our tale of the rain forest brings us to nasa's jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena, california where scientists use all different techniques to understand our living, breathing, green earth. a recent study reveals tropical rain forests may be man's best friend. >> what our study shows is that the tropics really dominate the metabolism of our planet. they dominate the removal of fossil fuels from the atmosphere. they're really cleaning up the planet. >> their research-employed satellite mapping, forestry data, and good old fashioned jungle gum shoeing. trees like these are natural consumers of carbon monoxide which leads to global warming. their research suggests rain forests are absorbing far more co2 than previously reported. >> if they're not taking up carbon, the simple answer is there would be 25% more carbon in the atmosphere than there actually is and the rate of warming would be approximately 25% faster. they're helping to regulate our climate. >> despite an overall decline in the destruction of rain forests over the past decade, it's still a story of paradise lost. farming, c

>> reporter: our tale of the rain forest brings us to all places here, nasa laboratory in pasadena, california scientists use techniques ranging from boots on the ground to satellites in the sky all to understand our living, breathing, green earth. ♪ the resent study by research scientists dave and josh says friend. >> what our study shows is the tropics really dominate the metabolism of our planet and from dominate the fossils from the atmosphere and really cleaning up the planet. >> reporter: research employed satellite mapping, forestry data and good old fashion jungle gum chewing and these trees are consumers of carbon dioxide one of the greenhouse gasses that contributes to global warming and their research suggests tropical rain forests may absorb reported. >> if forests were not taking up carbon than the simple answer is there would be 25% more carbon in the atmosphere than there actually is and the rate of warming would be approximately 25% faster. they are helping to regulate our climate. >> reporter: despite an overall decline in the destruction of rain forests over the past decade i

roughly 1 in 10 households in pasadena california and cambridge massachusetts, home to computers. this is the digital divide. the internet is basically a great economic equalizer. it is a kind of superhighway that can carry almost anybody to a better life. knowing how to use it qualifies you to work in a professional setting like this but for those who can't get onto that superhighway they end up stuck in neutral. their chance to make money is simply less without broadband access at home. broadband is an income multiplier. a recent study by the consult be firm aksen accenture, the government doesn't probably the basic connectivity that makes that possible. internet access moatsly and sometimes exclusively -- mostly and sometimes exclusively relies on data companies, we're not talking about updating your facebook status, your economic status itself is often defined by whether you have access to the internet. today, nine in ten households with a bachelor degree or higher have some sort of internet access but only four in 10 households with a high school diploma can get online at hom

danielle nottingham, cbs news, pasadena, california. >> the company plans to make its revenue from paidscriptions from premium e- mail features. >>> trending now, the fast-food chain chipotle will only be serving food that does not have genetically modified ingredients. and today marks the first time any major restaurant chain has made such a move. for example, soybean oil is being swapped out for gmo free soil and rice bran oil. >>> google wants to be your personal stylist. the company released the first- ever fashion trends report based on google searches. google plans to work with the fashion brands and retailers to help them capitalize on trends, so you ask what is in this? >> i do. >> and google predicts americans will be wearing jogger pants and toulle skirts. >> tell me what they are and i might wear them. >>> taking a look at this fire burning in southern california, grenada hills, the wind-driven brush fire is dangerously lose to some homes, started around 11:00 this morning, and so 15 acres scorched. no evacuations but they are trying to keep it under control. >> that's what w

daniel nottingham, cbs news, pasadena, california. >> the company plans to make its revenue from paidrom premium e- mail features. we're told users can sign up on the company's website for an invitation to test the service. >>> coming up on 6:29. good morning. welcome back to wusa9. you can can see from these pictures a state of emergency still exists in baltimore. overnight thousands of armed national guard members have taken up positions across the city. what began as peaceful protests over the death of freddie gray escalated into a night of violence and riots. >> some protesters have said years of mistreatment and abuse at the hands of baltimore police have led to outpouring of violent emotion across the city. others say this is just a small group of thugs threatening to destroy a city too many have spent generations building up. a number of residents have even come together to patrol their own streets in an attempt to stop the violence and rioting. >>> welcome back. i'm nick giovanni. our coverage continues in baltimore. in just a bit delia goncalves live on the scene calling it a

. >> i go inside jacob maarse, a high-end florist and gift shop in pasadena, california that hasn't earned a profit since its founder died in 2010. how much money will this business lose this year? >> close to 200,000. >> sloppy business practices... do you have an inventory system? >> no. >> together with lax management has driven down sales and piled up debt. so are we going the right way? >> i believe so. >> we need to know where we're going. if they don't make changes, this 47-year-old family business will be forced to close its doors. this business is a total mess. i'm fighting against time to light a fire under these people... this is the thing that will help us go from the red to the black in one month. before this business crumbles and dozens of employees are out on the street. you don't know how to manage this place. >> well...[blathers] >> my name is marcus lemonis, and i fix failing businesses. i want 25%. you're gonna make a decision now. i make tough decisions... you're being demoted. back them up with my own cash. it's not always pretty. get your ass back here right now. this

into the great hobby of california up through barstow san bernardino, and then into the foothills all the way to pasadena down through hollywood. america's main street was born. i think the best way to look at route 66 is to look at our time period. the road -- the layers of the road. it was a road that was born, if you well, when the nation was between wars and on the wagon the roaring 1920's. flagpole sitting, marathon dancing, the charleston, blue leg booze. -- bootleg booze. between the one-two punch of the great depression and the dustbowl west of us, that is when the road began paying its dues. that is when it learned the moniker that john steinbeck gave it in his immortal novel "the grapes of wrath" in 1939. "the mother road." a nurturing road. a ribbon of highway that took in these dustbowl migrants from western oklahoma, the texas panhandle, the southern plains, and in this part of the country took in tenant farmers, unemployed, and they got on the road and they headed west following the scent of orange blossoms and lemons, going to work in the fields in california where they were met with ridic

into the great mojave of california, up through barstow san bernardino, and then into the foothills all the way to pasadenalywood. america's main street was born. i think the best way to look at route 66 is to look at our time period. the layers of the road. it was a road that was born, if you will, when the nation was between wars and on the wagon, the roaring 1920's. flagpole sitting, marathon dancing, the charleston, blue -- bootleg booze. between the one-two punch of the great depression and the dustbowl west of us, that is when the road began paying its dues. that is when it learned the moniker that john steinbeck gave it in his immortal novel "the grapes of wrath" in 1939. "the mother road." a nurturing road. a ribbon of highway that took in these dustbowl migrants from western oklahoma, the texas panhandle, the southern plains and in this part of the country, took in tenant farmers unemployed, and they got on the road and they headed west following the scent of orange blossoms and lemons, going to work in the fields in california where they were met with ridicule and clobbered with billy clubs and s