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...Europe Due For A Big Chill?" [Dec. 12], Time mentions that climate experts have some reservations about the effects of global warming on weakening North Atlantic Ocean currents. I am surprised that they have not taken into account the speed of global deforestation. Warmer oceans absorb less atmospheric carbon dioxide, so we depend increasingly on the world's remaining vegetation to filter the air for us. Because vegetation is the only means by which carbon dioxide is converted into life-giving oxygen, we need to start seriously thinking more about controlling deforestation. We should establish a massive international reforestation program...
...thought the roof of my house was coming off,? said Lynette Roby. One group of miners had lingered close to the mine entrance and was able to escape. Another group of 13 had ventured about 2.5 miles into the shaft and was trapped in a cloud of dust and carbon monoxide. One member of this group, fire boss Marty Bennett, had been traveling a few hundred feet in the rear, monitoring oxygen levels, and was killed instantly by the blast. The first group of miners ran into the shaft to try and save their friends, but was forced...
...first foray as a feature film director, she falters because the movie is too attached to the stage production. Out of fear of losing what was best about the show, the creative team has changed almost nothing. The sets, the costumes, and the performances are carbon copies of its predecessor.Recent movie musicals such as “Chicago” and “Moulin Rouge” were successes because they went beyond the limitations of a stage production. In “The Producers,” a static camera, minimal editing and washed-out lighting give...
...THIS EARTH NICK BRANDT African wildlife has never looked so regal and mysterious as in Brandt's grave photographs. His elephants appear as weighty as the pyramids. His rhinos look more ancient than carbon. His apes know something we don't. Given the multitude of human disasters in africa, is it an indulgence to lose yourself in pictures that carry no hint of the wars and famines outside the frame? Not when the pictures are such powerful reminders that africa is also a magnificent--and endangered--treasure house of animal life...
...door. $10. (JDMC)Sunday, Dec. 4 Opportunes-Pitches Winter Concert 2005. The Harvard Opportunes and the Radcliffe Pitches perform their annual joint a capella concert. Sanders Theatre. 3 p.m. Tickets available through the Harvard Box Office, (617) 496-2222. $12 general admission, $7 students. (AMF)WBOS Holiday Show with Carbon Leaf, Duncan Sheik, Brandi Carlile. Indie rock band Carbon Leaf will perform from 3-4:30 p.m. and the repertoire will include the single “Life Less Ordinary.” An old favorite, Duncan Sheik—best known for the ’90?...