Tiny pikas seem to be on march toward extinction in Great Basin
The tiny rabbit-like pika, an animal species considered to be one of the best canaries in a coal mine for detecting global warming in the western United States, appears to be veering toward the brink of extinction in the Great Basin.
Two Turkish Victims Had Lethal Strain Of Bird Flu
Two teenage siblings who died of bird flu in Turkey last week were infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, the first time the strain has killed humans outside East Asia, the U.N. health agency said.
Groups to stage climate protest
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Tiny marine organisms reflect ocean warming
Sediment cores collected from the seafloor off Southern California reveal that plankton populations in the Northeastern Pacific changed significantly in response to a general warming trend that started in the early 1900s.
Fed's Recommendations for Bird Flu Pandemic? Stay Home.
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Benefits of flu vaccine substantially overestimated, says study
Studies of influenza vaccine effectiveness in elderly people substantially overestimate vaccine benefits, according to new research from the US published today in the International Journal of Epidemiology (IJE), edited at the University of Bristol.
Past gives clue to climate impact
A rise in global temperatures 55 million years ago shifted the global pattern of ocean currents, research reveals.
Fossil-fuel crisis drives Europe to nuclear, green energy
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Pole Shift
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Article comments
1 - Victor Lana
As a fellow New Yorker, I really appreciated your article, Enki, but I think everything is going to change very soon (I've seen this pattern before). Whenever we have a moderate January, February and March are cold and snowy.
I just wanted to note that the photgraphs are great, but isn't that mural (especially the Statue of Liberty) depicting a scene from the movie The Day After Tomorrow? It looks like that to me.
And as for our fearless Vice President's picture, I believe he is supposed to be Jabba the Hut from Star Wars, at least it seems that way.
Anyway, thanks for a great post!
2 - Ruvy in Jerusalem
I see you follow the same news patterns I do. Gotta agree with Victor about New York weather, but it seems like a good segue.
Are you sure you haven't been watching "the Day After Tomorrow" a bit too often, though? Those pictures looked awful familiar...
Enjoyed your post. Thorough job. Keep your eyes open for bird flu - without the bird - and go to the Recombinomics site on the web if you aleady haven't.