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09/02/2010 05:48 PM
Earl's path along northeast is not well-worn (AP)
     

Graphic shows the location and projected path of Hurricane Earl as of 2 p.m. EDT, ThursdayAP - Pushed by an ill-timed trough of low pressure, Hurricane Earl is heading uncomfortably close to an area relatively few hurricanes tend to go: the Northeast coastline.
09/02/2010 07:22 AM
UN: Climate funds shouldn't divert poverty aid (AP)
     AP - The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.
09/01/2010 03:44 AM
Famed Tasmanian devil euthanized after tumor found (AP)
     

FILE - In this Wednesday, May 21, 2008 file photo, a Tasmanian devil searches for food in his enclosure at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. The Tasmanian devil population has plummeted by 70 percent since Devil Facial Tumor Disease was first discovered in 1996. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)AP - A Tasmanian devil named Cedric, once thought to be immune to a contagious facial cancer threatening the iconic creatures with extinction, has been euthanized after succumbing to the disease, researchers said Wednesday.
09/02/2010 07:20 PM
Why Is So Much Oil In the Gulf of Mexico? (LiveScience.com)
     LiveScience.com - An explosion on the Mariner Energy oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico is the latest in a series of drilling-related disasters in the Gulf.
09/03/2010 03:42 AM
Japan whale meat case echoes apartheid: Greenpeace chief (AFP)
     

Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo speaks to the press with Greenpeace Japan member Junichi Sato beside him, in Tokyo, on September 3. Two japanese activists, includung Sato, are to face possible jail terms for stealing a box of whale meat in a trial the environmental group says will test the country's limits on political activism.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - Greenpeace chief Kumi Naidoo on Friday likened Japan's treatment of two of its anti-whaling activists to the tactics of the former apartheid regime he once campaigned against in his native South Africa.
09/03/2010 02:32 AM
BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill costs hit $8 billion (Reuters)
     Reuters - BP Plc said on Friday the cost of dealing with its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico had risen to $8 billion and that it was two weeks away from sealing the well for good.
09/02/2010 09:30 PM
NASA Aims to Plunge Car-Sized Probe Into the Sun (SPACE.com)
     SPACE.com - NASA is developing an ambitious new mission to plunge a car-sized probe directly into the sun's atmosphere, boldly going where no spacecraft has gone before.
09/01/2010 07:50 PM
Exercise Can Counteract Obesity Genes, Says Study (Time.com)
     Time.com - A new study finds people who are genetically predisposed to obesity may benefit most from physical activity
09/01/2010 09:12 PM
Thanks to high-tech, storm track easier to predict (AP)
     

Gladys Rubio answers phone calls, at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 as powerful Hurricane Earl wheeled toward the East Coast, driving the first tourists Wednesday from North Carolina vacation islands and threatening damaging winds and waves up the Atlantic seaboard over Labor Day weekend.(AP Photo/J Pat Carter)AP - Sophisticated computer models that replaced instinct with cold, hard math have helped forecasters predict where a storm like Hurricane Earl is going about twice as accurately as 20 years ago.
09/02/2010 06:38 PM
African livelihoods at risk as species threatened: IUCN (AFP)
     

Ugandan fishermen collect fish from a net in Kabukanga on Rukwanzi Island, Uganda. Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Walter Astrada)AFP - Millions of Africans may lose a key source of livelihoods as a fifth of freshwater African species are threatened with extinction, the updated Red List of endangered species showed Thursday.
09/02/2010 02:30 PM
Mass Extinction Threat: Earth on Verge of Huge Reset Button? (LiveScience.com)
     LiveScience.com - Mass extinctions have served as huge reset buttons that dramatically changed the diversity of species found in oceans all over the world, according to a comprehensive study of fossil records. The findings suggest humans will live in a very different future if they drive animals to extinction, because the loss of each species can alter entire ecosystems.
09/03/2010 12:06 AM
Thai firm rejects Indonesian oil spill cash claim (AFP)
     

World Wildlife Fund-issued photo shows a man looking at a residue left by the Montara oil rig leak in the pristine Timor Sea. The Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over the major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen.(AFP/HO/WWF/File/Kara Burns)AFP - A Thai-owned firm Friday rejected Indonesia's 2.4 billion US dollar compensation claim over a major oil spill off Australia's north which campaigners say hit the livelihoods of thousands of poor fishermen.
09/02/2010 06:40 AM
The nation's weather (AP)
     

The Weather Undergrpind forecast for Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, shows that Hurricane Earl will cause conditions to deteriorate across the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Thursday as it approaches the coast. While the storm is expected to pass out to sea, tropical storm force winds are likely at the coast. (AP Photo/Weather Underground)AP - Hurricane Earl was forecast to rapidly approach the East Coast on Thursday, bringing unsettled weather to the North Carolina coast.
09/02/2010 05:33 PM
Asteroid Diversity: Mixed Bag of Space Rocks Found Near Earth (SPACE.com)
     SPACE.com - A new survey of asteroids near Earth by a NASA space telescope has found a much wider variety of the space rocks than previously thought, with some shiny and bright while others are dark and dull.
09/01/2010 03:42 PM
Stem cell firms defend record after criticism (Reuters)
     Reuters - Cell therapy companies in China and Germany who were criticized by British experts warning of the dangers of "stem cell tourism" defended themselves on Wednesday, saying their safety records were good.
09/02/2010 11:25 PM
Explosion on Gulf of Mexico oil platform (AFP)
     

In this image courtesy of KATC3 news channel in Lafayette, Louisiana, an offshore oil platform burns in the Gulf of Mexico 90 miles (145 kilometers) south of the Louisiana coast. An oil platform explosion Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to jump into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster.(AFP/KATC3)AFP - An oil platform explosion in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to dive into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster.
09/02/2010 10:02 PM
Typhoon kills 5 South Koreans (AP)
     

People look at a vehicle damaged by a fallen branch after Typhoon Kompasu hit in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The typhoon slammed into South Korea on Thursday, killing three people in what officials said was the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years. The driver of the car is safe as the person was not in the car. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The death toll from Typhoon Kompasu, which battered the Korean peninsula with strong winds and heavy rains, rose to five in South Korea, an official said Friday.