As if dengue fever and crocodile bites weren't enough to worry about, here's another peril of working in the tropics: chikungunya virus. It is a mosquito-borne illness that causes flu-like symptoms and arthritis-type pains. Chikungunya started out in Africa and is also found in Asia, but has recently been spreading in the Caribbean for the first time. Luckily, it is rarely fatal.
More here:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2014/01/15/chikungunya-virus-americas/#.UusWbHddV4w
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
Mangroves on the move
If you keep up with mangrove news, or you read the New York Times, you may have already seen this. But in case you missed it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/science/without-winter-freezes-mangroves-are-marching-north-scientists-say.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/science/without-winter-freezes-mangroves-are-marching-north-scientists-say.html?_r=0