http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/default.aspxMain focus on the understanding and appreciation oenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/archive/2008/04/08/role-and-impact-of-nitrogen-on-global-health.aspxMon, 07 Apr 2008 23:05:49 GMTe49c60f1-e4eb-4cbb-ba94-e245dcbf35fa:10984N. Sivasothi0http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/comments/10984.aspxhttp://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/commentrss.aspx?PostID=10984Where did it all come from? <strong>Vaclav Smil. Millennium Essay: Detonator of the population explosion. <a href="http://www.nature.com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/nature/journal/v400/n6743/abs/400415a0.html">Nature, 400: 415</a> (29 July 1999). </strong><em>Link downloads a pdf</em>. <p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.ehponline.org/members/2004/112-10/focus.html"><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080407-jmf9kdwejwhfidju75aisef2pj.jpg" alt="Global Nitrogen: Cycling out of Control" /></a></div> <p>An excellent review about impact: <strong><a href="http://www.ehponline.org/members/2004/112-10/focus.html">"Global Nitrogen: Cycling out of Control."</a> By Scott Fields. Environ Health Perspect. 2004 July; 112(10): A556–A563.</strong><img src="http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10984" width="1" height="1">http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/archive/2008/04/08/depletion-degradation-and-recovery-potential-of-estuaries-and-coastal-seas.aspxMon, 07 Apr 2008 22:53:22 GMTe49c60f1-e4eb-4cbb-ba94-e245dcbf35fa:10983N. Sivasothi0http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/comments/10983.aspxhttp://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/commentrss.aspx?PostID=10983<a href="http://www.sciencemag.org.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/cgi/content/abstract/312/5781/1806"><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080407-xsneh7gyudxxmsa5iq9jpbusfh.jpg" alt="Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas -- Lotze et al. 312 (5781): 1806 -- Science" /></a> <p>Lotze, H. K., H. S. Lenihan, B. J. Bourque, R. H. Bradbury, R. G. Cooke, M. C. Kay, S. M. Kidwell, M. X. Kirby, C. H. Peterson, J. B. C. Jackson, 2008. Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas. <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/cgi/content/abstract/312/5781/1806">Science, 312(5781): 1806 - 1809</a> (23 June 2006). <img src="http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10983" width="1" height="1">http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/archive/2008/04/08/map-shows-toll-on-world-s-oceans.aspxMon, 07 Apr 2008 22:40:30 GMTe49c60f1-e4eb-4cbb-ba94-e245dcbf35fa:10982N. Sivasothi0http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/comments/10982.aspxhttp://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/commentrss.aspx?PostID=10982<div align="center"><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7241428.stm"><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080407-e53r7n2kc9ebqghu4npqxdtnme.jpg" alt="BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Map shows toll on world's oceans" /></a><br>Click for article</div> <p>"There is no space left on the ocean which is untouched by human activities." Listen to the podcast on <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2008/feb/15/biodiversity.scienceofclimatechange">The Guardian</a> (Interview with lead author Benjamin Halpern, 15 Feb 2008). <div align="center"><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/cgi/content/abstract/319/5865/948?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=A+Global+Map+of+Human+Impact+on+Marine+Ecosystems.&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT"><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080407-fq34j8e8dij19wjqukdwmgnsam.jpg" alt="A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems -- Halpern et al. 319 (5865): 948 -- Science" /></a></div> <p>Source article: Halpern, B. S., S. Walbridge, K. A. Selkoe, C. V. Kappel, F. Micheli, C. D'Agrosa, J. F. Bruno, K. S. Casey, C. Ebert, H. E. Fox, R. Fujita, D. Heinemann, H. S. Lenihan, E. M. P. Madin, M. T. Perry, E. R. Selig, M. Spalding, R. Steneck, R. Watson, 2008. <strong>A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems.</strong> <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/cgi/content/abstract/319/5865/948">Science, 319(5865): 948 - 952</a> (15 February 2008). <img src="http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10982" width="1" height="1">http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/archive/2008/02/06/sharks-are-masters-of-seven-senses.aspxWed, 06 Feb 2008 15:18:24 GMTe49c60f1-e4eb-4cbb-ba94-e245dcbf35fa:10182N. Sivasothi0http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/comments/10182.aspxhttp://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/commentrss.aspx?PostID=10182<p>"Sharks are masters of seven senses" (Shark Foundation <a href="http://www.shark.ch/Information/Senses/index.html">webpage</a>). <p>Sharks "see in the dark better than cats, they smell 10,000 times better than humans and have a highly developed sense of taste. They have excellent hearing, receive and sense even the slightest differences in pressure, feel currents and can detect the electrical fields of their prey." <p><img src="http://img.skitch.com/20080206-qbhgqbrrbq9giu245xexqie924.jpg" alt="Sharks seven senses" /> <p>For a quick overview <a href="http://www.shark.ch/Information/Senses/index.html">read on...</a><img src="http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10182" width="1" height="1">nektonhttp://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/archive/2008/02/06/fish-guys-2003.aspxWed, 06 Feb 2008 14:50:16 GMTe49c60f1-e4eb-4cbb-ba94-e245dcbf35fa:10180N. Sivasothi0http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/comments/10180.aspxhttp://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/blogs/lsm4261/commentrss.aspx?PostID=10180The funny video I promised to post, Trey Stokes' <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0396595/">Fish Guys (2003)</a>. <p><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/X4smMyPNcA0&rel=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/X4smMyPNcA0&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><img src="http://moduleblog.nus.edu.sg/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10180" width="1" height="1">