Geologists Track Diabetes and Monitor Bird Flu Migration

Alexandria, VA — The Next Pandemic.

In a feature story posted to Geotimes online, a geoscientist reports on her team’s contribution to diabetes research using techniques that help unlock the mysteries of the human body. Read more about the application of stable isotope geochemistry to questions of blood sugar regulation within the human body, in “Geologists Weigh in on Diet and Disease.” The article is available in print and online this month.

You can also read about how geoscientists are tracking the global migration of birds as they monitor the possible spread of the deadly bird flu. Read more about how they hope to prevent a pandemic in the United States, in “On the Path of Bird Flu.” The article is available in print and online at http://www.geotimes.org.

Be sure to check out the latest “Web Extra” news story about the new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that suggests that not only is mitigating climate change necessary, it is also affordable.

Geotimes also takes a close look at other major developments this month, including new dating that indicates that the first Americans may not have been the Clovis culture, how a geology department on its last leg is fighting for survival, and how a psychedelic geologist at the center of the Earth is faring with the “mole men,” at least according to Cartoon Network. And don’t miss the column about whether the new climate change legislation in Congress will ever come to fruition, at http://www.geotimes.org.

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