Word: glacially
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...happened to walk into the Temple of Earth in Beijing - the nearly 500-year-old monument where Chinese emperors once prayed for good harvests - on Aug. 28, you would have noticed a steady drip. The environmental group Greenpeace placed ice sculptures of 100 children - made of the glacial meltwater that feeds China's great rivers - inside the temple to symbolize the risk that climate change and disappearing ice poses to the 1 billion-plus people in Asia who are threatened by water shortages...
...actually cold outside or not, you see signs of cold everywhere. The street in front of my house, for example, is very badly frost-heaved, so it has big waves in the street. Looking in the mountains that I can see outside my window, there is very obvious glacial erosion that creates these beautiful U-shaped alpine valleys. And the wildlife around here, of course, is all adapted to the cold. What better topic to write about than something that's right in your face all the time? (Read about identifying the great blob of Alaska...
...Woodring hopes that Project Kaisei will awaken people to the fact that the plastic they throw in the garbage doesn't just disappear. "Anyone who has ever been on the beach and seen plastic debris can understand this," he says. "This isn't like glacial melting or tropical deforestation, which might not be in your home territory. This is something that everyone can see and touch and make a difference...
...Turkey - now the home of the scholar Kashgari's original manuscript - the Uighurs' plight strikes an emotional chord. And for most outsiders, dusty, remote Kashgar still holds a powerful romantic mystique. Enduring beside billowing sands and beneath glacial peaks, it has charmed and thrilled travelers from Marco Polo to the modern backpacker clutching a Lonely Planet guide. Its knife smiths and livestock bazaars drip with exoticism, exuding a living history at the edge of the world. But as Chinese authorities begin to smash Kashgar's ancient heart, its fabled allure may end up as just that - a fable...
...proceed in Britain was made on the basis that Cherney's life and freedom could be at risk in Russia and he might not get a fair trial there. The ruling, effectively implying that the Russian court system could not be trusted, has done little to help thaw glacial diplomatic relations between Moscow and London. Still, it signaled another reason why British law firms are finding no shortage of high-profile Russian clients...