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Vitousek is currently focusing on the problem of global nitrogen, the element that makes up 80% of the atmosphere. Nitrogen is also found in fossil-fuel exhaust and is a principal ingredient in fertilizer. Spread too much of it around, and it can throw off the planet's biological balance, triggering explosive growth in some species and suffocating others. "That's a huge alteration in how the world works," Vitousek says. "Our capacity to change the earth means we must manage this." For a man who didn't even much care for science at first, that's quite a mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecology: Ecosystems Analyst | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

...Pistolwhip" gives you plenty for your money. The design alone outclasses many books put out by more experienced comix creators. Matt Kindt and Jason Hall should be watched, if they don't exhaust themselves first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Almost Too Much | 8/10/2001 | See Source »

...year-old Peter Falconio, six months into the Australian leg of their round-the-world holiday, were cruising in their orange Volkswagen campervan?Falconio at the wheel?when a white four-wheel-drive pickup drew alongside. The driver gestured that he could see sparks coming from the exhaust of the campervan and, after some discussion about whether to heed him, the couple pulled over. Falconio inspected the van with the stranger, then came to the front and asked Lees to rev the engine. When he walked behind the van again, Lees heard a bang. It was the last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror Australia | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...mine, Mr. President, but I do believe it might work for this one. The pre-eminent nation in the world is also the most polluting - we're far ahead of the rest of the world in the geopolitical and economic race, and yet Earth is choking on our exhaust. The American consumer is ready for this. After all, you're sending us all a check for $300 - why not give us something more inspiring to spend it on than a Palm Pilot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My Plan to Save the World | 7/20/2001 | See Source »

...HPRE currently estimates that in fifteen years, Harvard will exhaust all potential to grow in Cambridge...

Author: By Matthew F. Quirk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's New Frontier | 6/7/2001 | See Source »

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