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...extension, whether we should really be concerned about potentially catastrophic temperature increases over the coming century. They further point out that plants may indeed thrive in a future with higher carbon dioxide levels - after all, greenhouses pump in extra CO2 to encourage growth - but they fail to note that hotter summers and increasing droughts could threaten agriculture. They assert that sea levels can rise only 1.5 ft. over the coming century, ignoring the very real risk of accelerated melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which would multiply that number. They downplay the risks of carbon dioxide...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Are the Freakonomics Folks Off Base on Global Warming? | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...place a restructuring plan that mainly targets operating efficiency in its supply chain. Many financial analysts are lukewarm about the company's prospects because of the weak consumer-spending climate and the tough competition. "Benetton remains under pressure from multiple angles" is how Citigroup phrased it in a research note earlier this year that is typical of Wall Street sentiment. Alessandro in turn is critical of Wall Street and says the family fortunately ignored the advice of investment bankers to leverage up before the crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benetton's Faded Colors | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...detects ovulation by monitoring a woman's temperature and the amount of cervical mucus. But this process is not 100% accurate. And several studies on climate change note that the best way to protect the planet is to have fewer children. "Around the world, more than 40% of pregnancies are unintended, and full access to birth control is still unmet," says Jim Daniels, Trojan's vice president for marketing. "Meeting that unmet need would translate into billions of tons of carbon dioxide saved...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sex and the Eco-City: Getting It On Is Getting Greener | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...addendum, the graphic should, in fact, also reference Harvard and/or Yale, the instructions note...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang | Title: H-Bomb Wants You (Clothed, This Time) | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

...addendum, the graphic should, in fact, also reference Harvard and/or Yale, the instructions note...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang | Title: H-Bomb Wants You (Clothed, This Time) | 10/25/2009 | See Source »

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