<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : trees : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2009, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>plime.com : plime.com : Search Results : trees : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Money Does Grow On Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[After all of those admonishments when you were younger (or perhaps even now?) about your profligate ways, here at least is some good news.  Money does, in fact, grow on trees.  In the North of England, they seem to make a habit of it.  OK, so it may just be visitors who do it but these trees sure look&#8230; well, make up your own mind.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/134471/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/134471/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Could mechanical trees save the world?]]></title><description><![CDATA[I think maybe they can...considering the fact that the artificial trees do pretty much the same job as real trees, absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere, and up to a thousand times more efficiently.<br/><br/>    If you thought geo-engineering was the stuff of science fiction - all giant sun shades in space - think again.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/131802/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/131802/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[The incredible trees of Socotra Islands]]></title><description><![CDATA[11 photos of amazing trees featured on the karmapanda site.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/world/l/70900/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/world/l/70900/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Hawaii moves to fine Bette Midler for cutting down trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bette Midler cut down more than 230 trees around one of her properties on the island of Kauai without a permit, and the state has recommended she be fined.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32747/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/32747/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Hundreds Of Sparrows Fall From The Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Plymouth High Street, NZ, was the scene of a downpour of rain followed by a downpour of sparrows as they tumbled from the trees.  Some died on the pavement while others have survived.  Autopsies* are to be carried out to determine the cause.<br/><br/>*Only on the dead ones.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/95939/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/95939/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Can fir trees help detect breast cancer?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Studies of fir trees in Norway may lead to earlier detection of breast cancer.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77924/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/77924/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Building with Whole Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to research by the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, run by the USDA, a whole, unmilled tree can support 50 percent more weight than the largest piece of lumber milled from the same tree. So Mr. Gundersen uses small-diameter trees as rafters and framing in his airy structures, and big trees felled by wind, disease or insects as powerful columns and curving beams.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135446/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/135446/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[ Study: Fall Colors are Sunscreen for Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[The fiery red hues that seem to set forest leaves ablaze in autumn are produced in part as a result of the soil that trees grow in and help protect the trees in the winter, a new study finds.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/40043/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/40043/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Tires Made From Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Better, Cheaper, More Fuel Efficient - <br/>Automobile owners around the world may some day soon be driving on tires that are partly made out of trees &#8211; which could cost less, perform better and save on fuel and energy.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/128627/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/128627/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Save trees, use eco-paper]]></title><description><![CDATA[New method to produce paper uses half as many trees. Xerox offers eco-paper to commercial users.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29592/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29592/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[25 Seriously Twisted Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Trees and plants have a kind of flexibility that is both disturbing and inspiring. Left to their own devices they can wrap around objects and create strange works of unintentional art.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/59454/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/59454/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Rare fossilized cypress trees found in Hungary]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hungarian scientists said on Tuesday they have discovered a group of fossilized swamp cypress trees preserved from 8 million years ago which could provide clues about the climate of pre-historic times.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/29680/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/29680/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Yosemite Losing Its Big Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yosemite National Park has lost many of its large trees during the last century, possibly due to a warmer climate, a new study finds.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/129574/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/129574/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Mapping America's giant trees ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scientists in California have set up a unique experiment to track the life histories of some of the world's oldest and tallest trees.<br/><br/>The project is designed to follow up research, in the Yosemite National Park, which suggests that giant trees are perishing as a result of climate change.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/128530/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/128530/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Trees, Grass May Produce Ethanol without Poisoning Gulf]]></title><description><![CDATA[Within five to seven years fast growing trees and grasses might become economically viable alternatives to corn as a source of renewable fuel ethanol, reducing the need for pollutants that now cause a massive &quot;dead zone&quot; in the Gulf of Mexico.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/47511/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/47511/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Billions US$ To Save Trees In Other Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[The upcoming climate change bill if passed will result in vastly larger expenses for Americans. Coming during a bad economy it is even a worse idea. Part of the bill would have taxpayers paying companies not to cut down trees around the world. Perhaps this could be a source of funding for Plime - if Plime promises not to cut down any trees.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/125928/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/125928/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Seven large city trees found poisoned]]></title><description><![CDATA[Someone has killed seven trees on the Burke-Gilman Trail by lethal injection.<br/>The Seattle Parks and Recreation Department said Thursday that someone intentionally has killed seven, 70-foot-high trees along the trail at Northeast 77th Street, apparently by injecting herbicide into holes drilled into their trunks]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73175/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/73175/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[A Grove of Evolutionary Trees]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mathematicians have developed a new understanding of the mathematics of tree-shaped graphs, which makes possible the statistical analysis of evolutionary trees. The development will help biologists to make sense of the flood of newly available genetic information.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/20279/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/science/l/20279/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Dr.Octagon 'Trees']]></title><description><![CDATA[Freaky vid about dying trees.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/7679/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/7679/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Do trees make it OK to drive an SUV?]]></title><description><![CDATA[People plant trees to try and offset their carbon dioxide.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21627/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21627/1/</guid><category>plime.com</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item></channel></rss>