—————————————- “It begins with a mosquito that is transported during an international flight from a malaria-endemic region.” ————————————- American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Public release date: 11-Nov-2008 Contact: jbender@environics-usa.com jbender@environics-usa.com 203-325-8772 x18 ‘Airport malaria’ — cause for concern in the US In a global world, significant factors affect… Continue reading
Yale University Public release date: 7-Nov-2008 Contact: Janet Rettig Emanuel janet.emanuel@yale.edu 203-432-2157 Revised theory suggests carbon dioxide levels already in danger zone New Haven, Conn. – If climate disasters are to be averted, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) must be reduced below the levels that already exist today, according to a… Continue reading
Climate, Oxygen, and Extinctions Journal of Paleontology Vol. 44, No. 3 (May, 1970), pp. 405-409 Animal Extinctions, Oxygen Consumption, and Atmospheric History A. Lee McAlester Abstract Past susceptibility to family-level extinctions within major taxa of fossil animals shows a close positive correlation (r = .905) with oxygen uptake in Recent… Continue reading
..among other long-awaited happenings! The anonymous action conducted this morning was profound and far-reaching. From six printing locations located across the United States, 1.2 million copies of a faux edition of the New York Times made their way from the printing presses into the streets of the nation. Not only, declares the… Continue reading