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...world's leading democracy and sole superpower can be so ignorant and not endorse the Kyoto treaty. If he did so, Bush would be making the biggest short-term contribution to reducing global warming. Each of us, however, must make an effort to show our respect for Mother Earth. I do my part by driving an electric car in town, and there is no sacrifice in that. Emil S. Werring Oslo With the mass of evidence showing that our planet is in dire straits, I find it unbelievable that wealthy (and presumably intelligent and educated) people still buy SUVs...
...issue's publication coincides with Earth Day celebrations, but the real inspiration for the theme came from jewelry designer John Hardy, who lives and works in a wholly sustainable home and factory in Bali. When I first met with him in New York City about a year ago, Hardy talked about the notion of sustainable luxury and the idea of constantly thinking about and creating environmentally friendly products and buildings. Initially, it seemed absurd to correlate luxury and sustainability, but there was something compelling about his passion for the concept. Here we take a closer look at the success...
...Cambridge and Boston are as vulnerable to damages caused by earthquakes as San Francisco because of Boston’s weak ground, not because of subterranean tectonic activity. Eva E. Zanzerkia ’97, an associate program director in the National Science Foundation’s division of earth sciences, found in research done at Harvard that Boston’s thousand acres of man-made fill and river basins actually amplify seismic waves. According to Zanzerkia’s research, earthquake shocks that enter this softer ground become trapped and echo around the area rather than slowing...
...college ultimately fulfills all of Viswanathan’s heaven-on-Earth dreams. Viswanathan’s Harvard is a place where no one has to pretend, where competition dies, passion lives, and “social life” is something richer than binge-drinking on tabletops...
...them to, the worms all migrated to the region of the water that was roughly 50 degrees Celsius. This effectively mapped out the temperature range the organisms could tolerate, according to Girguis. The worms’ natural habitat is “as hot as the hottest deserts on Earth,” Girguis said. Because water conducts heat so well and because worms are unable to regulate their internal body temperature, their insides are exposed to the full brunt of the temperature, he said. “It’s really interesting to see life try to push...