Tree

A tree is a perennial woody plant. Trees are an important component of the natural landscape because of their prevention of erosion and the provision of a weather-sheltered ecosystem They also play an important role in producing oxygen and reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere Tallest tree The heights of the tallest trees in the world have been the subject of considerable dispute and much exaggeration. They are three tallest trees of the world. 1. Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens): 115.56 m (379.1 ft), Hyperion, Redwood National Park, California, United States[11] 2. Australian Mountain-ash (Eucalyptus regnans): 99.6 m (327 ft), south of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia[12] 3. Coast Douglas-fir Pseudotsuga menziesii (): 99.4 m (326 ft), Brummit Creek, Coos County, Oregon, United States[13]

Stoutest trees The girth of a tree is usually much easier to measure than the height, UK tree author Alan Mitchell made the following comment about measurements of yew trees: three stoutest trees in the worldThey are

1. Montezuma Cypress Taxodium mucronatum: 11.62 m (38.1 ft), rbol del Tule, Santa Maria del Tule, 2. Oaxaca, Mexico.[21] Note though that this diameter includes buttressing; the actual idealised diameter of the area of its wood is 9.38 m (30.8 ft).[21] 3. Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum: 8.85 m (29.0 ft), General Grant tree, General Grant Grove, California, United States[22] 4. Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens: 7.9 m (26 ft), Lost Monarch Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, United States

Largest trees

The coniferous Coast Redwood is the tallest tree species on earth. The largest trees in total volume are both tall and large in diameter and, in particular, hold a large diameter high up the trunk. The top three species measured so far are*: 1. Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum: 1,487 m (52,508 cu ft), General Sherman[24] 2. Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens: 1,203 m (42,500 cu ft), Lost Monarch[25] 3. Montezuma Cypress Taxodium mucronatum: 750 m (25,000 cu ft), rbol del Tule[26] The two sources of tree damage are either biotic (from living sources) or abiotic (from non-living sources).

SAVE TIGERS
Tigers are hunt for there skin etc. Tiger hunting is the capture and kill of tigers. Humans are the tiger's most predator, and illegal poaching is a major threat to the tiger. The Bengal Tiger is the most common subspecies of tiger, constituting approximately 80% of the entire tiger population, and is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, and India and has been hunted in those countries for centuries. The tiger has historically been a popular big game animal and has been hunted for prestige as well as for taking trophies. Poaching continues extensively even after such hunting became illegal and legal protection was provided to the Tiger. Now a conservation reliant endangered species, the majority of the world's tigers live in captivity.[1] Tigers were once considered to be harder to hunt than lions, due to their habit of living alone in dense cover and not noisily asserting their presence with roars as often.

WONDERS OF SCIENCE
Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge. Since classical antiquity science as a type of knowledge was closely linked to philosophy. In the early modern era the two words, "science" and "philosophy", were sometimes used interchangeably in the English language. By the 17th century, "natural philosophy" (which is today called "natural science") had begun to be considered separately from "philosophy" in general.[3][4] However, "science" continued to be used in a broad sense denoting reliable knowledge about a topic, in the same way it is still used in modern terms such as library science or political science.

BIOSKETCH OF YOUR CRICKETER

Personal information Full name Born Nickname Height Batting style Bowling style Role Mahendra Singh Dhoni 7 July 1981 (age 30) Ranchi, Bihar (now in Jharkhand), India Mahi 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Right-hand batsman Right-hand medium Wicket-keeper, India captain International information National side Test debut (cap 251) Last Test ODI debut (cap 158) Last ODI T20I debut (cap 2) Last T20I Years 1999/002004/05 2004/05-present 2008present India 2 December 2005 v Sri Lanka 17 November 2011 v West Indies 23 December 2004 v Bangladesh 25 October 2011 v England 1 December 2006 v South Africa 29 October 2011 v England Domestic team information Team Bihar Jharkhand Chennai Super Kings Career statistics
Competition

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Matches Runs scored Batting average 100s/50s Top score Balls bowled Wickets Bowling average 5 wickets in innings 10 wickets in match Best bowling Catches/stumpings

62 3,242 37.69 4/23 148 78 0 176/26

196 6,497 51.15 7/43 183* 12 1 14.00 1/14 187/61

103 5,404 36.26 7/37 148 108 0 284/45

253 8,500 50.29 13/54 183* 39 2 18.00 1/14 257/76

Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2011