Word: icing
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...Shackleton Crater at the south lunar pole. Parts of the region are bathed in sunlight more than 70% of the time, just the thing for the outpost's solar panels. What's more, ridges and hills cast patches of ground in equally deep shadow, meaning a possible supply of ice that could be used for drinking water and hydrogen and oxygen fuel...
...human actions. As you might expect from a book assembled to convince you that something very unpleasant is afoot, the images are sobering. All the same, there's a considerable wow factor in the aerial and space photography the editors frequently use to illustrate their points about melting ice caps, advancing deserts and rising sea levels. They have a particular thing for discouraging compare-and- contrast shots of sights like Iraqi wetlands before and after being drained by Saddam Hussein, the disappearance of the once permanent snow on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro and, worst of all, the sinister...
Happy Feet? Athletes to run in Antarctica It's nearly summer there, but still--competitors in the Antarctic Ice Marathon, the world's southernmost 26.2-mile race, will brave the frigid foothills of the Ellsworth Mountains this week...
...real reason for the switch was that an employee needed 24 fewer seconds to draw an espresso--a double shot of productivity. "People struggled with it," says Silvia Peterson, director of store operations engineering. The new machine was at odds with the Starbuckian notion of a "handcrafted" beverage. An ice dispenser that would have eliminated time spent scooping was rejected as a step too far. "It was big and QSR-like," says Peterson--QSR being an abbreviation for quick-serve restaurant, as in fast food, anathema to Starbucks. "It was a lot of stainless steel...
...this colorful cast actually play for the No. 4 Harvard women’s hockey team. With an 11-2 overall record, the Crimson may be on the heels of one of its best seasons in recent memory, but the team stays focused by keeping it light off the ice. Three awards are given out after every game or every two games—a hard-hat, a duck, and a boa. While these awards might not come in the form of a shiny Oscar, they are just as prestigious to these Crimson skaters. Take the hard-hat award...