http://www.climateprediction.net/index.php

If you run your computer for long periods on end without using it (bro, mind, etc) you can use your spare mhz to do some calculus for the greater good...

Total Model Years - 18,679,047.078
Trickling Machines - 60,526
Completed HadSM3 Runs - 169,628
Completed Sulphur Cycle Runs - 13,537

A new technique for measuring the state of the world's forests shows the future may not be as bad as previously feared.
An international team of researchers say its Forest Identity study suggests the world could be approaching a "turning point" from deforestation.

The study measures timber volumes, biomass and captured carbon - not just land areas covered by trees.

The findings are being published in the US journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6143514.stm

Or links

http://news.google.ch/news?ned=us&ncl=http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1113-forests.html&hl=en