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Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance Ministers ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:59 GMT

(AFP) - Chancellor Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph outside the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews. G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.(AFP/Derek Blair)

World Bank president Robert Zoellick (L) and Italian Central ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:59 GMT

(AFP) - World Bank president Robert Zoellick (L) and Italian Central Bank president Mario Draghi arrive for a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph in St Andrews, in Scotland. G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.(AFP/Derek Blair)

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble attends a press conference ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:59 GMT

(AFP) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble attends a press conference following the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St Andrews, in Scotland. G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde speaks to the media ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:51:59 GMT

(AFP) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde speaks to the media following the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St Andrews, in Scotland. G20 countries committed to work for an "ambitious outcome" at next month's vital UN climate change conference after meeting Saturday, but fell short of agreeing a figure on climate funding.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)

A guest walks past a life-sized lion statue for auctioning at ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:52:01 GMT

(AFP) - A guest walks past a life-sized lion statue for auctioning at the Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) in Nairobi. A life-sized lion statue with US President Barack Obama's face painted on it has helped raise some 170,000 dollars (114,000 euros) for lion conservation in Kenya, the auctioneer said Saturday.(AFP/Simon Maina)

Guests walk past life-sized lion statues for auctioning at the ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:52:01 GMT

(AFP) - Guests walk past life-sized lion statues for auctioning at the Kenyan Wildlife Service (KWS) in Nairobi. A life-sized lion statue with US President Barack Obama's face painted on it has helped raise some 170,000 dollars (114,000 euros) for lion conservation in Kenya, the auctioneer said Saturday.(AFP/Simon Maina)

KC Space Pirates team member Dan Leafblad is reflected in the ...

(Canadian Press) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:26:05 GMT

(Canadian Press) - KC Space Pirates team member Dan Leafblad is reflected in the mirror of the laser used by his team in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Reed Saxon)

People pack Kennedy Point Park in Titusville, Fla. Wednesday ...

(Canadian Press) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:25:03 GMT

(Canadian Press) - People pack Kennedy Point Park in Titusville, Fla. Wednesday morning Oct. 28, 2009 to watch the test launch of NASA's 327 foot Ares I-X rocket as it lights up the sky after liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Florida Today, Craig Rubadoux

A Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta, is displayed in a tank ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:36:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - A Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta, is displayed in a tank during the annual Taiwan International Aquarium Expo in Taipei in November 6. Taiwanese breeders said Saturday they are hoping to make huge profits from a rare species of ornamental shrimp after a pair sold for 8,500 US dollars at auction.(AFP/File/Sam Yeh)

A girl runs in front of real size monument of Russian space ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:17:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - A girl runs in front of real size monument of Russian space rocket Soyuz at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in May 2009. The first Russian rockets to be fired into space next year from a space centre in distant South America were Saturday to begin the long voyage to the launch site from Saint Petersburg.(AFP/File/Dmitry Kostyukov)

Russians watch the launch of model rockets in Saint-Petersburg ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:17:36 GMT

(AFP/File) - Russians watch the launch of model rockets in Saint-Petersburg in April 2009. The first Russian rockets to be fired into space next year from a space centre in distant South America were Saturday to begin the long voyage to the launch site from Saint Petersburg.(AFP/File/Kirill Kudryavtsev)

General view of the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland, ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:30:48 GMT

(AFP) - General view of the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland, where the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting is being hosted. The G20 is committed to an "ambitious outcome" at December's UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, it has said in a communique after talks, but has not agreed a figure for climate finance.(AFP/Derek Blair)

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, seen here during an interview ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:12:13 GMT

(AFP) - Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, seen here during an interview with AFP in Nairobi, has criticised a walkout by African states during climate talks in Barcelona as "grandstanding," and said it did not help developing countries' case.(AFP/Tony Karumba)

British finance minister Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:00:13 GMT

(AFP) - British finance minister Alistair Darling attends a G20 Finance Ministers group photograph outside the Fairmont Hotel, in St Andrews, Scotland. Hosts Britain have urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.(AFP/Derek Blair)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech at the ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:00:13 GMT

(AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech at the Royal College of Defence Studies in London. Hosts Britain have urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.(AFP/Oli Scarff)

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (left) arrives with ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:13:37 GMT

(AFP) - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde (left) arrives with Domonique Strauss-Khan of the International Monetary Fund pictured at the Fairmont Hotel in Saint Andrews. Hosts Britain have urged G20 finance ministers to put aside their differences and strike a deal on climate funding despite fading hopes for an accord at key UN talks next month.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)

Chancellor Alistair Darling arrives for the evening dinner at ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:14:46 GMT

(AFP) - Chancellor Alistair Darling arrives for the evening dinner at the Fairmont Hotel in Saint Andrews, as part of the G20 Finance Ministers and Bank Governors Meeting. Hosts Britain have told the G20 it has "no reason to give up" on a new climate change deal, as finance ministers meet for talks on bolstering the world economy and green finance.(AFP/Geoff Caddick)

Scientist Greg Browne sits next to one of six 70 million-year-old ...

(AFP/HO) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:16 GMT

(AFP/HO) - Scientist Greg Browne sits next to one of six 70 million-year-old footprints found in various locations in the Nelson region. They are the first dinosaur footprints found in New Zealand although bones, mostly vertebrae, have been found in two North Island locations. Browne, a sedimentologist, believes the footprints belonged to sauropods -- plant-eating dinosaurs.(AFP/HO)

An artist's impression of a sauropod. 70 million-year-old ...

(AFP/HO/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:16 GMT

(AFP/HO/File) - An artist's impression of a sauropod. 70 million-year-old footprints have been found in six locations in the Nelson region of New Zealand, the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the country's South Island. It is believed that the footprints belonged to sauropods -- plant-eating dinosaurs which were among the largest animals to have lived.(AFP/HO/File)

In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international ...

(AP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:34:25 GMT

(AP) - In this image provided by NASA, the Russian segment of the international space station is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 18 crewmember during a spacewalk Tuesday March 10, 2009.

Photovoltaic panels, which convert laser light into electrical ...

(Canadian Press) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:40:28 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Photovoltaic panels, which convert laser light into electrical energy similar to solar panels, are seen on the bottom of the LaserMotive entry in the $2 million Space Elevator Games at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. In a the test of the concept, robotic machines powered by laser beams will try to climb a cable suspended from a helicopter, on a course 900 meters (2,953 feet) high. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Reed Saxon)

Skeleton of a dinosaur is pictured on display at a Tokyo museum. ...

(AFP) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:33:08 GMT

(AFP) - Skeleton of a dinosaur is pictured on display at a Tokyo museum. Scientists have discovered the first evidence that dinosaurs roamed the South Island of New Zealand with 70-million-year-old footprints found in six locations. They are the first dinosaur footprints found in the country although bones, mostly vertebrae, have been discovered in two North Island locations.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)

A wind turbine complex is seen on the Zhemo Mountain in the ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:31:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - A wind turbine complex is seen on the Zhemo Mountain in the outskirts of Dali, in China's southwestern province of Yunnan. Over the last two years, China has made extensive use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), created under the Kyoto Protocol, to set up green projects such as wind farms, small hydro projects or methanisation units.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

A junk collector walks through a dump on the outskirts of Kunming. ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:31:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - A junk collector walks through a dump on the outskirts of Kunming. Over the last two years, China has made extensive use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), created under the Kyoto Protocol, to set up green projects such as wind farms, small hydro projects or methanisation units.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

Wind turbine complex is pictured on the Zhemo Mountain on the ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:31:16 GMT

(AFP/File) - Wind turbine complex is pictured on the Zhemo Mountain on the outskirts of Dali, China's southwestern province of Yunnan. Over the last two years, China has made extensive use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), created under the Kyoto Protocol, to set up green projects such as wind farms, small hydro projects or methanisation units.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)

Technicians with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics ...

(AFP/NASA/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:49:15 GMT

(AFP/NASA/File) - Technicians with The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) prepare the MESSENGER spacecraft in 2004. The US space probe MESSENGER's third and final fly-by of the planet Mercury in September revealed an almost complete view of the solar system's smallest planet, leaving only the polar regions to be surveyed, NASA said.(AFP/NASA/File)

An illustration of the US space probe MESSENGER. The US space ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:49:15 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - An illustration of the US space probe MESSENGER. The US space probe MESSENGER's third and final fly-by of the planet Mercury in September revealed an almost complete view of the solar system's smallest planet, leaving only the polar regions to be surveyed, NASA said.(AFP/Graphic/Anibal Maizcaceres)

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, second from right, visits ...

(Canadian Press) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:31:19 GMT

(Canadian Press) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, second from right, visits a facility specializing in communications technologies in Fryazino, outside Moscow. Medvedev urged his government to find resources for building a prospective nuclear-powered spaceship. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Maxim Shipenkov, Pool)

Carpenters build a boat in Elinkine, nestled in the deep mangroves ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:12:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Carpenters build a boat in Elinkine, nestled in the deep mangroves on the mouth of the Casamance River, in Senegal's southern province of the same name. A Senegalese environmental NGO has announced it has planted 34 million mangrove trees in three months in a project largely financed by French dairy giant Danone to offset its carbon footprint.(AFP/File/Georges Gobet)

Haze over Beijing in August. UN climate talks headed into their ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:25 GMT

(AFP/File) - Haze over Beijing in August. UN climate talks headed into their final sessions in Barcelona amid scant progress towards a post-2012 pact and anger that a timetable to conclude the deal next month could slip by up to a year.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

This handout picture by the environmental group Greenpeace shows ...

(AFP/HO) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:25 GMT

(AFP/HO) - This handout picture by the environmental group Greenpeace shows activists hanging a banner reading "Climate Chaos, Who is to Blame?" hanging from the Cristobal Colon statue in Barcelona. Talks on a new UN climate pact headed for a wrap in Barcelona, leaving a roster of bitterly divisive issues to be hammered out at next month's showdown in Copenhagen.(AFP/HO/Pedro Armestre)

An exhibit on climate change in Mexico City?s Papalote children?s ...

(AFPTV) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:10:25 GMT

(AFPTV) - An exhibit on climate change in Mexico City?s Papalote children?s museum aims to raise awareness of global warning in one of the world?s top oil producers. Although Mexico has led global efforts to combat climate change, the issue is still new at home. Duration: 01:40(AFPTV)

Chinese President Hu Jintao, pictured in October 2009, said ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:06:36 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - Chinese President Hu Jintao, pictured in October 2009, said his nation supported the peaceful use of outer space Friday, days after his air force commander sparked concerns by saying an arms race in space was inevitable.(AFP/POOL/File/Kota Kyogoku)

Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace hang a banner ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:11 GMT

(AFP) - Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace hang a banner reading "Climate Chaos, Who is to Blame?" from the Cristobal Colon statue in Barcelona. The United States said it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.(AFP/Lluis Gene)

Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace stage an extreme ...

(AFP) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:00:15 GMT

(AFP) - Activists of the environmental group Greenpeace stage an extreme weather event for delegates arriving at the UN climate talks on November 5. The United States said it could still present proposals for curbing its carbon emissions at next month's climate change meeting in Copenhagen, even if Congress was still debating global warming legislation.(AFP/Lluis Gene)

UNFCCC executive secretary, Yvo de Boer. Forty heads of state ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:49:52 GMT

(AFP/File) - UNFCCC executive secretary, Yvo de Boer. Forty heads of state or government have signalled they will attend the world climate talks in Copenhagen next month, UN climate chief Yvo de Boer has said.(AFP/File/Pornchai Kittiwongsakul)

A woman undertakes a scan on her unborn child. A baby's ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:55:09 GMT

(AFP/File) - A woman undertakes a scan on her unborn child. A baby's very first cry is audibly shaped by the language heard while in the womb, according to a new study.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)

Kim Carstensen, Director of the WWF Global Climate Initiative, ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:15:33 GMT

(AFP/File) - Kim Carstensen, Director of the WWF Global Climate Initiative, gives a press conference in Tokyo 2008. UN climate talks headed into their final sessions here Friday amid scant progress towards a post-2012 pact and anger that a timetable to conclude the deal next month could slip by up to a year.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)

Greenhouse gas emissions for G8 and G5 countries for 2008-09. ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:01 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Greenhouse gas emissions for G8 and G5 countries for 2008-09. Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on the final countdown to a crunch climate meeting.(AFP/Graphic)

File photo shows a man riding his tricycle past a coal-fired ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo shows a man riding his tricycle past a coal-fired power station on the outskirts of Beijing. Asia-Pacific powers including the United States, China and Russia are expected to call next week for sweeping cuts in greenhouse gas emissions on the final countdown to a crunch climate meeting.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)

View of the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - View of the Syncrude oil sands extraction facility near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 25. Greenpeace is calling for an end to oil sands mining in the region due to their greenhouse gas emissions and have recently staged sit-ins which briefly halted production at several mines.(AFP/File/Mark Ralston)

Joseph Wasilewski, wildlife biologist, captures a wild python ...

(AFP/Getty Images) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:08:22 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images) - Joseph Wasilewski, wildlife biologist, captures a wild python on the side of the Tamiami Trail road that cuts through the Florida Everglades on September 16. Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate.(AFP/Getty Images/Joe Raedle)

File photo of a 12-foot (3.65m) Burmese python that was captured ...

(AFP/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:08:22 GMT

(AFP/File) - File photo of a 12-foot (3.65m) Burmese python that was captured in the backyard of a home in south Miami, Florida.(AFP/File/Robert Sullivan)

VIDEO: Previously unknown in Florida, many species of snakes ...

(AFPTV) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:08:22 GMT

(AFPTV) - VIDEO: Previously unknown in Florida, many species of snakes -- such as boa constrictors and pythons -- are so well adapted to the State's subtropical climate that it's not unusual to see them in the streets of Miami. Duration: 00:01:31(AFPTV)

US Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed through a sweeping climate ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:25:48 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - US Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed through a sweeping climate change bill, maneuvering an end-run around opposition Republicans who continued their boycott of deliberations. "We are pleased that despite the Republican boycott we have been able to move this bill forward," said committee chair Democrat Barbara Boxer, pictured in October 2009, after the vote.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)

A fishermen hauls out the tuna during the "Almadraba" ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:05:54 GMT

(AFP/File) - A fishermen hauls out the tuna during the "Almadraba" (fishing of the tuna) in Zahara de los Atunes, southern Spain in 2006. An international fisheries group set up to protect Atlantic tuna has done the opposite and driven one species of the fish, the bluefin, to the edge of extinction, environmentalists said Thursday.(AFP/File/Jose Luis Roca)

Facts on the bluefin tuna. An international fisheries group ...

(AFP/Graphic) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:05:54 GMT

(AFP/Graphic) - Facts on the bluefin tuna. An international fisheries group set up to protect Atlantic tuna has done the opposite and driven one species of the fish, the bluefin, to the edge of extinction, environmentalists said Thursday.(AFP/Graphic)

Greenpeace climbers hang a giant banner reading, "Time ...

(AFP/Greenpeace/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:05:54 GMT

(AFP/Greenpeace/File) - Greenpeace climbers hang a giant banner reading, "Time and Tuna are running out" at a meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas in 2007. An international fisheries group set up to protect Atlantic tuna has done the opposite and driven one species of the fish, the bluefin, to the edge of extinction, environmentalists said Thursday.(AFP/Greenpeace/File/Sedar Celik)

The Ares I-X test rocket lifts off successfully from Pad 39B ...

(Canadian Press) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:41:04 GMT

(Canadian Press) - The Ares I-X test rocket lifts off successfully from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.(THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/John Raoux)

Students observe a globe during their visit to Papalote Children's ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:41:01 GMT

(AFP/File) - Students observe a globe during their visit to Papalote Children's museum in Mexico city in November 4. Children in one of the world's most polluted cities are learning through a new exhibition how carbon dioxide emissions heat and transform the planet.(AFP/File/Luis Acosta)