NEWS--Researchers have reconstructed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over the past 2.1 million years in the sharpest detail yet, shedding new light on its role in the earth's cycles of cooling and warming. A first-ever analysis and comparison of the carbon footprints of different countries using a single, trade-linked model has been created by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the Centre of International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo (CICERO). ScienceDaily (June 22, 2009) — Some of the substances that are helping to avert the destruction of the ozone layer could increasingly contribute to climate warming, according to scientists from NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory and their colleagues in a new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Lesser Sunda Islands of East Indonesia

Nusa Tenggara or Lesser Sunda Islands is part of Indonesia. What is called Nusa Tenggara starts in Lombok and contains all the islands east of Lombok. For the website I will only talk about the islands I have personally visited: Lombok, Sumbawa, Komodo, Flores and Sumba. My memories of these islands are fantastic. Scenery, culture, people, it seemed to change from village to village. Lomboks' population is primarily Muslim, but at Flores you will find only Muslims on the coastline while land inwards, you will find many Christians. Sumbawa's population is primarily Muslim but at Sumba there is a mix of local beliefs, Islam and Christianity. These mixes have created an enormous variety in culture. You can not say that you have visited Nusa Tenggara by visiting only one or two islands. The section about Nusa Tenggara includes: Sumba Flores Lombok Komodo islands (including Rinca) It does not include Sumbawa as I didn't really visit it. All I did was to take an overnight bus from Bima direct to Lombok. As Bali is not considered to be part of Nusa Tenggara there will be another section about Bali.

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NEWS--Researchers have reconstructed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over the past 2.1 million years in the sharpest detail yet, shedding new light on its role in the earth's cycles of cooling and warming. A first-ever analysis and comparison of the carbon footprints of different countries using a single, trade-linked model has been created by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and the Centre of International Climate and Environment Research - Oslo (CICERO). ScienceDaily (June 22, 2009) — Some of the substances that are helping to avert the destruction of the ozone layer could increasingly contribute to climate warming, according to scientists from NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory and their colleagues in a new study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.