Oil leak, marine debris, toxic dumping, mercury tripled.10 of the best cities offering quality life measured by traffic congestion, air quality, and personal safety.World's tallest buildings (part ii): Washington Monument, Eiffel Tower, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building.'SOS Amazon': 1st action of Amazon tribes, sending message 'Wake Up, World!' at 2009 World Social Forum in Brazil.Fuel change breakthrough: biodiesel-powered speedboat Earthrace, around world in 60 days, beats record set in 1998 by 14 days.Missions of the largest aircrafts: Western H-4 Hercules & Airbus A380, Russia’s Antonov An-225 Mriya & ‘Caspian Sea Monster’.World's tallest buildings (part iii): Taipei Tower 101, Burj Dubai & 1-km High Club (projects under construction).Tiny vs mighty: hungry African leopard nudges intruder with her nose but mouse keeps chewing on leopard's lunch.

Law says indecent exposure is crime, doesn't it? Full-body scanner cannot replace diplomacy but imposes indecency on billions.Solar system moving 100000 mph faster than thought 15% speed increase translates to doubling of mass of Milky Way.Zoo Atlanta celebrates arrival of baby panda, 2nd cub of mother Lun Lun and only panda born in US in 2008 so far.'SOS Amazon': every second we lose 1.5 acres of rainforests once covering 14% of earth land surface, now a mere 6%.

Theres a pleasure in the pathless woods