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Show THE ZEPHYR/ APRIL-MAY 2007 THE BULLETIN BOARD of DOOM! Tidbits from around the world that confirm our simple premise---that thie is the End of Civilization as we know it. WHERE ARE THE BEES??? In a mystery worthy of Agatha Christie, bees are flying off in search of pollen and nectar and simply never returning to their colonies. And nobody knows why. Researchers say the bees are presumably dying in the fields, perhaps becoming exhausted or simpl disoriented and eventually falling victim to the cad. As researchers scramble to find answers to the syndrome they have decided to call ""colony collapse disorder,"" growers are becoming openly nervous about the capability of the commercial bee industry to meet the growing demand for bees to pollinate dozens of crops, New from York almonds Times to avocados to kiwis. KING5.com Staff and Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. - An initiative filed by proponents of same-sex marriage would require heterosexual couples to have kids. within three years or else have their marriage : annulled. _ BEWING - The Year of (yf —— J74/ re riving in droves; and companies that manufacture diapers are upping their advertising budgets. The reason is simple: The Year of the Pig, which began Feb. 18, is a good year to be born. Bats f el 2 sy a yy) LY pe 4 oe » enon likened the extinction At least 300,000 people in north-west China are short of drinking water because of unseasonably warm weather, which officials link to climate change. BBC News . MUMBAI, India —— Until recently, it looked like the depleted ozone layer protecting the earth from harmful solar rays was on its way fo being healed. But thanks in part to an explosion of demand for air-conditioners in hot places like India and southern China---mosily relying on refrigerants already banned in Europe and in the process of being phased out in the United States ---the ozone layer is proving very hard to repair. Four months ago, scientists discovered that the ““hole”” created by the world’’s use of ozone-depleting gases---in aerosol spray cans, aging refrigerators and old air-conditioners---had expanded again, stretching once more to the record size of 2001. o the Pig has turned into the year of the baby. Chinese hospitals have been submerged in recent months under a tide of pregnant women; newborns are ar- The familiar melody of ribbits, croaks and chirps is disappearing as a mysterious killer fungus wipes out frog populations around the globe, a phenom- ee) dinosaurs. MSNBC China says nine countries have offered it financial incentives to invest in oil and gas projects as it continues its global hunt for energy resources. Government officials said Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Morocco, Libya, Niger, Norway, Ecuador and Bolivia would offer China tax breaks and other sweeteners. China already has a similar arrangement with 20 other countries. = / to of Within a decade the net will be able to deliver smells as fast as it does data, predicts ‘ a report. BBC News The world’s first anti-obesity drug for dogs has been launched offering to cut pets’ weight by more than half a stone in a month. Vets say obesity among animals is a growing problem, with increasing numbers of owners over-feeding them or not giving them enough exercise. on a PHOENIX - The 25 million Americans who rely on the Colorado River for water should expect continued —— and even worsening —— drought spells and water shortages as rising temperatures and growing populations create a double whammy, experts warned in a new report. The experts, . convened by the National Research Council, based their concerns on climate models and recent studies that found a cycle of droughts in the region over time. The studies used treering histories to reconstruct local climate patterns over the last 500 years. “These reconstructions, along with temperature trends and projections for the region, suggest that future droughts will recur and that they may exceed the severity of droughts of historical experience, such as the drought of the late 1990s and early 2000s,” the experts wrote in the report released Wednesday. Ring out of foul Ring out lust of Ring. out Wet ae old shapes disease, the narrowing gold, the thousand PLUMBING & i cN ii ea Servng Moab & Monticello since 1980. years of war, | FRESH SMOOTHIES/JUICES | | WRAP SANDWICHES ORGANIC ESPRESSO Ber eee TU ca | MONTICELLO: SI6 N MAIN Ring in a thousand years of Peace. Alfred lfr Lord Ten n ue n PLUMBING HEATING YARD IRRIGATION SYSTEMS a WT aa you MOAB: 259.6997 MONTICELLO: 587.2864 |