Word: hotter
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...case, with the overall number of storms worldwide holding about steady - in fact, some scientists argue that warming might actually bring about a reduction in the overall frequency of storms. But the Nature paper argues that warmer sea-surface temperatures will result in stronger storms, because hotter oceans mean the developing storms can draw more warm air, which powers the storm. "Hurricanes are driven by the transfer of energy from the ocean to the atmosphere," says Kerry Emanuel, a meterologist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "As water warms, the ability of water to evaporate goes up, and a greater...
...anger is actually hotter than other anger. When he's being smug, he's smugger. He's emotion-plus.' JON STEWART, comedian, on the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Senator Joe Biden...
...today. The NEEM scientists, whose ice cores should track back to that period, want to find out how the Greenland ice sheet reacted to the warming - with the hope that it will give us clues to Greenland's fate in a future that is sure to be hotter...
...grove, and cool-packed to reach the French coast no more than three to four days after they're picked. In addition to the crop from El Phil's 124 acres (50 ha) in Grombalia, the company plays middleman for watermelons, nuts and dates purchased from the hotter and dryer south of Tunisia. As it's just a 36-hour voyage by ship from Tunis to Marseilles, El Phil mainly targets the French market; the home page on his office computer is a weather map of France. "If it's raining there, I know not to try to sell watermelons...
...learned, also, that the farther south in Europe your opponent's roots, the more dazzling the footballing and the hotter the tempers. Get the Italians mad at each other, and you've got a good shot at winning. Get ahead of a Greek team, and get ready for a fightback. Or at least a fight: the Greeks are people with a tremendous culture and history - and they play every game like it's a World Cup - but my experience has been that when a Greek walks onto the pitch his passion for the game is such that...