<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d3bd4c1e-dc2b-4236-afdc-f42af170fddf/53D0B452-CFF3-4AF7-8B21-D3B6D9E7DE92/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailytech.com/Cosmic+Rays+Help+Trees+Grow+Big+and+Strong/article16559.htm" href="http://www.dailytech.com/Cosmic+Rays+Help+Trees+Grow+Big+and+Strong/article16559.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailytech.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailytech.com/Cosmic+Rays+Help+Trees+Grow+Big+and+Strong/article16559.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailytech.com/img/2E836C7F-CD72-4254-A437-CED5CDC38DF9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailytech.com/Cosmic+Rays+Help+Trees+Grow+Big+and+Strong/article16559.htm">A new study from the University of Edinburgh provides evidence that <A href="http://www.dailytech.com/Cosmic+Radiation+Under+Investigation/article11488.htm">cosmic rays</A> play a greater role in stimulating tree growth than any other local climate factor -- including precipitation and temperature.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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