The world's top ten trees

clipped from www.neatorama.com 10 Most Magnificent Trees in the World 10. Lone Cypress in Monterey 9. Circus Trees 8. Giant Sequoias: General Sherman 7. Coast Redwood: Hyperion and Drive-Thru Trees 6. Chapel-Oak of Allouville-Bellefosse 5. Quaking Aspen: Pando (The Trembling Giant) 4. Montezuma Cypress: The Tule Tree 3. Banyan Tree: Sri Maha Bodhi Tree 2. Bristlecone Pine: Methuselah and Prometheus, the Oldest Trees in the World. 1. Baobab Bonus: Tree That Owns Itself Bonus 2: The Lonely Tree of Ténéré

The Scary Side of Global Warming: Potential Sea Level Rise

Greenhouse warming might be more disastrous than the recent international assessment managed to convey, scientists are realizing. But how can they get the word out without seeming alarmist?

Scientists are still trying to strike a balance between their habitual caution and growing concern over uncertain but disastrous greenhouse outcomes.

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clipped from www.sciencemag.org Climate modeler James Hansen knows all about sounding the alarm. In the summer of 1988, drought wracked the country, fire was consuming Yellowstone National Park, and the nation's capital sweltered. Hansen, dubbed NASA's top climate scientist by the media, shouted "Fire!" in the crowded theater: "With a high degree of confidence," he declared, greenhouse warming had arrived. Although many of his colleagues agreed, none chimed in with support; they could not share his high degree of confidence. Hansen, still the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, finds himself at the head of an informal movement to again rouse the public and policymakers. This time he worries that sea level could rise several disastrous meters by the end of the century, as the warming he heralded sends the great ice sheets rumbling toward the sea. Hansen seems to be out on a limb, again. This time, however, he's got company.

View of a solar eclipse from space

clipped from antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov Explanation: Here is what the Earth looks like during a solar eclipse. The shadow of the Moon can be seen darkening part of Earth. This shadow moved across the Earth at nearly 2000 kilometers per hour. Only observers near the center of the dark circle see a total solar eclipse - others see a partial eclipse where only part of the Sun appears blocked by the Moon. This spectacular picture of the 1999 August 11 solar eclipse was one of the last ever taken from the Mir space station. The two bright spots that appear on the upper left are possibly Jupiter and Saturn, although this has yet to be proven. Mir was deorbited in a controlled re-entry in 2001.

World Bank money now grows on trees

Incentives to avoid deforestation is big business on a warming globe.

clipped from online.wsj.com FREE PREVIEW World Bank Targets Forest Preservation-Climate Link By Tom Wright Word Count: 926 JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The global effort to stem climate change could soon include paying countries in the tropical belt to not cut down their rain forests, beginning with a World Bank pilot project. The World Bank is planning to start a $250 million investment fund to reward countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and Congo for "avoided deforestation." Until now, efforts under the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement to cut greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming, have centered on reducing emissions from industries. The Group of Eight leading nations, after meeting last week in Germany, concluded that stopping deforestation could ... • THE FULL WSJ.com ARTICLE IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Global Warning Climate Change Energy

Indians most worried about global warming

Emerging economies like India and China are often accused of resisting the need to tackle climate change. But a new survey by Australian environmentalist, Jon Dee, published in the latest issue of New Scientist suggested that people of these two countries are most worried about climate change. More than we may be lead to believe if we just listened to those who would tell us to do nothing about emissions until the developing world is kind enough to pull its head in.

The survey was conducted by Seattle-based research group Global Market Insite. It polled opinions from 14000 people in 14 countries to gather solid data on how people feel about climate change.

clipped from www.headlinesindia.com Indians are far more concerned about global warming than any other nationality, despite the emerging economy being accused of resisting the need to tackle climate change, a global survey has said. Indians cared most about carbon emissions, with 55 per cent describing themselves as "very concerned" about the issue while just 32 per cent of Britons felt the same way, the survey conducted by Seattle-based research group Global Market Insite found. People in India and China are more willing than citizens of industrialized nations to place restrictions on carbon emissions, the survey published in the latest issue of New Scientist said. Australian environmentalist Jon Dee, who headed the survey team, says the findings fly in the face of calls for developing countries to wake up to the threat of climate change. Almost 90 per cent of those surveyed thought governments should do more to tackle the issue. Global Warning Climate Change Energy