Chlorophyll f

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/62400/title/Chlorophyll_gets_an_%E2%80%98f%E2%80%99

The first new chlorophyll in 60 years.

Very exciting.

Plant Carbon Uptake

http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/62396/title/Worldwide_slowdown_in_plant__carbon_uptake

The world's carbon budget is complicated by drought.

Is it normal climate variation or global warming?

Rock snot

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/18/opinion/18wed4.html?_r=1&th&emc=th

Yet another invasive threat.

Magic in the Air

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/hummingbirds-magic-in-the-air/introduction/5424/

We watched the Nature episode on Hummingbirds last night.

Informative and entertaining.

Wind power vs. bats

http://www.lvrj.com/news/wind-power-project-s-impact-on-bats-studied-100747919.html

There are always going to be trade-offs.

Brazen black bear

http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/06/1764452/brazen-black-bear-breaks-into.html

How does the bear know what is in the freezer?

Bee vision

Thanks to Elizabeth for sending me this link.

http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2010/08/scienceshot-the-secret-eyes-of-bees.html

It is hard for me to relate to more than 300 degrees of vision.