Welcome to the web site for...
Senior Seminar, ISP 4860
Section 002 (Bowen)
for the Winter 2009 Semester
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM in
012 Manoogian on the main WSU campus
Last updated: 4/16/09
This is the web site for the following section of ISP 4860 for the 2009 Semester:
- Section 002 CRN 26236, Wednesdays at 6:00 PM in
012 State Hall on the main
WSU campus with David Bowen as the Instructor.
- January 21 and 28 only: meet in UGL Instructional Lab C (Room 3150)
To print out PowerPoint notes while saving paper:
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Open file in PowerPoint
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Click on "File" menu item, then "Print..."
(For PowerPoint 2007, click on circle, then Print)
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On Print dialog, for "Print what:" choose "Handouts"
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Choose the slides per page that you want (I like 6),
then click "OK."
My office is 216 Physics Building. Here is a map.

Main headings for this site:
Instructor contact
information
Name: David Bowen
Winter 2009 Office
Hours:
- Mondays 5 to 6 PM in 100
Shapero Hall
- Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:30 - 3:30 PM in 216 Physics
- Wednesdays 5 to 6 PM in 012 Manoogian
- Or call or email or set up an appointment
Campus address: 216 Physics / 666 West Hancock (southeast corner of Warren
and Anthony Wayne) / Wayne State University / Detroit, MI 48202
Home address:
4704 Elmhurst / Royal Oak, MI 48073
Email: d.r.bowen@wayne.edu
AIM Screen
Name: wsuwebguy
Telephone numbers:
- Campus: 313-577-1498
- Home: 248-549-8518
- Cell phone: 248-217-1316
- Ford: 313-390-2155 (some Fridays)
- FAX: 313-577-3932
David Bowen's website
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
website
College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences website
Wayne State University
website
Course documents, all are MS
Word files
To print out PowerPoint notes while saving paper:
-
Open file in PowerPoint
-
Click on "File" menu item, then
"Print..."
(For PowerPoint 2007, click on circle, then Print)
-
On Print dialog, for "Print what:" choose
"Handouts"
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Choose the slides per page that you want (I like 6),
then click "OK."
Online Tools
Other sites of
interest
-
Plan B by
Lester R Brown - good for sustainability ideas
-
Failed States Index, from the Fund for Peace
- UN Population Division, 2006 revisions
of population
- MLA public
reference - The OWL at Purdue
- webmail.wayne.edu
- Online Thesaurus (Bartleby)
- The
value of the world’s ecosystem services and natural capital, Robert
Costanza et al (Science, 1997)
- Millennium
Ecosystem Assessment website
- IPCC - Integovernmental Panel on Climate
Change
- UNESCO water site
- World Resources Institute
- International Energy Agency
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World Bank - economic development data for Africa (sub-regions and
countries)
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World Bank - worldwide data
- What Matters website
- New York Times blogs
- Bloomberg
Video on World Food Shortage
- Articles
- Human Footprint
- Brazil's
plan for preserving its rainforests (New York Times, 12/21/08)
- Coral
Reefs Are Disappearing (CNN, 12/10/08)
- Recycling has
crashed in the economic crisis (New York Times, 12/7/08)
- Worldwide Problems
(NYT Blog 8/20/02)
- Trash has Crashed
(New York Times, 12/7/08)
- Managing
the Living World (NYT The Living World, 2/13/09)
- Unintended
Ecological Consequences (NYT, 2/16/09)
- Population
and Biodiversity (NYT Dot-Earth, 2/22/09)
- Recycling
sewage (New York Times, 2/27/09)
-
Restructuring Consumption (New York Times, 3/8/09)
- Bringing
Back the Right Whale (New York Times, 3/16/09)
- Bird counts in the
US (New York Times, 3/19/09)
- Foreign Aid may be bad for Africa
(Moyo, 2009)
-
Continuing Care Required for Most Endangered Species (Science,
2/20/09)
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NEW
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Chinese Electric Car policy based on sustainability (New York Times,
4/10/09)
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Costa Rica preserving ecosystem services (New York Times, 4/11/09)
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Japan testing
approach for saving coral reefs (New York Times, 4/14/09)
-
New
Foundation for urgent problems: Skoll Urgent Threats Fund (i.e.
human footprint) (New York Times, 4/15/09)
- Economy and world development
- US retail
sales fall more than expected (New York Times, 1/14/09)
-
Fed's Bernanke and others: Banks will need more money (New York
Times, 1/13/09)
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Fed's Bernanke says a stimulus may not be enough - Banks may need
more money, too (New York Times, 1/13/09)
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Flying Blind on the Stimulus (New York Times, 1/11/09)
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Economists favor deficit spending for stimulus, New York Times,
1/9/09)
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Bad holiday season for retailers (New York Times, 1/8/09)
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Europe's recession gets worse (New York Times, 1/7/09)
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Economists Changing Gears (New York Times, 1/6/09)
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In
Fed Rate Cut, Fears of Long Recession (New York Times, 1/6/09)
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Worldwide contraction in manufacturing (New York Times, 1/2/09)
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Capital needs not being met for developing economies (New York
Times, 1/1/09)
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Worldwide, a Bad Year
Only Got Worse (New York Times, 1/1/09)
-
Chinese
Savings Helped Inflate American Bubble (New York Times,
12/25/08)
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What worked in Japan's 1990s economic crisis: lessons for US?
(New York Times, 12/19/08)
- China's
exports fall in global economic crisis (New York Times,
12/10/08)
- The LIBOR (Bloomberg.com,
9/30/08)
- Housing
Slump Continues (Bloomberg.com, 9/30/08)
- International
Monetary Fund (IMF): Economic crisis is world-wide (New York
Times/Reuters 10/8/08)
- Alan Greenspan
Sees Need for Market Regulations, (New York Times, 10/23/09)
-
Globalization Index Shows Decline (Bloomberg.com, 10/26/08)
- Green
Energy Jobs in the Rustbelt (New York Times, 11/2/08)
- Obama and Bush Discuss Big Three Bailout (New York Times,
11/10/08)
- Retail Sales Plummet in October
(New York Times, 11/7/08)
- Employment Plummets in October (New York Times, 11/7/08)
- Consumers
Stop Spending (New York Times, 11/12/08)
- American
Express Is a Bank! Dressing for the Bailout (New York Times,
11/10/08)
- Good
Credit Scores Even More Important Now (Bloomberg, 11/13/08)
-
Bush Administration Not Seeking 2nd $350 Billion For TARP
(Bloomberg, 11/17/08)
- G20 Talks on
Economic Rescue (NYT, 11/17/08)
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Developing Nations Included In G20 Talks On Economic Rescue
(NYT, 11/17/08)
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Consumer Bankruptcies Still Rising (NYT, 11/17/08)
- Paulson
Testimony - no direct help on mortgages or auto companies (NYT,
11/18/08)
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Foreclosures Depress Housing Market (Bloomberg, 11/18/08)
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Credit Crunch Makes Bankruptcy Worse (NYT, 11/19/08)
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Change in Federal Bailout Makes Credit Crunch Worse (NYT, 11/20/08)
-
Obama Stimulus
Plan (NYT, 11/22/08)
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We Don't Know
How Large a Stimulus "Has To Be" (NYT Op-Ed, 11/24/08)
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Economic Crisis Pulling Down Chinese Economy (NYT, 11/25/08)
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Economic
Crisis in Rich Countries (NYT, 11/25/08)
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Causes
of the Great Depression (Wall Street Journal, 11/29/08)
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What Is A
Credit Default Swap (Wall Street Journal, 11/29/08)
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Basic
Questions From Monitor for Treasury Bailout (NYT, 12/1/08)
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It's Official!
It's a Recession! (NYT, 12/1/08)
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China Tries to Get Its Consumers To Spend (NYT, 12/2/08)
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Unrest
due to worldwide unemployment (NYT, 2/14/09)
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Stress Test of
Banks (NYT, 2/22/09)
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China
Buying Commodities Cheap (Bloomberg.com, 2/18/09)
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Economic
Models: Tobin, Keynes and Friedman (Bloomberg.com, 2/27/09)
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Getting
your credit card limit cut could hurt your credit rating (Bloomberg.com,
3/3/09)
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The Dollar is Strengthening; this is hurting the rest of the world
(New York Times, 3/9/09)
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A Depression
Dynamic is Growing (Bloomberg.com, 3/9/09)
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How the Crash Will Reshape America (Atlantic, 3/09)
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Chinese
recycling falls in recession (New York Times, 3/11/09)
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Obama
wants more European stimulus (New York Times, 3/11/09)
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China
concerned about US debt (New York Times, 3/13/09)
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When
should the Federal Government run a Deficit (New York Times,
3/21/09)
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China
Not as Aggressive Abroad (New York Times, 3/25/09)
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World's
Poor Suffer Most in Recession: Haiti as an Example (New York
Times, 3/30/09)
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Hope
and Support for Obama in Poll (New York Times, 4/6/09)
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Bernanke:
"Green Shoots" (CBS News [3/16/09] and New York Times [4/6/09])
-
NEW
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Suggestion: Aid for small African farmers could help food supply and
development (New York Times, 4/8/09)
-
US considering letting citizens invest in toxic asset program
(New York Times, 4/8/09)
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Stock
market surge may not last (New York Times, 4/8/09)
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Survey: US consumer spending to continue dropping (Bloomberg.com,
4/9/09)
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People squatting in foreclosed homes (New York Times, 4/9/09)
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Recession causing people to be their own lawyers - troubles in the
courts (New York Times, 4/9/09)
-
Obama cites small economic improvements (New York Times, 4/9/09)
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Increase in vasectomies a sign of recession as couples put off
having children (New York Times, 4/10/09)
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China slowing purchases of US debt (New York Times, 4/12/09)
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Obama
speaks on economic plan and progress (Bloomberg.com, 4/14/09)
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Obama speaks
on economic plan and progress (New York Times, 4/14/09)
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US to reveal some results from bank stress tests (New York
Times, 4/14/09)
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Intel chip
sales stop shrinking (New York Times, 4/14/09)
-
US retail sales
decline, showing economic weakness (New York Times, 4/14/09)
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Slight March increase in Chinese trade (New York Times, 4/15/09)
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Detroit area homes selling better but prices still low (WUOM,
4/15/09)
- Big Three Crisis
-
GM suppliers ask for payment up front (Bloomberg.com, 12/11/08)
- GM In Deep Financial Trouble (Bloomberg.com, 11/7/08)
- Auto
Leaders Testimony (Bloomberg, 11/18/08)
-
GMAC
Becomes a Bank to Qualify for Bailout Funds (NYT, 11/20/08)
- Waxman
In, Dingell Out (Bloomberg, 11/21/08)
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Auto Sales
Down, and Not Just for The Big Three (NYT, 11/24/08)
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Ford Welcomes
Obama Plans for Green Vehicles (NYT, 11/24/08)
-
Bankruptcy Would Mean the End for The Big Three, Not a Viable Option
(NYT, 11/24/08)
- All Car Sales
Are Slumping, Not Just Big Three's (NYT, 12/02/08)
- GM and the Unions
(NYT, 2/16/09)
- GM
and Chrysler Recovery Plans (NYT, 2/17/09)
-
Chinese Ambitious for Electric Car Leadership (New York Times,
4/2/09)
- NEW
- The GM-Segway PUMA
project (New York Times, 4/6/09)
- A surgical
bankruptcy for GM (New York Times, 4/9/09)
- FIAT
Chairman: FIAT wants labor cost cuts for merger (New York Times,
4/15/09)
-
Workers favored over bondholders in GM bankruptcy (Bloomberg.com,
4/15/09)
- Ecosystem
- Using
Sound to Assess Ecosystems (Scientific American, October 2008)
- Mammals
and Extinction Today (Science, 10/6/08)
- Interview
with an Extinction Specialist (NYT, /11/3/08)
- Recycling
in construction (NYT, 11/19/08)
- World CO2
Leveling Off (NYT, 11/18/08)
- Obama
Signaling Commitment on Global Warming (NYT, 11/27/08)
-
Brazil to Destroy Less Rainforest (NYT, 12/2/08)
-
UN Climate Change Meeting In Poland (CNN, 12/2/08)
- Bush
Administration Approves Rule Allowing More Coal Debris In Rivers
(NYT, 12/2/08)
- Coral
Reefs Disappearing (CNN, 12/10/08)
- Fluffy
Toilet Paper and Forests (New York Times, 2/25/09)
- Energy and Global Warming
-
Economic downturn bad for US solar industry (New York Times,
1/14/09)
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US Industry Council proposes Global Warming plan (Bloomberg.com,
1/14/09)
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Middle East active in renewable energy, US not automatically the
world leader here (New York Times, 1/12/09)
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Economic problems in developing Canadian tar sands (New York
Times, 1/6/09)
-
Battle in a Poor Land for Energy Riches Beneath the Soil (New
York Times, 12/15/08)
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Worldwide Global Warming talks in Poland end (12/12/08)
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Russia may join OPEC in cutting oil production (New York Times,
12/10/08)
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World action on Global Warming waiting for new US administration
(New York Times, 12/11/08)
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Problems in meeting European Global Warming targets (New York
Times, 12/11/08)
- Energy Lessons
from the '70s (New York Times, 10/6/08)
- Global
Warming and Africa (Africadotcom, 10/17/08)
- Green
Energy Jobs in California (New York Times, 10/20/08)
- Growing
World Energy Demand (Green Car Congress, 10/20/08)
- Alternative
Energy Facing Headwinds From Credit Crisis (New York Times,
10/20/08)
- Europe
Backs Off From Carbon Leadership in Credit Crisis (New York
Times, 10/20/08)
- Global
Warming Happening Faster and Stronger Than Predicted (CNN,
10/21/08)
- Economic
problems for corn-based ethanol (New York Times, 11/5/08)
- Peridotite
for Sequestration (Yahoo/Reuters 11/10/08)
-
Oil Price Drops and the General Economy (NYT, 12/1/08)
-
Hawaii Approves Electric Car Initiative (NYT, 12/3/08)
-
Europe's Cap and Trade System Falling Behind Goals (New York
Times, 12/10/08)
-
World Global Warming Advocates Waiting For New US Administration
(New York Times, 12/10/08)
-
Birds
and Climate Change (Audubon, 2/13/09)
-
EPA
Expected to Regulate CO2 (NYT, 2/18/09)
-
Graphic
illustrating problems now was omitted from last year's IPCC Report
(New York Times, 2/26/09)
-
Global
Warming Skeptics Meet (New York Times, 3/9/09)
-
EPA to
Monitor Greenhouse Gases (New York Times, 3/11/09)
-
US
energy drilling slumps in recession (New York Times, 3/14/09)
-
Global
Warming: Getting to 2050 (Newsweek, 3/14/09)
-
EPA
Regulation Compared to Cap and Trade (New York Times, 3/23/09)
-
Global
Warming is Harming Penguins (New York Times, 3/30/09)
-
Big Oil not Buying Obama's Green Initiative (New York Times,
4/7/09)
-
NEW
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Coal-using states in US wary of climate bill (New York Times,
4/8/09)
-
Global
Warming skeptic steps up campaign (plus criticisms) (New York
Times, 4/9/09)
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US Science Advisor John Holdren on Climate, Energy and
Geoengineering (New York Times, 4/9/09)
-
Rich-poor divide persists at Global Warming talks in Bonn (New
York Times, 4/10/09)
- Food
-
Japanese Hi-tech Fishing (New York Times, 12/25/08)
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Food prices cause riots and hunger (Bloomberg.com, 12/15/08)
- Rice lost to
rats and other causes (Bloomberg.com, 12/12/08)
-
World Bank’s ‘Wrong Advice’ Left Silos Empty in Poor Countries (Bloomberg.com,
12/10/08)
- Trying to save
the bluefin tuna (New York Times, 12/8/08)
-
Meat Diet and CO2 emissions (New York Times, 12/3/08)
- Managing
Fishery Commons (New York Times, 9/18/08)
- UN:
Biofuels competing with Food (New York Times, 10/8/08)
- (Interacts with water) GMO
modification for drought-resistance (New York Times, 10/23/08)
- Orcas,
salmon and fish farms (New York Times, 11/3/08)
- Managing
Fisheries (NYT, 11/16/08)
- No Agreement
to Save Bluefin Tuna from Overfishing (NYT, 11/26/08)
-
Bluefin Tuna Endangered (Time, 11/28/08)
-
A
Meat Diet Raises CO2 Emissions (New York Times,
12/5/08)
- Trying to Save
the Bluefin Tuna (New York Times, 12/8/08)
- World
Hunger Increasing (New York Times, 12/9/09)
-
World Bank Policies Increase Hunger (Bloomberg.com, 12/10/08)
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Fish
Will Migrate to Cooler Waters (NYT, 2/12/09)
-
GMO
Research Restricted by Corporations, Scientists Say (NYT,
2/19/09)
-
Impact of Cat Food
on Fisheries (New York Times, 3/21/09)
-
NOAA
Administrator on Sustainable Fisheries and Global Warming (New
York Times, 3/23/09)
-
NEW
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US moves towards catch shares for managing large east-coast fishery
(New York Times, 4/8/09)
-
Drop in US exports and lower demand abroad hurting US farmers
(New York Times, 4/9/09)
-
Paul Krugman: we need to make banking boring and safe again (New
York Times, 4/9/09)
- Health
-
Doubling of U.S. Health Aid Urged as Foreign Policy (Bloomberg.com,
12/15/08)
- Cholera
epidemic in Zimbabwe (CNN, 12/10/08)
- Top
worldwide injuries to children (New York Times, 12/10/08)
- Top
five worldwide injuries to children (NPR Morning Edition,
12/10/08)
- Improvements
in Malaria Detection Lower Rates (New York Times, 8/9/18)
- Treating Dengue
Fever (New York Times, 11/3/08)
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Poor US Health Care for Chronic Conditions (NYT, 11/18/08)
-
Mosquito Netting More Common But Not Enough Yet (NYT, 11/18/08)
- River
Blindness Increasing (NYT, 11/24/08)
- AIDS Could Be
Managed Now (NYT, 12/1/08)
- Worldwide
Injuries to Children (New York Times, 12/10/08)
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Worldwide Injuries to Children (National Public Radio, Morning
Edition, 12/10/08)
- Cholera
Increasing in Zimbabwe (CNN, 12/10/08)
- Poor
Countries, in Delaying Vaccinations, Harm Children (New York
Times, 3/23/09)
- NEW
-
Earlier AIDS treatment is more effective (New York Times,
4/13/09)
- Water
-
Mapping the oceans
(New York Times, 1/12/09)
-
Drought
parches much of the U.S., may get worse (CNN, 12/11/08)
-
Water-Starved California Slows Development (New York Times, 6/7/08)
-
Mideast Facing Choice Between Crops and Water (New York Times,
7/21/08)
- 2nd UN Water
Development Report (2006)
- Narrated
slide show on CNN website showing many world-wide water problems
(from What Matters website)
-
Drip Irrigation May Not Save Water (NYT, 11/18/08)
- Water
Problems in Las Vegas and the World (Bloomberg.com, 2/26/09)
- Hydrologists
and the Water Supply (New York Times, 3/7/09)
- Water
privatization problems in Chile (New York Times, 3/14/09)
- Water in
Mexico City and the World (Bloomberg, 3/17/09)
- NEW
- Water
Crisis in Los Angeles, Mexico City and the World (United Press
International, 4/10/09)
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