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...that way. On Sept. 25, 2002, his 50th birthday, he hopes to rise to his feet, lift a glass and toast the people who have helped him through the past few years. "I wouldn't bet the farm on it," he says. "But there's a chance it might happen...
...more than a decade, researchers have been learning to overcome these problems, figuring out ways to heal damaged cords and switch the power back on in spines long since gone dead. Even if Reeve and others don't walk by 2002, there is no limit to what may happen in the decades that follow. Says clinical neurologist Ira Black of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in Piscataway, N.J.: "There's been a revolution in our view of the spinal cord and its potential for recovery...
...accept that there has been moderate warming, we turn to computer models to see if humans are to blame and what will happen to the earth's climate in the future. These models are complex because climate depends on thousands of things, from Antarctic sea ice to sub-Saharan soil conditions. While the electronic simulations are monuments to the ingenuity and perseverance of their creators, they provide us with, at best, a fuzzy view of the future. They have difficulty handling factors like clouds and ocean currents (two major influences on climate), and if you fed the climate...
...exiting the last Ice Age. Temperatures during the Ice Age were 5[degrees]C (10[degrees]F) cooler than they are now, and there was a series of incidents during which global temperatures changed as much as 10[degrees]F in a matter of decades. If that were to happen now, expanding oceans might flood coastlines and generate fiercer storms. And as weather patterns changed, some places could get wetter and some dryer, and the ranges of diseases could expand. Civilization has seen--and endured--such changes in the past, but they may come much more swiftly this time, making...
...question remains, What exactly are we supposed to be afraid of? What's going to happen in 2025 if we gain, say, an average of 5 lbs. each...