TOP 100 CAMPING SITES
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| Can Swine Flu Be Blamed on Industrial Farming? [Below is the original script. Some changes may have been made during the recording of this audio podcast.]Amidst the hubbub surrounding the current pandemic threat from swine flu, an epidemiological mystery has been unfolding. Authorities have designated Edgar Hernandez, a 5-year-old from La Gloria in the Mexican state of Veracruz as "Patient Zero" – at least he is the earliest case they have found so far. Virologists have determined that the mutating flu is a combination of several older flu strains, commonly associated with pigs. And La Gloria is home to nearly a million pigs on a nearby factory farm. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Government report says snowmobiling, maple syrup, and lobster fishing are being hurt by climate change Along with melting glaciers and more intense heat weaves, a report released by the Obama administration today outlines the detrimental effects of global warming on winter recreation, power generation, fisheries, and even maple syrup. [More] rss.sciam.com |
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The Climate's Warm Future Is Now in the Arctic When the summer sea ice goes, the Arctic will lose the ivory gull, Pacific walrus, ringed seal, hooded seal, narwhal and polar bear--all animals that rely on the ice for foraging, reproduction or as refuge from predators. And the sea ice is going, faster and faster: In the past 30 years, minimum sea ice cover in the Arctic Ocean has declined by 45,000 square kilometers annually*--an area twice the size of New Jersey is lost each year. [More] rss.sciam.com |
Hive and Seek: Where Have the Honeybees Gone? Dear EarthTalk: Not long ago there were concerns about honey bees disappearing. Are the bees still disappearing, and if so do we know why and do we have a solution? --David, Grand Rapids, MI [More] rss.sciam.com |