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...gorillas, not to mention small populations of okapi, red river hogs, mandrills, wolf monkeys and about 70 other exotic species. The exhibit is intended not only to attract visitors but also to direct their attention--and their dollars--toward the plight of the animals' native habitat in the Congo basin, an area about the size of Western Europe that finds itself under relentless assault from loggers, poachers and chronic civil unrest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Urban Gorillas | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

...recent years, the world has become a brutally hard place to be a gorilla. Although there are still more than 130,000 gorillas in the Congo basin, they are being killed and crowded out at an alarming rate. By one estimate, 800 gorillas in Cameroon ended up as "bush meat" last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Urban Gorillas | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

Power sees "the beautifully restored Memorial Hall tower ruling over Harvard because William James has long since been demolished," describing the tower as "oasis in the Charles River basin, which is now much, much larger due to the effects of global warming...

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard 2100 | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

Power sees "the beautifully restored MemorialHall tower ruling over Harvard because WilliamJames has long since been demolished," describingthe tower as an "oasis in the Charles River basin,which is now much, much larger due to the effectsof global warming...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: `I See Water' | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

According to Hooper Professor of Geology PaulF. Hoffman, Shaw is currently working withProfessor of Geophysics Jeroen Tromp to constructa computer model of the rock around the LosAngeles basin...

Author: By Valerie DE Charette, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Researchers Discover New Fault Under L.A. | 3/9/1999 | See Source »

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