A Sampling of Clips for 
November 22, 2005

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Snows Fail to Fall in Arctic Tundra
CNN, Nov. 22-Evidence that humans are pushing up global temperatures is growing ever stronger, ranging from a shrinking of ice in the Arctic to a warming of the Indian Ocean, many experts say. (Refers to research by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Freezing Hearts Back Into Rhythm
ABC News, Central California, Nov. 22-Your heart may flutter or skip a beat occasionally, but it's a more serious problem for the more than 2 million Americans who have atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat. The condition can lead to a stroke, but there's a new, cool way to fix it. (Quote by cardiologist Gregory Feld, M.D., of the UCSD Medical Center.) More

Taking an Educated GEOSS at Nature
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 22-At UCSD yesterday, researchers and policy-makers discussed the latest international monitoring effort to better understand what's happening to the planet as it's happening. The initiative - called "Global Earth Observation System of Systems," or GEOSS - aims to coordinate monitoring programs in 58 countries. More

Chew on This
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 22-With all the time and pleasure spent talking about, preparing and consuming food around the holidays, you'd think we'd be experts on how it affects our health. But, when it comes to nutrition, most of us have a lot to learn. (Quote by Cheryl Rock, a professor of nutrition at the UCSD School of Medicine.) More