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Envoronment
July 3, 2009
Greg Laden's Blog
Amnesty International Report Rejected ... Nigeria's state oil company rejected criticism from a leading human rights group Wednesday, calling an Amnesty International report "inaccurate." "We have issues with the report," said Levi Ajuonoma, a spokesman for Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. Amnesty said Tuesday that pollution and environmental impacts from the...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Scientia Pro Publica -- It's Almost Here! Scientia Pro Publica (Science for the People) is seeking hosts and your submissions for its upcoming edition
July 2, 2009
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
What Helsinki Looks Like at 0330 in the Morning Hello from the land where the sun doesn't really sleep
Eruptions
Rockfall "snuffs out" the Halema'uma'u vent? The glow at Halema'uma'u Crater on Kilauea's summit has been blocked by a rockfall that has clogged the vent with debris. Now, the question is what caused the rockfall and what effect it might have activity at the summit of the volcano.
The Primate Diaries
The Struggle for Coexistence Individuals, Systems and the Emergence of Cooperation in Bacterial Biofilms Join, or Die. Benjamin Franklin / Pennsylvania Gazette (via Wikimedia Commons) When the celebrated author and rabble-rouser Edward Abbey famously stated, "Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Update: Antarctic Vote Count Yes, I am still in second place .. yes, I need your help ..
Not Exactly Rocket Science
Climate change and the mystery of the shrinking sheep The sheep on the Isle of Soay in Scotland have been shrinking over the last two decades. While natural selection favours larger sheep (whose odds of survival are higher), it has been overwhelmed by the effects of climate change, which have led to ever-smaller generations.
Eruptions
New eruption in Ethiopia! Did an Eruptions reader find a volcanic eruption before anyone else? Maybe so for the new eruption going on at Manda Hararo in Ethiopia.
The Island of Doubt
What science is really all about And now we turn to a voice of reason. Ken Caldeira, discussing the nuts and bolt of science, and climatology in particular, as part of a group interview with Discover magazine, reminds us all just how silly it is to...
Framing Science
Facebook's "Click Through Activism": Illusory Participation? A typical cycle of hype and then skepticism about a new information technology...
A Blog Around The Clock
ClockTutorial #3a - Clock Evolution This post, originally published on January 16, 2005, was modified from one of my written prelims questions from early 2000....
July 1, 2009
Eruptions
SI/USGS Weekly Volcano Activity Report for 6/24-30/2009 Catch up on the week's volcanic events with the USGS/SI Volcano Report.
Guilty Planet
UK Neighborhood Captures Litterbugs on Film Neighborhood uses technology to catch litterbugs.
The Energy Grid
Escaping the Progress Trap The growth opportunities of developing countries will rely strongly on the availability of cheap energy only if those countries wish to pursue an economic model now proven by the developed world to be nothing more than a massive progress trap. If anything, as compared to developed nations, many developing countries are positioned in a better place strategically because their economies have not locked them into self-defeating infrastructure choices such as highways, suburban sprawl, big box chain stores, fast food, expensive health care, resource wars, and so on.
All of My Faults Are Stress Related
Pretty rock pictures at Photo Synthesis This month's featured photographer at Photo Synthesis has mineral pictures. Pretty!
A Blog Around The Clock
Lindau Nobel conference - Wednesday morning PZ was sleepy this morning, but he was a diligent blogger - he sat through each and every talk this morning and wrote about them all in two posts. Knowing myself (and my ADHD) I did some cherry-picking. I skipped...
Pharyngula
wednesday morning at Lindau, part 2 This morning was a long session broken into two big chunks, and I'm afraid it was too much for me — my recent weird sleep patterns are catching up with me, which didn't help at all in staying alert. Robert...
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Taco Bell's New Green Menu Takes No Ingredients From Nature In this ONN report, we learn that Taco Bell has a new menu: it boasts zero environmental impact because they will rely solely on synthetic, lab-produced ingredients
The Island of Doubt
George W. Bush reincarnated in Canada I have an extremely low attention threshold for any mention of the small town of Inuvik, NWT, tucked away in the northwest corner of Canada's Northwest Territories. Not because it's a particularly beautiful place, or politically, economically or scientifically...
June 30, 2009
Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted)
Update: Today's Antarctic Vote Count Today's Antarctica vote count shows that I am in second place, so let's get out the vote!
Eruptions
Sarychev Peak: Before and after Its like Highlights, but with volcanic destruction.
Eruptions
Alert level at Redoubt lowered to Yellow ... is this the end? They're not calling it the end, but the activity at Redoubt seems to be waning significantly over the last month.
Framing Science
Study: Do the Terms "Global Warming" versus "Climate Change" Matter to Public Perceptions? The labels matter but it's not clear what to do about it....
Guilty Planet
What Can an Emoticon Do for Energy Use? Emoticons can help save energy.
The Energy Grid
It all comes down to a price for carbon Anyone who thinks that business as usual is still an option isn't playing with a full deck.
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Avian Flu
The recent swine influenza outbreak has brought the fear of a global pandemic to the forefront of the public consciousness. But before pigs, the suspected carriers of the next pandemic were of the avian species. But what does it mean to have swine or avian influenza and how do they differ from the regular flu? Can you be vaccinated against it? How do these viruses spread from animals to humans? Read the ScienceBlogs posts below to find out!
Effect Measure December 28, 2008
Another flu paper that "unlocks the secret" of 1918 virus virulence
We're learning important things. This evidence strongly suggests that some feature of the polymerase complex allowed the virus to invade the lower respiratory tract and lung tissue of ferrets. Understanding that is a big step forward, a direction different than we have been looking up to now, where much work has gone into the difference between bird and human receptors in the upper and lower respiratory tracts.
Not Exactly Rocket Science June 21, 2008
Round peg, square hole - why our bird flu drugs are a fluke
The world's nations are stockpiling two drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, to counter the threat of a bird flu pandemic. These drugs work by blocking a key protein that allows the virus to spread. But two years ago, a study revealed the structure of this protein and in doing so, shown that both Tamiflu and Relenza only work through a fortunate fluke.
Effect Measure August 6, 2008
What killed people in the 1918 flu?
Most people in 1918 who got flu didn't die of it and the ones that did probably died mostly from secondary bacterial pneumonias. But now we have to ask what this has to do with today's pandemic planning assumptions.
Aetiology January 26, 2006
Pandemic Influenza Series
Day 1: History of Pandemic Influenza. Day 2: Our adventures with avian flu. Day 3: Challenges to pandemic preparedness. Day 4: 1918 influenza virus reconstructed. Day 5: How ready are we, and what can YOU do?
