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  1. A NASA satellite image of iceberg B17B (C), floating southwest off the West Australian coast. Australian authorities Friday issued a shipping alert over a gigantic iceberg that is gradually approaching the country's southwest coast. The Bureau of Meteorology said the once-in-a-century cliff of ice dislodged from Antarctica about a decade ago before drifting north(AFP/Australian Antarctic Division/Ho)
    Australia shipping alert over massive iceberg AFP - Fri Dec 11, 2:34 AM ETSent 3,179 times

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian authorities Friday issued a shipping alert over a gigantic iceberg that is gradually approaching the country's southwest coast.

  2. An unusual light phenomenon above the Norwegian city of Skjeroy. Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said Thursday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway.(AFP/SCANPIX/Anita Olsen)
    New Russian missile failure sparks UFO frenzy AFP - Thu Dec 10, 12:14 PM ETSent 1,989 times

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said Thursday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway.

  3. The 2009 US Capitol Christmas tree in Washington, DC. A US lawmaker, describing himself as unhappy about the trend of replacing "Merry Christmas" with "Season's Greetings" or "Happy Holidays," has introduced a symbolic resolution to preserve Christmas.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla)
    Real Christmas Trees 'Greener' than Fake LiveScience.com - Thu Dec 10, 1:16 PM ETSent 597 times

    It may not sound like "tree-hugging," but cutting down a real tree for Christmas is actually greener than going with the artificial kind, one scientist says.

  4. Snow-covered Pir Panjal mountain range in Kashmir is seen from the window of a passenger airplane November 20, 2009.  REUTERS/Fayaz Kabli    (INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR ENVIRONMENT)
    Snow at Highest Elevations No Longer Pure LiveScience.com - Thu Dec 10, 9:41 AM ETSent 467 times

    The pure white snow atop the Andes Mountains may not be so pure after all. Scientists have found traces of toxic pollutants called PCBs in snow samples taken from Aconcagua Mountain, the highest peak in the Americas.

  5. New Star Found in Big Dipper SPACE.com - Thu Dec 10, 10:15 AM ETSent 364 times

    One of the stars that makes the bend in the ladle's handle, Alcor, has a smaller red dwarf companion, new observations have revealed.

  6. An activist dressed as a polar bear holds a sign urging the U.S. to stick to the safe limit of 350 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere, at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Friday Dec. 11, 2009. The largest and most important UN climate change conference is underway in Copenhagen, aiming to secure an agreement on how to protect the world from calamitous global warming. (AP Photo/Heribert Proepper)
    Tough bargaining still ahead at UN climate talks AP - 54 minutes agoSent 225 times

    COPENHAGEN - After a week of U.N. climate talks, some money is finally on the table and a draft agreement has been circulated. Now the really hard bargaining begins.

  7. Did Ancient Sicilians Build Temples to 'Fit In?' LiveScience.com - Fri Dec 11, 9:46 AM ETSent 193 times

    Ancient Greeks living in Sicily built their sacred temples to face the rising sun, new research suggests.

  8. More than 1,000 Catfish Species Are Venomous LiveScience.com - Fri Dec 11, 8:32 AM ETSent 98 times

    At least 1,250 species of catfish are venomous, a new study finds.

  9. This undated handout artist rendering provided by the National Science Foundation shows the newly discovered Triassic, carnivorous dinosaur, Tawa hallae.  Newly described dinosaur fossils from New Mexico are helping scientists better understand the early development of these ancient creatures. The six-to-12 foot long, meat-eating creature, Tawa hallae, is described in Friday's edition of the journal Science. (AP Photo/Artwork by Jorge Gonzalez)
    New fossils shed light on evolution of dinosaurs AP - Thu Dec 10, 5:21 PM ETSent 92 times

    WASHINGTON - Newly described dinosaur fossils from New Mexico are helping scientists better understand the early development of these ancient creatures. The 6-to-12 foot-long, meat-eating creature, Tawa hallae, is described in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

  10. 'Gem' of a Meteor Shower Underway SPACE.com - Thu Dec 10, 2:15 PM ETSent 87 times

    If you missed out on last month's Leonid Meteor Shower, don't fret. What potentially will be the best meteor display of the year is just around the corner, scheduled to reach its peak during the overnight hours of Dec. 13-14. The Geminid Meteor Shower, in fact, is already underway.

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  1. Australia shipping alert over massive iceberg AFP - Fri Dec 11, 2:34 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian authorities Friday issued a shipping alert over a gigantic iceberg that is gradually approaching the country's southwest coast.

  2. Emissions-producing diesel trucks and cars pass non-polluting windmills along the 10 freeway on December 8 near Banning, California. The US Congress has yet to pass a comprehensive plan on climate change but it is taking action on one front -- ordering an in-depth "carbon audit" of the tax code.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)
    Tough bargaining still ahead at UN climate talks AP - 54 minutes ago

    COPENHAGEN - After a week of U.N. climate talks, some money is finally on the table and a draft agreement has been circulated. Now the really hard bargaining begins.

  3. FILE - in This Wednesday, April 30, 2009 file photo, smoke billows from brush fire near Bukit Tiga Puluh natural forest in Riau, Sumatra island, Indonesia. For Indonesian farmers, burning down rainforests is the cheapest and fastest way to clear land for palm oil and paper pulp plantations. The millions of acres they burn every year has made their southeast Asian nation the world's third-largest producer of greenhouse gases. And, environmentalists warn, the powerful forestry and agricultural industry will likely stymie any efforts to crack down. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)
    Hurdles remain even if climate deal is reached AP - Fri Dec 11, 9:25 AM ET

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - For Indonesian farmers, burning down rain forests is the cheapest and fastest way to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations.

  4. Did Ancient Sicilians Build Temples to 'Fit In?' LiveScience.com - Fri Dec 11, 9:46 AM ET

    Ancient Greeks living in Sicily built their sacred temples to face the rising sun, new research suggests.

  5. New Russian missile failure sparks UFO frenzy AFP - Thu Dec 10, 12:14 PM ET

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia's new nuclear-capable missile suffered another failed test launch, the defence ministry said Thursday, solving the mystery of a spectacular plume of white light that appeared over Norway.

  6. Real Christmas Trees 'Greener' than Fake LiveScience.com - Thu Dec 10, 1:16 PM ET

    It may not sound like "tree-hugging," but cutting down a real tree for Christmas is actually greener than going with the artificial kind, one scientist says.

  7. Snow at Highest Elevations No Longer Pure LiveScience.com - Thu Dec 10, 9:41 AM ET

    The pure white snow atop the Andes Mountains may not be so pure after all. Scientists have found traces of toxic pollutants called PCBs in snow samples taken from Aconcagua Mountain, the highest peak in the Americas.

  8. More than 1,000 Catfish Species Are Venomous LiveScience.com - Fri Dec 11, 8:32 AM ET

    At least 1,250 species of catfish are venomous, a new study finds.

  9. New fossils shed light on evolution of dinosaurs AP - Thu Dec 10, 5:21 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Newly described dinosaur fossils from New Mexico are helping scientists better understand the early development of these ancient creatures. The 6-to-12 foot-long, meat-eating creature, Tawa hallae, is described in Friday's edition of the journal Science.

  10. Stuck Mars rover struggles with faulty wheel AP - Thu Dec 10, 5:38 PM ET

    PASADENA, Calif. - A faulty wheel on the Mars rover Spirit is complicating efforts to free it from a sand trap where it has been stuck for the past eight months.

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  1. Interactive graphic on climate change, the leading polluting countries in the world and the progression of global warning.(AFP iactiv)
    Hurdles remain even if climate deal is reached AP - Fri Dec 11, 9:25 AM ET

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - For Indonesian farmers, burning down rain forests is the cheapest and fastest way to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations.

  2. Did Ancient Sicilians Build Temples to 'Fit In?' LiveScience.com - Fri Dec 11, 9:46 AM ET

    Ancient Greeks living in Sicily built their sacred temples to face the rising sun, new research suggests.

  3. Alexander Bedritsky, head of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, seen here in 2007. Russia on Friday hit back at critics accusing it of dragging its feet on climate change, saying it had to ensure economic development as the industrial collapse after the Soviet Union's fall had to be taken into account.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)
    Russia defends climate change targets AFP - Fri Dec 11, 1:26 PM ET

    MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Friday hit back at critics accusing it of dragging its feet on climate change, saying it had to ensure economic development as the industrial collapse after the Soviet Union's fall had to be taken into account.

  4. Senators propose new approach to climate issue AP - Fri Dec 11, 2:04 PM ET

    WASHINGTON - Two senators on Friday offered yet another approach to tackling climate change, proposing the government sell pollution allowances to industry to cut greenhouse gas emissions and then use most of the money to send tax-free monthly checks to every American.

  5. FILE - In an April 24, 2007, file photo Sarah Viet, a fermentation research analyst for ethanol producer Poet, adds water to a beaker of ground corn stover at Poet's lab in Sioux Falls, S.D. A new government report about how increased biofuels use is affecting the nation's water supply says Northern Plains farmers use much more water to produce a gallon of corn ethanol than growers in other areas. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers, File)
    GAO: Northern Plains corn ethanol uses more water AP - Fri Dec 11, 9:18 AM ET

    SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Farmers in the Northern Plains use considerably more water to produce a gallon of corn ethanol than growers in other parts of the country, according to a new government report examining whether increased biofuels use could drain the nation's water resources.

  6. Greenpeace protesters demonstrate on the roof a Unilever factory in Port Sunlight near Liverpool, in north west England, in 2008. Anglo-Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever said Friday it was severing ties with an Indonesian palm oil supplier accused by environmental organisation Greenpeace of destroying rainforests.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)
    Unilever drops palm oil supplier criticised by Greenpeace AFP - Fri Dec 11, 12:19 PM ET

    THE HAGUE (AFP) - Anglo-Dutch food and cosmetics giant Unilever said Friday it was severing ties with an Indonesian palm oil supplier accused by environmental organisation Greenpeace of destroying rainforests.

  7. Terra do Sol ranch cattle graze in 2003 in western Brazil. Half of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions come from cattle ranchers clearing Amazon jungle for pasture, and from their herds passing methane, a new study prepared for the Copenhagen climate summit say.(AFP/File/Antonio Scorza)
    Half of Brazil greenhouse gases from ranches, cows: study AFP - Fri Dec 11, 1:51 PM ET

    SAO PAULO (AFP) - Half of Brazil's greenhouse gas emissions come from cattle ranchers clearing Amazon jungle for pasture, and from their herds passing methane, a new study prepared for the Copenhagen climate summit say.

  8. More than 1,000 Catfish Species Are Venomous LiveScience.com - Fri Dec 11, 8:32 AM ET

    At least 1,250 species of catfish are venomous, a new study finds.

  9. US launches audit to cut carbon AFP - Fri Dec 11, 4:00 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Congress has yet to pass a comprehensive plan on climate change but it is taking action on one front -- ordering an in-depth "carbon audit" of the tax code.

  10. Lumumba Stanislaus Di-Aping, Sudanese chief negotiator for the G77 countries, delivers a speech in the Bella Center in Copenhagen. Developing nations at the UN climate conference rejected as "insignificant" on Friday an EU pledge of 7.2 billion euros (10.6 billion dollars) to help them tackle global warming.(AFP/SCANPIX/Jens Astrup)
    EU offers 7.2 bln euros in climate aid AFP - Fri Dec 11, 8:15 AM ET

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - European Union nations have agreed to give 7.2 billion euros (10.6 billion dollars) to help developing nations tackle climate change, the Swedish EU presidency announced on Friday.

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