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...helping to change that. The marine biologist is leading the U.S. delegation at this week's World Climate Conference in Geneva, where delegates from more than 150 nations are meeting to craft a better global alert system for climate change. That means disseminating information down to the local level - how global warming could impact fisheries, farming, human health, even tourism. "What we need is a formal system that all people can trust to access vital information that can save their lives and protect property and economies," said Michel Jarraud, secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization. "It's not only...
...happen to the entire climate the further out they look, the same predictions get fuzzy over the near term, or regionally instead of globally. That can be remedied in part by spending more on climate science and building the kind of models that can drill down below the global level to the regional or even the municipal, giving the governor of Florida or the mayor of New York City enough data, for example, to prepare locally for global warming. "Knowing what will happen at the end of the century isn't really that useful to someone managing water...
...founders perceived as a void in formal leadership training at the College. “There was no real dedicated office to leadership,” said Ben L. Brinkopf ’11, president of the Institute. “There was no leadership institute at the undergrad level.” Now, Coleman said, the grant will allow the organization the opportunity to grow. “At a time when financial resources are tight around the University, this gives the Leadership Institute the confidence to move forward with a lot of different initiatives that they were hoping...
...phenomenon a "formless street scene" with three tiers. The first is petty criminals who may or may not have gang affiliations. Then there are actual gangs such as Crips, Bloods and MS-13, whose members wear colors, use hand signs and tags and stake out turf. At the highest level is organized crime like the Mafia, which largely eschews violence (until deemed necessary) because it's bad for business...
Most of the crime, Kennedy says, takes place on a level between the petty crooks and thugs, which in cities like Baltimore represents the lion's share of violence. He says the so-called gangs are really just informal street groups that represent an overwhelming share of the violence. "They are not killing each other over money or turf," he says. "They are killing each other over honor and vendettas." And while these groups are small, their effect is wide. A Cincinnati study, in which Kennedy participated, found that "street groups" accounted for three-tenths of 1% of the city...