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Does reading make you need glasses or is near-sightedness inyour genes? Researchers say that watching TV, working on thecomputer and reading all cause changes in our eyes whichmake us near-sighted. If you know someone who doesn’t wearglasses, they may be carrying a book, but they don’t reallylike to read.

Researcher Ian Morgan came to this conclusion by studyingthe sharp increase in near-sightedness in Singapore, andrelating this to changes in people?s lifestyles. InSingapore, 80% of 18-year-old men who join the army arenear-sighted, compared with 25% 30 years ago. It can’t begenetic, because while 70% of 18-year-old men of Indianorigin living in Singapore have myopia, it only affects 10%of those living in India.
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Scientists have discovered that nearly 50% of the carbondioxide that humans have pumped into the atmosphere over thelast 200 years has been absorbed by the ocean. This meansthat greenhouse gases aren’t as high as they would beotherwise, meaning global warming has been sloweddown?for now. But what effect does all this CO2 have on thefish so many people need to survive?
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The number of fish in the ocean is declining rapidly. At first, scientists blamed overfishing, especially by poorer countries. Now they blame pollution, mostly from rich countries. And the U.K. has discovered that air pollution from the U.S. is blowing their way, which may be the cause of a rise in lung disease. The wars and military threats of the future may be over pollution.
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With global warming, tropical mosquito-borne diseases are hitting the U.S. In Florida, the health department says there’s a “very high” chance that mosquitoes with malaria are flying around, after one man was found to be infected with the disease.

In the Palm Beach Post, Rochelle Brenner quotes Tim O’Connor, of the Palm Beach County Health Department, as saying, “He was outdoors and very active and bitten by mosquitoes [and] during that time he was highly infectious.” The man would have about two weeks to infect another person and that person would start to see symptoms in about two weeks. Symptoms include headaches, vomiting, chills, and high fever or sweating.
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