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...midair deflection of a shot from sophomore Alex Biega from the blue line. The Crimson ultimately fell in overtime against a flurry of Boston College advances. But under Taylor’s leadership, Harvard took a major step in the right direction in ending their 15-year Beanpot title drought and setting the tone for the rest of the season. “We knew how special this opportunity was and how lucky you are to get this chance,” Taylor said. “You can’t take it for granted. We played desperate...
While the season-opening split with Dartmouth seems so long ago, the Crimson will take its 1-1 Ancient Eight record to Penn (5-12) and Princeton (3-12) this weekend, looking to end a long drought against the two perennial Ivy powerhouses...
WUHAN, CHINA Yangtze River suffers from a severe drought...
...Russia. Conservatives who have jumped the fence on global warming have done so chiefly because of this issue. Many were convinced after a panel of retired generals and admirals delivered a report last year warning of the security implications of rising temperatures, including resource wars and refugees fleeing drought and famine. "I often find people remain skeptical of global warming," says James Woolsey, a former director of the Central Intelligence Agency under former U.S. President Bill Clinton. "But when you start talking about the effect it could have on security, suddenly green things like [solar power] sound a lot better...
...there are tipping points. In 2004, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) traded a modest $2.2 billion in weather futures - obscure derivatives that are linked to temperatures in 29 cities worldwide and that enable traders to bet on hot or cold spells. But the weather was unusually volatile in 2005: drought and floods in Europe, record heat in Australia and an active storm season capped by Hurricane Katrina in the U.S. By the end of the year, CME had traded $36 billion in weather futures...