Tuna conservation talks in Japan

   A major effort to reverse the dramatic decline in global tuna stocks gets under way in Japan.
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Japan meeting seeks to save tuna from extinction (Reuters)

   

Reuters - Illegal fishing has depleted global stocks of tuna and governments need to take bold action to save some critically endangered species, the WWF conservation group said on Monday ahead of a conference on the topic in Japan.

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Explorers set mark in Antarctica journey (AP)

   AP - A team of British and Canadian explorers endured seven weeks of howling winds and subzero temperatures to become the first expedition to reach the geographic center of Antarctica without any mechanical assistance.
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Messy Southeast and Southwest Monday (weather.com)

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Canada to spend $25M on rainforest plan (AP)

   AP - Canada announced Sunday it will spend $25 million to protect one of the largest intact temperate rainforests left in the world.
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Damaged ship leaks over 200 tons of oil (AP)

   

AP - A damaged ship grounded off the English coast leaked more than 200 tons of oil, leaving a five-mile sheen on the surface of the water and threatening the nearby coastline, officials said Sunday.

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Snow showers, flurries parts of NE Monday (weather.com)

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Programs let homes produce green power (AP)

   

AP - When the sun shines bright on their home in New York's Hudson Valley, John and Anna Bagnall live out a homeowner's fantasy. Their electricity meter runs backward.

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New Warnings on Climate Change

   The main international body on climate change is closing in on its strongest statement yet linking emissions from burning fossil fuels to rising global temperatures.
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Wintry weather in many areas (weather.com)

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Novel computed imaging technique uses blurry images to enhance view

   Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a novel computational image-forming technique for optical microscopy that can produce crisp, three-dimensional images from blurry, out-of-focus data.
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Bush record on energy security mixed (AP)

   

AP - A year after warning America of its addiction to oil, President Bush is expected to renew concerns about energy security in his State of the Union address. But will the rhetoric be followed by action? Up to now, the record has been mixed.

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Major quake hits off Indonesia (AFP)

   

AFP - A major 6.5-magnitude undersea earthquake has rocked Indonesia's northern Sulawesi province, the country's meteorology agency said, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or serious damage.

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Are you a giver? Brain scan finds the truth

   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Altruism, one of the most difficult human behaviors to define, can be detected in brain scans, U.S. researchers reported on Sunday.
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Kenyon lauds Chelsea's 'healthy tension' (AFP)

   

AFP - Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon has insisted there was a "healthy tension" at the Premiership champions amidst reports that manager Jose Mourinho has fallen out with the Stamford Bridge club's Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich in a row over transfer policy.

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U.N. panel to step up warnings on climate

   OSLO (Reuters) - A U.N. climate panel is set to give its strongest warning yet that human use of fossil fuels is stoking global warming, informed sources said on Friday.
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Brain study finds the stuff of daydreams

   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Daydreaming seems to be the default setting of the human mind and certain brain regions are devoted to it, U.S. researchers reported on Friday.
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Major quake hits off Indonesia but no tsunami risk (AFP)

   

AFP - A major 6.5-magnitude undersea earthquake has rocked Indonesia's northern Sulawesi province, the country's meteorology agency said, but it added there was no risk of a tsunami despite earlier fears.

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Midwest snow, Mid-Atlantic Mix, Southern Rain (weather.com)

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Sperm secrets of male seahorses uncovered

   LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have uncovered for the first time secrets about how male seahorses produce their young that could prove valuable in conservation efforts to save the vulnerable species.
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Midwest snow (weather.com)

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US ethanol boom squeezes world corn supply (AFP)

   

AFP - Corn prices have hit their highest levels in more than a decade, fueled by US government pressure for higher production of ethanol as an alternative power source for cars.

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Cargo vessel docks safely with space station

   MOSCOW (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian Progress supply vehicle docked with the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) early on Saturday to deliver a 2.5 ton cargo of fuel, oxygen supplies, food and equipment.
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Alaska to get British-style temperatures - study

   LONDON (Reuters) - Parts of the world could heat up by over 10 degrees Celsius (18 Fahrenheit) this century with big areas becoming uninhabitable, according to a climate prediction experiment.
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