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Originally from Omaha, Mendenhall and David Broecker (bass) played together for eight years in various guitar bands before moving into piano song writing in Seattle. Although the city is most famous for its early 90s grunge scene, Seattle is now home to a healthy indie pop scene that includes Pedro the Lion and Death Cab For Cutie. The Prom joined the burgeoning scene about three years ago, when Mendenhall and Broecker teamed up with drummer Joel Brown...
Thompson is an important figure in part because what he does is unique. While most glaciologists focus on polar regions, he has targeted the long-neglected ice fields of the tropics. "Lonnie went against the grain," says influential paleoclimatologist Wallace Broecker of Columbia University, and in so doing, Thompson has helped overturn the long-standing belief that the planet's so-called Torrid Zone is merely a passive responder to swings of climate, as opposed to an active participant...
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