Friday, November 11, 2011
What was the rust?
After posting yesterday, I was thinking about the great Alaskan orange goo story, and I tried to see if anyone has followed up. Nope. I was unable to find an answer as to what rust fungus produced that great cloud of orange that had Kivalina residents so concerned. It is often a simultaneous joy and sorrow to find the holes in the Internet.
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Just wanted to let you know that Richard Hamelin, a scientist at the University of British Columbia, is trying to identify the rust fungus by sequencing its ribosomal DNA and comparing it to available rust sequences... should know what it is soon!
Excellent! I, for one, am waiting with baited breath! Thanks for the update
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