Elderly Indian farmer walks

An elderly Indian farmer walks over the cracked, dry bed of the river which usually feeds the paddy fields in the Nalgonda district in 2010. A global population explosion combined with the steady effects of climate change are forecast to create a worldwide food shortage in the next 10 years.

Climate change study

A climate change study that projected a 2.4 degree Celsius increase in temperature and massive worldwide food shortages in the next decade was seriously flawed, scientists said Wednesday.A climate change study that projected a 2.4 degree Celsius increase in temperature and massive worldwide food shortages in the next decade was seriously flawed, scientists said Wednesday.

Contrails are seen

Contrails from the space shuttle Discovery are seen just after launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 2010. Like two strangers in the night, a US spacecraft and a speeding comet will dash by one another on Valentine's Day, NASA said Wednesday, and skywatchers are eager to see what happens.

Proyecto de Huaca Las Ventanas

Handout picture released by Proyecto de Huaca Las Ventanas showing one of the pieces found at the ceremonial centre Las Ventanas, in the historic sanctuary Bosque de Pomac, in Lambayeque, 800 km north of Lima. Archaelogists have found the tomb of a noble leader of the Sican culture, containing human remains of more than 1,100 years old, as well as a mask, crown and gold and silver objects