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...Wirth decided to schedule another hearing in the summer, hoping hot weather would make people pay attention to the greenhouse issue. Sure enough, when the hearing convened last June 23, the thermometer read 99 degrees F, a Washington record for that day. The room was packed when James Hansen, head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, turned global warming into front- page news at last. "It is time to stop waffling so much," he declared. "The evidence is pretty strong that the greenhouse effect is here...
...Hansen thus became perhaps the most prominent scientist willing to say straight out that the earth-warming effect of excess carbon dioxide (CO2) and other gases generated by industry and agriculture had crossed the line from theory into fact. By itself, Hansen's bold assertion was dramatic enough. But the unusual string of weather-related disasters that struck the world last summer could not have been better timed to drive his point home. The heat waves, droughts, floods and hurricanes may be previews of what could happen with ever increasing frequency if the atmosphere warms 3 degrees...
Harvard closed out the scoring with seven minutes left in the game. Freshman Buffy Hansen scored off a shot from the blue line to send the Crimson into double digits...
Other freshmen include Buffy Hansen, Ceci Clark, Sarah Colt, Ginny Simonds and Lauren Messmore. Co-Captain Julia Trotman thinks this strong incoming class will offset the loss of last year's seven seniors...
...melting of polar ice caps and glaciers that will cause sea levels to rise several feet by mid-century. By then it is probable that more CO2 production, from sources as diverse as industry and rampant deforestation, will play an increasingly important role in heating up the earth. Even Hansen's scientific critics hope his testimony, however premature, will prod people into taking measures to ease the greenhouse effect by conserving energy and cutting back on burning fossil fuels. The alternative, though, may be even less pleasant for many. As Democratic Senator Wendell Ford of Kentucky pointed out last week...