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Koalas, penguins at risk of extinction: study
AFP – Mon Dec 14, 6:27 am ET

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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Climate change threatens the survival of dozens of animal species from the emperor penguin to Australian koalas, according to a report released Monday at the UN climate summit. Full Story »
Tense atmosphere clouds climate talks
AP – 36 mins ago

AP

COPENHAGEN - The atmosphere at the U.N. climate conference grew more tense and divisive after talks were suspended for most of Monday's session — a sign of the developing nations' deep distrust of the promises by industrial countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story »
Gore: Polar ice may vanish in 5-7 years
AP – 23 mins ago

AP

COPENHAGEN - New computer modeling suggests the Arctic Ocean may be nearly ice-free in the summertime as early as 2014, Al Gore said Monday at the U.N. climate conference. This new projection, following several years of dramatic retreat by polar sea ice, suggests that the ice cap may nearly vanish in the summer much sooner than the year 2030, as was forecast by a U.S. government agency eight months ago. Full Story »
China might not take climate change funding: FT
AFP – Sun Dec 13, 11:08 pm ET

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BEIJING (AFP) - China has said it might not take a share of any funding for emerging nations to fight climate change, the Financial Times reported Monday, in an apparent concession at fraught talks in Copenhagen. Full Story »
Exxon Mobil makes $29B bet on natural gas
AP – 1 hr 7 mins ago

AP

Exxon Mobil, the world's largest publicly traded oil company, is making a $29 billion bet that pressure to curb climate change will mean natural gas — cleaner than coal and suddenly much easier to reach — will become a crucial source of U.S. power. Full Story »
Raul Castro: Copenhagen a failure before it starts
AP – Sun Dec 13, 9:30 pm ET

AP

HAVANA - Raul Castro on Sunday declared the global climate summit in Copenhagen a failure from the start and urged leftist Latin American leaders to devise their own plan on how to cope with climate change. Full Story »
Coal still king in China, despite climate pledge
AFP – Mon Dec 14, 2:36 am ET

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LINFEN, China (AFP) - The choking soot that coats Linfen is testament to an inconvenient truth behind Beijing's promises to curb its greenhouse gas emissions: cheap and carbon-belching coal remains king in China. Full Story »
NASA Launches New Sky-mapping Telescope
SPACE.com – Mon Dec 14, 9:30 am ET

NASA launched a new space observatory Monday to scan the skies for new celestial objects in infrared light. Full Story »
Schwarzenegger urges US action on climate change
AFP – Mon Dec 14, 12:06 am ET

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LONDON (AFP) - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger urged Monday the US government to take the lead in the fight against climate change, as he prepares to head to Copenhagen for the UN summit. Full Story »
African protest hits U.N. climate talks in final week
Reuters – 2 hrs 10 mins ago

Reuters

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A protest by African nations accusing rich countries of doing too little to cut greenhouse gas emissions slowed U.N. climate talks on Monday just four days before world leaders are due to forge a deal in Copenhagen. Full Story »
World's mayors tackle climate change on their own
AP – Mon Dec 14, 4:36 am ET

AP

COPENHAGEN - It isn't easy getting Italy's city dwellers out of their Fiats, off their Vespa scooters and onto bicycles to ride to work, "like here in Copenhagen," says an Italian environmental official. Full Story »
DNA map shows pandas may lack meat taste buds
AP – Mon Dec 14, 6:45 am ET

AP

BEIJING - Genome mapping showing that pandas may prefer a bamboo-based diet because they can't taste meat could unlock secrets to ensuring the survival of the endangered species. Full Story »
Saturn's Eccentric Orbit Could Explain Moon's Lopsided Lakes
SPACE.com – Mon Dec 14, 8:15 am ET

Saturn's eccentric orbit might be the cause of the uneven distribution of ethane and methane lakes on the ringed planet's moon, Titan. Full Story »
Clock ticking to get UN climate deal: Miliband
AFP – Mon Dec 14, 5:14 am ET

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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband urged negotiators on Monday to work faster to clear away a thicket of problems threatening the global warming talks ahead of a UN summit here on Friday. Full Story »
Study Reveals Why Infants Can't Walk
LiveScience.com – Mon Dec 14, 3:10 pm ET

Scientists have figured out the underlying reason why human babies can't walk at birth while foals and other hoofed animals get up and go within hours of being born. Turns out, all mammals essentially take their first steps at the same point in brain development. Full Story »
Saudi, Canada worst ranked in efforts to cut emissions
AFP – Mon Dec 14, 5:50 am ET

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BERLIN (AFP) - Saudi Arabia and Canada did the least this year to cut their greenhouse gas emissions and fight global warming, two European pressure groups said in a report Monday. Full Story »
Super-Earths Found Around Sun-Like Stars
SPACE.com – Mon Dec 14, 12:00 pm ET

Four newfound planets orbiting two nearby stars add weight to the promise of detecting habitable worlds within the next few years, researchers said today. Full Story »
'Space Jellyfish' and Cosmic Blobs Seen by Hubble Telescope
SPACE.com – Mon Dec 14, 11:31 am ET

An odd array of 30 newly released images from the Hubble Space Telescope reveal planetary systems in the making. Full Story »