News tagged with hemisphere
WHO: global death toll from swine flu now over 700
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The worldwide death toll from swine flu has doubled in the past month, reaching over 700 since the start of the outbreak last spring, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.
Study suggests H1N1 virus more dangerous than suspected
Jul 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new, highly detailed study of the H1N1 flu virus shows that the pathogen is more virulent than previously thought.
Cassini Finds Titan's Clouds Hang on to Summer
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cloud chasers studying Saturn's moon Titan say its clouds form and move much like those on Earth, but in a much slower, more lingering fashion.
SAfricans begin removing bodies of beached whales
May 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Authorities on Sunday began the grim task of removing the carcasses of 55 whales that beached themselves and had to be shot despite the frantic rescue efforts of hundreds of volunteers.
NYC has first swine flu death; cases soar in Japan
May 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Swine flu and the possibility of a vaccine topped the agenda Monday as the World Health Organization opened its annual meeting amid concern that the virus continues to spread - and kill - around the ...
In swine flu, key moments and decisions lie ahead
May 10, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The most pivotal moments in the swine flu saga are yet to come. Will it sweep through impoverished Southern Hemisphere countries in the next few months? Will it roar back in the rest of the world ...
Southern Hemisphere Ants Richer and More Diversified
May 06, 2009 |
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There are fewer species of ants in the northern hemisphere than in the southern hemisphere. This is the conclusion drawn by an international team of scientists that have studied 1,003 local ant assemblages ...
Flu could flourish in southern hemisphere winter
May 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Southern hemisphere countries that have largely escaped swine flu infections could soon become more vulnerable, experts warn, as the approaching winter brings with it an elevated risk of the virus ...
Southern glaciers grow out of step with North
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2009 |
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The vast majority of the world’s glaciers are retreating as the planet gets warmer. But a few, including ones south of the equator, in South America and New Zealand, are inching forward.
Venus Disappears during Meteor Shower
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Picture this: It's 4:30 in the morning. You're up and out before the sun. Steam rises from your coffee cup, floating up to the sky where a silent meteor streaks through a crowd of stars. A few minutes later ...
'Ocean glider' home after two-month voyage
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Scientists are celebrating the first successful deployment and retrieval in Australia of a remotely controlled, deep ocean-going robotic submarine destined to play a central role in measuring changes in two ...
Crossing the icy unknown, hunting climate clues
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- On the 27th day of their trek, a dozen "black specks" of humanity crawling across Antarctica's vast white silence, Lou Albershardt heard a sound she'd never heard in two decades on the ice.
CO2 drop and global cooling caused Antarctic glacier to form
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Global climate rapidly shifted from a relatively ice-free world to one with massive ice sheets on Antarctica about 34 million years ago. What happened? What changed? A team of scientists ...
Arctic heats up more than other places
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Temperature change in the Arctic is happening at a greater rate than other places in the Northern Hemisphere, and this is expected to continue in the future.
Delusions associated with consistent pattern of brain injury
Jan 13, 2009 |
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A new study provides a novel theory for how delusions arise and why they persist. NYU Langone Medical Center researcher Orrin Devinsky, MD, performed an in-depth analysis of patients with certain delusions and brain disorders ...
