Insects encased in 50 million-year-old amber deposits suggest that India's geologic history may have to be revised, according to an October 2010 report.
Forests provide people with clean air and water. The 2011 International Year of Forests initiative is designed to celebrate forests and to encourage sustainable use of forest resources.
Mote says that from the Rockies all the way to the Cascades, springtime snowpack and snow melt has declined by about 10 percent over the past 50 years.
A Laysan albatross at Midway is the oldest known wild bird in the US. She recently became a mom at over 60 years of age - and survived the 2011 tsunami, too.