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mohammed knows she cannot easily make the journey. he s already planning to return to her in syria. he tells her, you are the love of my life. two lives and a country torn apart by war. today the head of the u.n. refugee agency and jordan foreign minister made an urgent appeal for more international aide to help a growing flood of refugees. brian? ann curry continuing her reporting from the region for us tonight. ann, thanks. still ahead along the way for us this tuesday evening, fish oil. millions take it for a lot of reasons, but does it make a difference in one crucial area? and later, what butterflies in flight may be trying to tell us about something much bigger.
notebook under the bench. from september 2007 we had ten common checkered skippers and reporter: this is a southern species. yes, this is a southern species, a fiery skipper. reporter: this year, the buzz is all about the giant swallow tails, common in the deep south. have you ever seen 108 giant swallow tails in a season? not in my whole life, nevermind one season. reporter: like the butterflies they note, some may consider these club members accidentals too, accidental scientists, not breed. if they go out and look and they re interested, and they write down what they see, that s a perfectly valid observation. reporter: seeing nature s patterns change right before their eyes. anne thompson, nbc news, northampton, massachusetts. and that is our broadcast on a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i m brian williams, and we sure hope to see you right back here with us tomorrow evening. good night. captions by vitac www.vitac.com
light in florida and texas than new england. we call them accidentals. in the old days, you would see perhaps one or two fiery skippers, and now you see dozens. reporter: the shift of southern butterflies to the increasingly warmer north is detailed in the journal nature. harvard professor greg breed is the study s lead scientist. we see the species that are more adapted to warmer clients are increasing, and species that are adapting to colder climates are decreasing. it seems sensible to infer that this is some climate driven pattern. reporter: is it climate change? that would be the most logical inference. reporter: the study is built on the work of citizen scientists. all members of the massachusetts butterfly club, and the 20,000 sightings they ve noted over a period of 19 years. the data includes tom ganion s notes. so how do you keep your records? how do you know what s been here? i have a running log right here that i keep. reporter: other club members add their
hardly have foreseen how the producers of a brand new movie would use a modern day descendant of his creation. here s ben tracy. reporter: more life line than phone line our tiny pocket computers seem to be able to do just about anything. it can even accomplish tasks for you. reporter: these days, they even talk to us. here s the forecast for to today. reporter: now, for the first time, a smartphone was used to shoot an entire feature-length film that will actually be released in a theater. you hear that? reporter: the movie is called olive about a girl who transforms people s lives without saying a word. we re breaking all the rules but somebody has to, right. reporter: hooman khalili is the director. we want people to ultimately go in and say, all right, we have to check out the cell phone movie. but as soon as the projector starts and you see how vibrant the colors are and you see how crisp everything looks and how perfect the resolution is you re going to fo