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...Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Doha, Qatar. The decision, for which conservationists had long been lobbying, could pave the way toward the most wide-ranging protections ever put in place for a major commercial marine species. "This announcement could be a real turning point in the fight to protect the tuna," says Susan Lieberman, director of international policy at the Pew Environment Group and a veteran of the CITES process. "This will help ensure the future of this endangered fish." (See pictures of the tuna trade in Asia...
What's changed, she thinks, may be that warmer water pouring into the sea from Siberia's north-flowing rivers have raised the sea-bottom temperature to the point where the methane, much of it stored under pressure in the form of methane hydrates, can begin to break free. Unlike the permafrost on land, says Shakhova, soil under the sea floor is always hovering at close to the melting point because of its proximity to unfrozen seawater. Anthropogenic (that is, human-caused) warming may be the last straw...
...your movies so long? -Carolina A. Miranda, Brooklyn [Laughs.] Well, Carolina, I'd like to point out that Avatar is almost half an hour shorter than Titanic, so I'm improving. I've probably had more people ask me why Avatar was so short. (See more about Avatar at Techland.com...
...will affect cinema? -Josh Coppenbarger, Normal, Ill. Obviously there's a milestone with Avatar in terms of the emotionality of CG characters that will have acceptance from here on. I think we're at an interesting stage where if we can imagine it, we can create it. At this point, it's down to storytelling and imagination...
...jumping from one successful project to another. He created the brilliant Beatles-Jay-Z Grey Album mashup in 2004, he formed Gnarls Barkley and Dangerdoom, and he's produced albums by artists such as Gorillaz and Beck. But Danger Mouse (whose real name is Brian Burton) is quick to point out that his latest collaboration, with Shins front man James Mercer, isn't a one-time experiment. He and Mercer have formed a fully realized band, Broken Bells, and their first album - also called Broken Bells - comes out March 9. (See the top 10 albums...