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Auto Motor Photos Toyota Wikipedia: Toyota Yaris

The Guardian
On the road: Toyota Yaris
The Toyota Yaris began life in 1997 as . In Britain, however, its image has ended up being rather more Teatime: the average age of a Yaris buyer is apparently 60. Nothing wrong with that, of course,... (photo: Creative Commons / Matthias93)

The Dalai Lama speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010, following a meeting with President Barack Obama.

China Media Photos Tibet Wikipedia: Dalai Lama

Novosti
Dalai Lama calls on people to think 'world first’
Tibet’s spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has called on people to think more of the entire world they live in rather than caring about their own interests first as a way out of the global... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite)

White rhinoceros (sl1)

Independent online (SA)
White rhino hunt angers conservationist
Sipho Khumalo A RHINO conservation campaigner is outraged that Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife has invited hunters to tender to hunt a white rhino bull at Mkuze Game Reserve, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, to... (photo: GNU)
Conservation Environment Photos Wikipedia: Rhino Wildlife

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Indian Express
2011: The year that shook Sikkim
Sikkim had little to cheer about in 2011 as a devastating earthquake snuffed out lives of over 80 people and caused heavy loss to property and infrastructure even as the state witnessed a dip in... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Earthquake Photos Sikkim Tourism Wikipedia: 2011 Sikkim earthquake

KLdy1 - THAdy1 - Thailand - Khao Kheow Open Zoo - animals - wildlife - ecology - nature - habitat - white rhinoceros - white rhino. (dy1)

Independent online (SA)
Rhino hunt tender raises ire
“We do this every year. I don’t understand why there is an uproar now. What’s changed?” This was the reaction of Dr Bandile Mkhize, CEO of... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
Conservation Environment Photos Wikipedia: Rhino Wildlife

BBC News
World 'dangerously unprepared' for future disasters
The world is "dangerously unprepared" for future disasters because rich nations are not doing enough, warns the international development secretary. Andrew Mitchell... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Disasters Global Warming Nature Photos Wikipedia: Natural disaster

Red-tailed Hawk at the Zoo

New York Daily News
Violet, the red-tailed hawk of Washington Square Park, is on the mend
An injured hawk that is a revered Washington Square Park regular is convalescing with two Long Island wildlife rehabilitators. But it’s unclear whether the red-tailed... (photo: GFDL / Ltshears)
Environment Nature Photos Wikipedia: Red-tailed Hawk Wildlife

Red Spinach has a high nutritional value and is extremely rich in antioxidants,especially when fresh,steamed,or quickly boiled

The Examiner
Spinach is an unusually nutritious food
There are a lot of concerns about getting the needed amount of nutrition daily due to increased stressors in daily living, pollution, and meal patterns consisting largely... (photo: WN / Emico Silalahi)
Food Health Photos Pollution Wikipedia: Spinach

Deer fawn lying on grass. Females give birth to 1–3 spotted young, known as fawns, in mid to late spring, generally in May or June.

my SA
Project studies mortality rate of Utah mule deer
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — An ongoing wildlife study is tracking the mortality rates of Utah's mule deer population. The Herald Journal of Logan... (photo: Creative Commons)
Environment Nature Photos Wikipedia: Mule deer Wildlife

Weather

	Pleasant weather rings in the new year for Delhiites Indian Express
	Pleasant weather rings in the New Year for Delhi Zeenews
	Times Square countdown begins as celebrants revel in warm weather, music by Lady Gaga, Bieber Star Tribune
	The year of hot and dry Weather extremes top the list of 2011's biggest outdoor stories. The Wichita Eagle

Global Warming

	Meat alternatives more climate-friendlier than meat, study finds m&c;
	Future energy demand: Offsetting fossil fuel consumption The Examiner
	Numerical weather processing important: Kamal Puri DNA India

Environment

	Survival of species may rest with captured rhino The Independent
	Long road back for Fukushima city hit by twin disasters BBC News
$Kelly Sautner, 19, far left, her father Craig Sautner, second from left, and her mother Julie Sautner, listens as New York Council member James Gennaro, second from right, chairman of the Council's Committee on Environmental Protection, speak during a press conference on the steps of City Hall on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 in New York. A bipartisan group joined opponents of natural gas drilling by hydraulic fracturing to announce that 5,700 gallons of clean water from New York City's watershed will be trucked to families, including the Sautner family, suffering from fracking-related water contamination$	Sound Precaution To Ban Gas 'Fracking' Until Scientific Evidence Says It's Safe WorldNews.com

Storms and Hurricanes

	Stamkos, Lightning zap Hurricanes STL Today
	Hurricane victorious at TCU The Examiner
	NHL teams at 40: Carolina Hurricanes The Examiner

Earthquakes

	7.0-magnitude earthquake hits Japan DNA India
	Japan struck by magnitude 6.8 earthquake The Observer

Doomsday forecasts aside, changes coming in 2012

Earthquake jolts Zamboanga

Newsmakers of 2011 (third part)

Large Earthquake Shakes Siberia Yahoo Daily News
Strong earthquake in Siberia excites bloggers Pravda RU
Mild quake hit Surigao del Sur Sun Star
Quake jolts northeast Iran Irna
Church makes sure there's room at the inn The News & Observer
The Catholic Church built Western civilization The State
On the faultline frontline for Diablo Canyon The Tribune San Luis Obispo
Christchurch rocked again by strong earthquakes The Australian
5.4 magnitude quake jolts Philippines The Times of India
Can Earth-sized planets survive their star's expansion? PhysOrg
No “Big One” in 2012 The Examiner
‘Delay in land acquisition, environmental issues hit progres The Hindu
Quake jolts The Himalayan
4.9 quake rocks Taplejung The Himalayan
BACKGROUND: Philippines an explosive mix for deadly disaster m&c;
Caution, skepticism on quake anniversaries STL Today
2 centuries after New Madrid quakes, what's next? Kansas City Star
PETA wants NC opossum drop custom curtailed The News & Observer
Is another big New Madrid earthquake looming? Nashville Tennessean
Rock fractures could amplify shaking during earthquakes MSNBC

Scale model of the C/NOFS probe. NASA's CINDI instrument is installed on C/NOFS. Space science research has been a hallmark of the university since its inception in 1964.

NASA's Nanosail-D 'sails' home -- mission complete

Sailors disseminate satellite weather data in the meteorological center aboard USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

2011 is 10th warmest year since 1850

Chicken in marinade.Marination is the process of soaking foods in a seasoned, often acidic, liquid before cooking.

Chickens are eletrocuted, organic chickens are gassed when being processed

High school gets real college atmosphere Signon San Diego
Upper atmosphere facilitates changes that let mercury enter PhysOrg
Mercury releases into the atmosphere from ancient to modern PhysOrg
Study finds increasing atmospheric concentrations of new fla PhysOrg
The high winds of the upper atmosphere contain less renewabl PhysOrg
Ten successful years of mapping the middle atmosphere PhysOrg
UK to build atmospheric sentinel BBC News
NIOT to get incubation centre for atmospheric technology Deccan Chronicle
Solar Storms 'sandblasting' moon, may cause major atmospheri Newstrack India
Climategate II: An Open Letter to the Director of the Natio Forbes
Rise of atmospheric oxygen more complicated than previously PhysOrg
Oldest minerals trace early Earth’s atmosphere Zeenews
Oldest minerals help make key discovery about early Earth's Newstrack India
Setting the stage for life: Scientists make key discovery ab PhysOrg
Star Wars laser offers new insight into Earth's atmosphere PhysOrg
Lightning-made waves in Earth's atmosphere leak into space PhysOrg
Dwarf planet Eris bereft of atmosphere, about the size of Pl Ars Technica
German falling satellite entered atmosphere The Washington Times
German satellite enters Earth's atmosphere Independent online (SA)
German satellite re-enters earth's atmosphere Breitbart

Cause for concern: Airlines on high alert for violent eruption as Alaska volcano sends up ...

Alaska volcano sends ash plume up to 15,000 feet

Earth's core slowly gives up its secrets

EnerCom, Inc. Presents The Oil & Services Conference™ 10, Fe PR Newswire
Ancient Hawaiian tools and cultural exchange The Examiner
Kansas Geological Survey to measure groundwater The Boston Globe
6.9-m quake hits southeastern Russia: US Geological Survey DNA India
Philippines floods: an expected shock The Guardian
Could the earthquake in Haiti have been a man-made disaster? Sacramento Bee
Indonesian tsunami early warning works, but problems remain m&c;
Sener Greenlights 2nd Pemex Deepwater Exploration Area Rig Zone
2011 Drilling Completed at Miranda Gold’s Angel Wing Project Business Wire
Eagle Plains/Navy Resources Execute Option Agreement on Vulc Mineweb
Gunpowder Gold Corp. Provides Exploration Update for Dome Ro PR Newswire
Guyana Frontier Signs Contract for 2012 Drilling at Marudi M PR Newswire
Boxxer closes $2,265,300 private placement PR Newswire
Eagle Plains/Navy Resources Execute Option Agreement on Vulc Business Wire
ANCAP to Contract 2D Seismic Data Processing Offshore Urugua Rig Zone
S&P Capital IQ Initiates Coverage on Nevado Resources Corpor Business Wire
Governor Backs Revitalization of Industry, Mining, Geology All Africa
Weather bureau: More weather disturbances next year Sun Star
PanTerra Gold - Geophysical Survey Over San Gerardo Concessi Mineweb
FTTN to Leverage Oil Experience & Contacts to Land New Proje Business Wire

This artist's concept illustrates Kepler-16b, the first planet known to definitively orbit two stars -- what's called a circumbinary planet. The planet, which can be seen in the foreground, was discovered by NASA's Kepler mission.

2 Earth-sized planets discovered

This artist's conception illustrates Kepler-22b, a planet known to comfortably circle in the habitable zone of a sun-like star.

Scientists Discover 'Earth's Twin Planet'

This artist rendition provided by NASA shows the Kepler space telescope. Kepler is designed to search for Earth-like planets in the Milky Way galaxy. The first opportunity to launch the unmanned Kepler space telescope aboard a Delta II rocket from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida Friday March 6, 2009 at 10:48 p.

'Super Earth' exists outside solar system

Earth to anyone -- anyone at all Star Tribune
Earth Usually Has Second Tiny, Temporary 'Moon' Crunch
>Titan: A Wet World Not Far From Earth Wired News
Kepler confirms first Earth-sized exoplanets The Examiner
Religion and environment: World faiths united on need to sav Asbury Park Press
Mathematics of Planet Earth 2013 The Hindu
Two new Earths and the search for life CNN
ANOTHER Russian space disaster: Communications satellite cra The Daily Mail
The mystery ball from space: Experts baffled by metal sphere Pakalert Press
Andromeda Council: Role of “male” star in inseminating “fema Exopolitics
The Darkest Hour, a mission to save the earth The Saigon Times
The mystery ball from space: Experts baffled by metal sphere The Daily Mail
Earth-size extra-solar planets discovered for first time The Examiner
Two Earth-size planets spotted around distant star The Times of India
Two Earth-size planets spotted near distant star Mumbai Mirror
Jesus' Earth Parents--Part 5 (Jesus--babe of Bethlehem) The Examiner
NASA's Kepler finds Earth-sized planets, smallest yet The Examiner
2 Earth-size planets spotted around distant star The Himalayan
Two Earth-size planets spotted beyond solar system Indian Express
New Planets: Earth-Sized Kepler Exoplanets Discovered (PHOTO Crunch

Who is tops in oceanography research?

Looking Backward to Protect Our Future: Environmental Films Document Shifting Baselines of Our Natural Resources

Looking Backward to Protect Our Future: Environmental Films Document Shifting Baselines of Our Natural Resources

Global Warming.

Global Warming, Greenland and it's melting ice Glaciers?

Board of Trustees elects officers North Jersey
8th Brown Christmas Since 1967 (top 5 weather events of 2011 Star Tribune
Greenland Supraglacial Lakes Expedition Challenges Notions O Huffington Post
Hello Winter Solstice! (still no sign of a real winter throu Star Tribune
Kilties look back on Hawaii Herald Tribune
Italian American Club hosts children's Christmas Herald Tribune
Fire truck delivers holiday presents Herald Tribune
>Earthquake Sensors Track Rare Whales Wired News
Amazing race to the bottom of the world Seattle Times
Geography enters realms with better job prospects The Hindu
NASA's Jason-1 achieves a one-decade landmark PhysOrg
Scientific investigation connects students to important issu Signon San Diego
Hydroplate theory debate acceptance? The Examiner
Researchers assess radioactivity released to the ocean from PhysOrg
New Approach to Climate Modeling US News
Scientists describe new species of crab that "farms" methane PhysOrg
Science and 'The Genius' The Boston Globe
The leaked climate science emails – and what they mean The Guardian
Interactive map of sea level changes launched PhysOrg
NGRI finds gas hydrate reserves along east coast of India The Times of India

Silk sarees-textile-India.

Government eases norms for gold-silver mix in Kanchipuram sarees

Chocolate Fair

>The Science and Art of Chocolate Making

two boys are waiting for birds on the river side

Test your travel smarts with our geography quiz Seattle Times
Cunningham retrospectively, Cage prospectively The Examiner
Farewell the Rhino Huffington Post
Viewpoint: Has 'one species' idea been put to bed? BBC News
The Most Overlooked Energy Stories Of 2011 Huffington Post
Aurora Pictures Of 2011 Huffington Post
A geography quiz for the hip traveler Newsday
Antoinette Marie Johnson The Business Review
St. Augustine Makes National Geographic Top 10 Worldwide Lis The Examiner
Closing In on Africa’s Bush Meat Trade The New York Times
Judge halts enforcement of low-carbon fuel regulations in Ca The Miami Herald
Federal judge invalidates part of California's greenhouse ga The Miami Herald
Mickens-Harper residents galvanized against Pasco sewer plan Tampabay.com
In Defense of Plastic Bag Bans Huffington Post
Ivory Trade: Elephant Tusk Seizures Reach Record Number In 2 Huffington Post
Penguin-cam to keep watch on the waddlers Sydney Morning Herald
Has the mystery behind Alfred Hitchcock's thriller The Birds The Daily Mail
Weathercock Shuttlecock Kashmir Observer
Prediction: You Will Meet Many Jaydens and Isabellas The New York Times
SD disappearing into 'Southwest Megalopolis' Signon San Diego

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