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...organism--famously dubbed Gaia by environmentalist James Lovelock-- has probably been overworked, but that's not to say the planet can't behave like a living thing, and these days, it's a living thing fighting a fever. From heat waves to storms to floods to fires to massive glacial melts, the global climate seems to be crashing around us. Scientists have been calling this shot for decades. This is precisely what they have been warning would happen if we continued pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, trapping the heat that flows in from the sun and raising global temperatures...
...greedy, growing world is fast running out of resources, two of them being oil and freshwater. Maybe we have to rethink our priorities. It might be better to build pipelines to ship pure glacial water to thirsty parts of the world, as I haven't met anyone yet who drinks oil. Patti Tetrault Truro, Massachusetts...
...tropical frog species are disappearing. What more evidence do we need? Shane Nodurft Chicago Our greedy, growing world is fast running out of resources, two of them being oil and freshwater. Maybe we have to rethink our priorities. It might be better to build pipelines to ship pure glacial water to thirsty parts of the world, as I haven't met anyone yet who drinks oil. Patti Tetrault Truro, Massachusetts, U.S. Risky Operation U.N. Ambassador John Bolton's answer to your question about the possibility of a more aggressive response to the genocide in Darfur was quite telling...
...moment, though, even a place like Shanghai, hardly known for glacial temperatures, is cashing in on China's ski boom. The city is home to Asia's largest indoor ski dome, Yinqixing (Seven Silver Stars). With a slope that's just 380 m long, the $36 million facility isn't designed for serious ski bums. The steepest section of the hill is only 17 degrees, the snow feels more like Sno-Cone crystals than real powder and there are no lifts?just an escalator that takes skiers partway up the slope. Still, a Yinqixing spokesman says the facility has recorded...
...Mountaineering Club against the Outing Club. The final race was a battle between the non-continental states in the form of Team Hawaii and the Alaskan flag-wearing Outing Club. Spectators agreed that the Klub succeeded in bringing frontier spirit to Harvard. “I can taste the glacial water and the elegant call of the great American bald eagle,” said spectator Michael L. Manco-Johnson ’08, as he munched on the complimentary Alaskan wild salmon provided by the Klub. Members of the losing teams also enjoyed the festivities and post-race excitement...