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...global warming, and that increased tourism has made mountain communities more vulnerable. Swiss studies indicate that Alpine glaciers have receded between 5% and 40% since the early 1970s. At the same time, previously remote mountain areas have been developed for skiing and other forms of tourism. Many experts are now concerned that as the glaciers recede, the natural risks associated with them are increasing. "Over the last 20 years, we've seen higher temperatures and more melting," says François Valla, a glacier expert with Grenoble's Cemagref research center. "We're seeing new lakes forming everywhere." To deal...
Because this charge is less serious than conspiracy against the government and because his case has generated great concern in the U.S., Yang could be released within the next few months, according to former Harvard Law School Professor Jerome A. Cohen. Cohen is an expert on the Chinese legal system and serves as legal adviser to Yang’s wife...
Debates about the efficacy of vegetarianism follow us from cradle to wheelchair. In 1998 child-care expert Dr. Benjamin Spock, who became a vegetarian late in life, stoked a stir by recommending that children over the age of 2 be raised as vegans, rejecting even milk and eggs. The American Dietetic Association says it is possible to raise kids as vegans but cautions that special care must be taken with nursing infants (who don't develop properly without the nutrients in mother's milk or fortified formula). Other researchers warn that infants breast-fed by vegans have lower levels...
...handling of the skirmish. Conservatives have used the battle to accuse Kim of being soft on Pyongyang and to trash the President's Sunshine Policy of North-South dEtente. "The Sunshine Policy used to be a major asset for Kim and his allies," says Moon Chong In, an expert on Korean politics at Yonsei University. "All of a sudden it has become a major liability...
Joining Melvoin and Pritzker as new members will be Frances D. Fergusson, president of Vassar College and Professor of Art; William F. Lee ’72, Managing Partner of the law firm Hale and Dorr, LLP and an expert in intellectual property issues; and Jaime Sepulveda, Dean of the School of Public Health of Mexico and world health adviser...