Health
Eight Toxics Proposed for Elimination from European Waters
Originally Published by ENS – Fifteen chemicals would be added to a list of priority substances regulated by the EU’s water framework law, under a European Commission proposal issued Tuesday.
Mutant bird flu research halted
Originally Published by BBC News
– Scientists who created a more deadly strain of bird flu as part of attempts to prevent the virus’s spread, halt work amid fears it could be used by terrorists.
La Nina ‘may abet’ flu pandemics
Originally Published by BBC News
– Scientists discover indications of a relationship between La Nina climatic conditions and influenza pandemics.
Cuts in Methane, Soot Emissions Quickly Save Lives, Climate, Crops
Originally Published by ENS
– Reducing emissions of black carbon and methane could slow climate change, increase crop yields and prevent hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year.
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January 17th, 2012
Agriculture, Climate, Health
Light At Night Not A ‘Bright’ Idea
Originally Published by ENN
– Moonlight and starlight aren’t just romantic, according to a new international study.
Posted on
January 10th, 2012
Health
Fit females make more daughters, mighty males get grandsons
Originally Published by ScienceDaily
– Females influence the gender of their offspring so they inherit either their mother’s or grandfather’s qualities.
Posted on
January 10th, 2012
Health
Smoggy Beijing to reveal more pollution data
Originally Published by Dayton Daily News
– A bureau in charge of monitoring China’s frequently smog-choked capital will release more detailed reports.
Posted on
January 8th, 2012
Health
Mercury in the Atmosphere
Originally Published by ENN
– Humans pump thousands of tons of vapor from the metallic element mercury into the atmosphere each year.
Posted on
January 4th, 2012
Health
Warning as infectious salmon disease spreads from Europe’s fish farms to Canada
Originally Published by The Ecologist
– A lethal salmon virus from Europe discovered in Canada likely spread to wild fish from mega fish farms.
Posted on
December 18th, 2011
Biodiversity, Health, Oceans
Australia, New Zealand Join Forces for Marine Observation
Originally Published by ENS
– New Zealand and Australia have agreed to collaborate on marine observations, research and data management for the first time, although they are friendly neighbors.
Posted on
December 13th, 2011
Health
NASA Daily Image
Panorama of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA