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A shroud of haze is seen over the city of Zengzhou in central ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:24:08 GMT

(AFP/File) - A shroud of haze is seen over the city of Zengzhou in central China's Henan province in November 2009. The United States pressed China, India and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen accord risked being "stillborn."(AFP/File/Peter Parks)

Options for curbing carbon emissions, in descending order of ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:24:08 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Options for curbing carbon emissions, in descending order of feasibility. The United States pressed China, India and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen accord risked being "stillborn."(AFP/Graphic)

Todd Stern, US special envoy for climate change, listens to ...

(AFP/SCANPIX/File) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:24:08 GMT

(AFP/SCANPIX/File) - Todd Stern, US special envoy for climate change, listens to questions during a press conference in Copenhagen in 2009. Stern described the positions of the four developing powers, China, India, Brazil and South Africa, as "a bit ambiguous" and said they wanted to "limit the impact" of the accord.(AFP/SCANPIX/File/Jens Astrup)

Polluted waste water flows into the Ganges river in Kanpur, ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:24:08 GMT

(AFP/File) - Polluted waste water flows into the Ganges river in Kanpur, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on January 13, 2010. China, India, Brazil and South Africa each submitted to the United Nations their plans to fight climate change but described them as voluntary and did not formally endorse the Copenhagen deal.(AFP/File/Diptendu Dutta)

The DragonLab in orbit. President Barack Obama has killed NASA's ...

(Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:16:06 GMT

(Canadian Press) - The DragonLab in orbit. President Barack Obama has killed NASA's $100 billion plans to return astronauts to the moon. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/SpaceX

Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center ...

(Canadian Press) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:16:06 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John Raoux)

Penguins swim into the ocean after being released on a beach ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:14:10 GMT

(AFP/File) - Penguins swim into the ocean after being released on a beach on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, in 2009. A ban on fishing around a colony of threatened penguins in South Africa has brought swift benefits to the beleaguered birds, marine biologists reported on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Gianluigi Guercia)

Spanish Minister of industry Miguel Sebastian (C) sits in an ...

(AFP/POOL) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:00:15 GMT

(AFP/POOL) - Spanish Minister of industry Miguel Sebastian (C) sits in an electric car with Renault President in Spain, Jean Pierre Laurent (R), as they attend an exhibition about electric vehicles at Kursaal palace in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian. EU industry ministers on Tuesday pressed the European Commission to establish a common strategy to develop electric cars.(AFP/POOL/Juan Herrero)

Options for curbing carbon emissions, in descending order of ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:55:25 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Options for curbing carbon emissions, in descending order of feasibility. The United States on Tuesday pressed China, India and other emerging powers to make clearer commitments to fighting climate change, warning that last year's Copenhagen accord risked being "stillborn."(AFP/Graphic)

Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (C), slung beneath White ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:32:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (C), slung beneath White Knight Two, the twin-fuselage mothership that will carry it to launch altitude, is unveiled in December 2009 in Mojave, California. A Dubai-based businessman who has signed up to be a space tourist on SpaceShipTwo said he planned to fly the flags of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda on his out-of-world journey in honour of his childhood in Africa.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)

With fertilisers, sewage and chemicals pumpted into its waters, ...

(AFPTV) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:50:56 GMT

(AFPTV) - With fertilisers, sewage and chemicals pumpted into its waters, the Baltic was one of the world's most polluted seas at the end of the 20th century. Over the past decade, the nine countries bordering the sea have united in a bid to protect it. Duration: 02:00(AFPTV)

A boat sails trough a frozen sea outside Stockholm in January ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:50:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - A boat sails trough a frozen sea outside Stockholm in January 2010. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other leaders from around the Baltic Sea hold a summit in Helsinki on Wednesday under growing pressure to clean up one of the world's most polluted seas.(AFP/File/Olivier Morin)

L-R: US space shuttle Endeavour crew members Robert Behnken, ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:13:09 GMT

(AFP/File) - L-R: US space shuttle Endeavour crew members Robert Behnken, Nicholas Patrick, Stephen Robinson, Kathryn Hire, pilot Terry Virts and commander George Zamka on February 8. Astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour on Tuesday finished routine inspection of the thermal protection system on the orbiter's wing leading edges and nose, NASA said.(AFP/File/Bruce Weaver)

The space shuttle Endeavour STS-130 lifts off from Kennedy Space ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:13:09 GMT

(AFP/File) - The space shuttle Endeavour STS-130 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 8. Astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour on Tuesday finished routine inspection of the thermal protection system on the orbiter's wing leading edges and nose, NASA said.(AFP/File/Bruce Weaver)

The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:13:09 GMT

(AFP/File) - The space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida on February 8 on its way to the International Space Station. Astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour on Tuesday finished routine inspection of the thermal protection system on the orbiter's wing leading edges and nose, NASA said.(AFP/File/Bruce Weaver)

The US space shuttle Endeavour. Astronauts on the US space shuttle ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:13:09 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - The US space shuttle Endeavour. Astronauts on the US space shuttle Endeavour on Tuesday finished routine inspection of the thermal protection system on the orbiter's wing leading edges and nose, NASA said.(AFP/Graphic)

Clouds rise above the Seychelles main island of Mahe in 2009. ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:35:31 GMT

(AFP/File) - Clouds rise above the Seychelles main island of Mahe in 2009. Oceanographers carrying out vital studies of the Indian Ocean's marine world have been idle for a year, left stranded ashore by Somalia's marauding pirates and the global armada combating them.(AFP/File/Roberto Schmidt)

Activists and farmers stage a protest against the commercialisation ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:18:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - Activists and farmers stage a protest against the commercialisation of genetically modified BT Brinjal (eggplant) in Bangalore on February 6. India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science.(AFP/File/Dibyangshu Sarkar)

An Indian protester dressed as a brinjal (aubergine) waits for ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:18:04 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Indian protester dressed as a brinjal (aubergine) waits for the arrival of Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in Ahmedabad in January 2010. India refused to grant permission Wednesday for the commercial cultivation of its first genetically modified (GM) food crop, citing problems of public trust and "inadequate" science.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)

This NASA artist's rendition shows the Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

(AFP/NASA-HO) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:13:53 GMT

(AFP/NASA-HO) - This NASA artist's rendition shows the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) which is scheduled to be launched from an Atlas V rocket Wednesday. The SDO is expected to give space scientists the most detailed glimpse ever of our sun and its complicated workings.(AFP/NASA-HO)

This NASA handout photo shows NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance ...

(AFP/NASAFile) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:13:53 GMT

(AFP/NASAFile) - This NASA handout photo shows NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite on an Atlas V rocket. NASA has made final preparations or the launch of its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) which promises to give space scientists the most detailed glimpse ever of our sun and its complicated workings.(AFP/NASAFile)

Russian Soyuz TMA-17 rocket blasts off to the International ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:02:40 GMT

(AFP/File) - Russian Soyuz TMA-17 rocket blasts off to the International Space Station from the launchpad at Baikonur cosmodrome in December 2009. Russia, which is set to hold a monopoly on flights to the international space station (ISS), wants to charge more for rides on its Soyuz rocket, the space agency head said Tuesday.(AFP/File)

Haiti's quake battered and greatly diminished weather service ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:01:03 GMT

(AFP/File) - Haiti's quake battered and greatly diminished weather service urgently needs help ahead of the flood and storm prone country's impending rainy season, the UN's weather agency said. "We feel there is absolutely no time to waste and it's very important to help Haiti to be as ready as possible," said World Meteorological Organisation Secretary General Michel Jarraud.(AFP/File/Fabrice Coffrini)

A tiger cools off from summer heat in a pool at a zoo in Hefei, ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:40:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - A tiger cools off from summer heat in a pool at a zoo in Hefei, east China's Anhui province. China said it had nearly 6,000 tigers in captivity and could breed 1,000 more every year, amid international controversy over the benefits of farming the endangered species.(AFP/File/Str)

VIDEO: Restaurants outside Tokyo have launched an unusual promotional ...

(AFP) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:48:59 GMT

(AFP) - VIDEO: Restaurants outside Tokyo have launched an unusual promotional drive: they offer a host of delectable treats, from traditional sashimi to spaghetti bolognese --all using whale meat. Duration: 2:06(AFP)

The Sea Shepherd ship "Bob Barker" (L) collides with ...

(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:48:59 GMT

(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) - The Sea Shepherd ship "Bob Barker" (L) collides with Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 (R) in Antarctic waters. Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation Society/Glenn Lockitch)

Farmers work their field near a reservoir in the outskirts of ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:54:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - Farmers work their field near a reservoir in the outskirts of Beijing. China on has named pollution from farms as a major cause for concern, as the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases released its first nationwide survey on sources of environmental degradation.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

A helicopter crew race to take down their blades and secure ...

(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:51:38 GMT

(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation/File) - A helicopter crew race to take down their blades and secure the helicopter for storage before the 'Shonan Maru No 2' (back) approaches the Sea Shepherd's 'Steve Irwin' in the Southern Ocean off Antarctica in December 2009. The Sea Shepherd animal rights group said the whalers used a Long Range Acoustical Device (LRAD) to repel their helicopter, and then blasted the aircraft with water(AFP/Sea Shepherd Conservation/File/Michael Williams)

Indian forest workers watch as a rescued tigress leaps into ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - Indian forest workers watch as a rescued tigress leaps into the river Sundarikati on being released from a cage at Sunderbans, some 150 kms south of Kolkata. WWF-India has been working since 1973 to protect tigers, leading to the creation of special reserves and protected areas in national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)

File photo shows a rescued tigress crossing the river Sundarikati ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a rescued tigress crossing the river Sundarikati after being released by the forest workers at Sunderbans. A British-based organisation, the Environmental Investigation Agency, said last year China -- which is believed to have fewer than 50 wild tigers -- was turning a blind eye to the lucrative illegal trade in tiger parts and pelts.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)

An Indian tiger rests inside his enclosure at the zoo in Ahmedabad. ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:15 GMT

(AFP/File) - An Indian tiger rests inside his enclosure at the zoo in Ahmedabad. Conservation group WWF-India has enlisted the support of sports stars and celebrities to raise awareness of the threat to tigers in India, citing government estimates that there are just over 1,400 tigers left in the wild.(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)

Fact file the global tiger population, estimated to be at an ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:02:15 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Fact file the global tiger population, estimated to be at an all-time low of 3,200, down from an estimated 20,000 in the 1980s. 2010 is the year of the Tiger according to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.(AFP/Graphic)

A stockpile of snow brought in by helicopter waits to be spread ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:05:33 GMT

(AFP/File) - A stockpile of snow brought in by helicopter waits to be spread at the site on the Cypress Mountain where the Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Winter Olympic events will be held, north of Vancouver, on February 6. Winter Olympic host city Vancouver saw its warmest January on record, marked by a lack of snow and daffodils in bloom just days before the start of the Games.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)

Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk, right, laughs as Rhys Dunnill-Jones, ...

(Canadian Press) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:42:51 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk, right, laughs as Rhys Dunnill-Jones, age 8, makes a face during an autograph session in Calgary on Monday Feb. 8, 2010. Thirsk was in the city to officially receive his honourary degree at the University of Calgary. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Larry MacDougal

Swamp soil being converted for cultivation in South Africa. ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:30:33 GMT

(AFP/File) - Swamp soil being converted for cultivation in South Africa. Finnish researchers called for a revision of climate change estimates Monday after their findings showed emissions from soil would contribute more to climate warming than previously thought.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)

Climate activist Sarah Schwarz holds a banner at a climate change ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:55:43 GMT

(AFP/File) - Climate activist Sarah Schwarz holds a banner at a climate change rally outside the White House in Washington in 2009. US President Barack Obama's administration announced plans Monday for a new office handling climate change, aiming to help businesses chart future plans as the nation shifts to a greener economy.(AFP/File/Alex Ogle)

Five-year-old Arundhati Baden-Mayer Eidinger holds a sign at ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:55:43 GMT

(AFP/File) - Five-year-old Arundhati Baden-Mayer Eidinger holds a sign at a climate change rally outside the White House in Washington in 2009. US President Barack Obama's administration announced plans Monday for a new office handling climate change, aiming to help businesses chart future plans as the nation shifts to agreener economy.(AFP/File/Alex Ogle)

Tai Shan, one of the Smithsonian Zoo's Giant Pandas explores ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:28:48 GMT

(AFP/File) - Tai Shan, one of the Smithsonian Zoo's Giant Pandas explores on February 3 in his habitat before leaves to China. A Chinese auto company said Sunday it had adopted Tai Shan, a much-loved panda that has just arrived in China from its birthplace in the United States, in a 60,000-dollar corporatedeal.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)

Senior Zoo Curator Brandie Smith feeds four and a half-year-old ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:28:48 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - Senior Zoo Curator Brandie Smith feeds four and a half-year-old giant panda Tai Shan a piece of pear shortly before the panda left the National Zoo for China in a steel crate in Washington,DC on February 4. A Chinese auto company said Sunday it had adopted Tai Shan, a much-loved panda that has just arrived in China from its birthplace in the United States, in a 60,000-dollar corporate deal.(AFP/POOL/File/Jacquelyn Martin)

Elderly ladies are seen at the Franco-German border in Strasbourg, ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:27:22 GMT

(AFP) - Elderly ladies are seen at the Franco-German border in Strasbourg, Easter France in 2009. Certain people carry a genetic variant that could shave three or four years off their life, according to a new study.(AFP/Patrick Hertzog)

EU Commissioner for Agriculture and rural development Mariann ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:26:14 GMT

(AFP) - EU Commissioner for Agriculture and rural development Mariann Fischer Boel gives a press conference to present the "Euro-leaf" logo, a green leaf design incorporating the 12 stars of the EU logo, selected for EU organic products at the EU headquarters in Brussels. The Euro-leaf designed by Dusan Milenkovic, a student from Germany, was the online favourite, picking up 63 percent of the votes cast.(AFP/John Thys)

Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from launch pad 39A at NASA's ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:19:01 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts reached orbit after a successful launch from the Kennedy Space Center here, NASA has said.(AFP/Getty Images/Eliot J. Schechter)

Graphic presentation of US space shuttle Endeavour, due to be ...

(AFP GRAPHIC) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:19:01 GMT

(AFP GRAPHIC) - Graphic presentation of US space shuttle Endeavour, due to be launched from the Kennedy Space Center. The US space shuttle Endeavour on Monday soared into orbit carrying an observation deck for the International Space Station, a seven-windowed dome offering breathtaking views.(AFP GRAPHIC)

The space shuttle Endeavour STS-130 lifts off from Kennedy Space ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:19:01 GMT

(AFP) - The space shuttle Endeavour STS-130 lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts blasted off and headed for the International Space Station to deliver a module dubbed Tranquility.(AFP/Bruce Weaver)

Bricks of coal stacked on a flatbed tricycle await delivery ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:10:00 GMT

(AFP/File) - Bricks of coal stacked on a flatbed tricycle await delivery to be used for cooking and heating in traditional hutong neighborhood homes in Beijing as a cyclist rides past in 2009. A massive Australian coal export deal with China, seen as boosting the economy and creating jobs, would ultimately result in enormous greenhouse gas emissions, The Greens political party said Sunday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

A South China tiger at a nature reserve in South Africa. Fewer ...

(AFP) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:25:34 GMT

(AFP) - A South China tiger at a nature reserve in South Africa. Fewer than 50 wild tigers remain in China, a conservation group said as it voiced hope that the Year of the Tiger will not be the last for the endangered cats.(AFP/Alexander Joe)

A tiger cools off from summer heat in a pool at a Chinese zoo ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:25:34 GMT

(AFP/File) - A tiger cools off from summer heat in a pool at a Chinese zoo in Hefei, Anhui province. Fewer than 50 wild tigers remain in China, a conservation group said as it voiced hope that the Year of the Tiger will not be the last for the endangered cats.(AFP/File/Str)

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward ...

(Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:12:06 GMT

(Canadian Press) - THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John ...

(Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:40:01 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John Raoux)

Mission specialists Bob Behnken and Kay Hire, walk out of the ...

(Canadian Press) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:34:11 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Mission specialists Bob Behnken and Kay Hire, walk out of the Operations and Check-Out Building at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Terry Renna)