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...outcome doesn't look good. In a new study published April 13 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), scientists at UA found that water-deprived piñon pines raised in temperatures about 7° Fahrenheit (4° Celsius) above current averages died 28% faster than pines raised in today's climate. It's the first study to isolate the specific impact of temperature on tree mortality during drought - and it indicates that in a warmer world trees are likely to be significantly more vulnerable to the threat of drought than they are today. "This raises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dire Fate of Forests in a Warmer World | 4/14/2009 | See Source »

...future of the climate: "With the marked increase in temperature changes, very important alterations will take place in nature. Trees will grow faster and will become more fragile... Much more serious: many more coastlines could become uninhabitable. Seven of the worlds biggest cities are ports, and a third of the world's population lives on a coastline... Eco-exiles will become ten times more numerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What the World Will Look Like by 2050 | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...have really awesome coaching and I think we will get to sail the boats faster next weekend during our fleet races,” Konstadt said. “We need to work on going faster, as can be seen from this past weekend, so I think it is a good time for us to compete in fleet competitions...

Author: By Thomas D. Hutchison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Comes up Short on Charles | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

Hartford Connection. The LimoLiner luxury bus service, which has leather recliners, free wi-fi, TV and radio, is adding a stop in Hartford, Conn., on its New York City-Boston route starting April 16. The Hartford-New York City trip takes about two hours and 15 minutes - faster than the train, which requires a change in New Haven. The bus picks up passengers at the Hilton at 1335 Avenue of the Americas in New York City and drops off at the corner of Church and Trumbull streets in Hartford. A one-way introductory rate of $39 is available until July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Celebrate! It's Spring Festival Season | 4/13/2009 | See Source »

...Yale (16-16, 5-5) defeated Harvard, 7-4, in the first game of the doubleheader, and the Bulldogs won the nightcap, 4-2, at a frigid Soldiers Field.“In the seventh inning we started scoring some runs, but obviously we need to find the runs faster,” co-captain Hayley Bock said.The games came on the heels of Saturday’s rainouts, also against Yale, which will be made up Tuesday at 2 p.m.YALE 4, HARVARD 2For the second consecutive game, Harvard headed into the last inning with an uphill battle to face...

Author: By Zachary H. Richner, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Swept by Bulldogs in Sunday Twinbill | 4/12/2009 | See Source »

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