute

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7668526.stm

Forest plan may 'fuel corruption'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7669215.stm

Bat sightings point to recovery

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7664156.stm

Call for ban on primates as pets

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7663939.stm

Despite 'Peacenik' Reputation, Bonobos Hunt And Eat Other Primates, Too

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013124416.htm

Genome Of A Monkey-human Malaria Parasite

http://www.sciencedaily.com/news/plants_animals/

Plasmodium knowlesi

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

World's Oldest Human Footprints Confirmed

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=6025342&page=1

Minimal Composting Of Beef Cattle Manure Greatly Reduces Antibiotic Levels

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013200632.htm

Virus As Nano-building Block: Extreme Nature Helps Scientists Design Nano Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014092722.htm

Taking stock Is the action plan to save Earth's frogs working?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7667246.stm

New Gene Helps Plants Beat The Heat

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006180803.htm

World's Oldest Fossil Impression Of Flying Insect Discovered: Found In Suburban Strip Mall

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014134015.htm

Climate Change: Pushing Species To The Brink

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013142545.htm

Drinking Alcohol Associated With Smaller Brain Volume

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081013171421.htm

How 'Sandfish' Swim: Could Help Materials Handling And Process Technology Specialists

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081003122547.htm

Scincus scincus

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

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081014134015.htm

For Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Stranded whale image licensed under Creative Commons by trmdttr

Mammals facing extinction threat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7651981.stm

Seeing red

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7654721.stm

'Deepest ever' living fish filmed - 7.5km down

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7655358.stm

Pseudoliparis amblystomopsis

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=51399&genusname=Pseudoliparis&speciesname=amblystomopsis

Hadeep Project

http://planetearth.nerc.ac.uk/blogs/abyss/index.aspx

Ozone hole grows in 2008

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/07/ozone.hole/index.html

Success for plants' pest control

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7656078.stm

Jasmonic acid

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

Companies 'need green directors'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7653863.stm

Elephant shooting
Carcass of 25th victim discovered in gorilla park


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7549444.stm

Nerve Cell Actions Made Visible In Mice

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002094838.htm

Key To Rapid Evolution In Plants Confirmed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002172005.htm

'Engine' That Drives Cell Movement Discovered

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006102609.htm

U.S. Navy Sonar Linked To Whale Strandings?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006112057.htm

Earliest Footprints: Animals Walked Sooner

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081005121337.htm

Receptor Could Halt Blinding Diseases, Stop Tumor Growth, Preserve Neurons After Trauma

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006112103.htm

Using A Fan During Sleep Associated With Lower Risk Of SIDS

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006180648.htm

Mysterious Snippets Of DNA Withstand Eons Of Evolution

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001181306.htm

Fishy Future Written In The Genes

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080930094653.htm

Italy's bluefin tuna fishing 'out of control': WWF

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081007/sc_afp/italyeufish;_ylt=Apl_R_unsMA0IhyLa.iZa2IPLBIF

'Deadly Dozen' Reports Diseases Worsened By Climate Change

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081007073928.htm

New Self-training Gene Prediction Program For Fungi Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080929104601.htm

Fungus Fights Air Pollution By Removing Sulfur From Crude Oil

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006170753.htm

Nuking frozen meals can make you sick

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27055169/

Robot suit for rent in Japan to help people walk

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27066773/

Helping People With Disabilities Make Use Of Public Transport

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081006093101.htm

Kids want an exotic pet? Ask your doctor first

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081006/od_nm/us_pets_warning;_ylt=Arf2PUEzfBftCH.cRzDlpSys0NUE

For Friday, October 3, 2008

Spheniscus magellanicus image licensed under Creative Commons by Flickmor

Saved from extinction: Rare snow white lion cubs born

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7650833.stm

Rare insect found safe on beach

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/7649776.stm

Plastic Contaminants Linked To Health Risks

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002172257.htm

Plastic Sickness

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2008/10/plastic-sickness.html

New Species Thanks To Different Ways Of Seeing

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001145202.htm

Short RNAs May Have Contributed To New Species

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001145018.htm

New Dinosaur Species Had Bony Frill And Horns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002092856.htm

Pachyrhinosaurus

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

HIV/AIDS Pandemic Began Around 1900

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001145024.htm

Decline In Alaskan Sea Otters Affects Bald Eagles' Diet

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081003081635.htm

Canada's Shores Saved Animals From Devastating Climate Change 252 Million Years Ago

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081001093616.htm

Pterodactyl-inspired Robot To Master Air, Ground And Sea

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081002103649.htm

In sunny Brazil, a perplexing inrush of penguins

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27004165/

Spheniscus magellanicus

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

Mammoth fossil found in Ike-ravaged yard

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27009017/

Study: Tuna travel across the Atlantic

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26995076/

Thunnus thynnus

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

Asia still finding tainted Chinese milk powder

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_tainted_milk;_ylt=AqOkHO.CSF0SmivjyA.uNdas0NUE