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...problem: that's not how climate change is likely to unfold. Instead, scientists worry about potential tipping points - triggers that, once reached, could lead to sudden and irrevocable changes in the climate, almost without warning. It's the same phenomenon of sudden collapse that can be seen in any number of complex systems that seem perfectly stable, until they're not - ecosystems, financial markets, even epileptic seizures. The trick is to identify the warning signs that indicate a tipping point - and collapse - are about to be reached and to take action to avoid them. (Read "Heroes of the Environment...
...students started shopping, classes were packed all around—often overflowing into hallways—with a disproportionate number of these courses counting toward the Core Curriculum. Though College administrators were able to predict that General Education classes would be large since freshmen have just one "U.S. in the World" class to look at this fall, they may have forgotten that there are still all those sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are under a curriculum that has already "shuffled off its mortal coil," in English professor James Simpson's words over a year...
Applications to the program increased significantly, to 843 from 630 in 2008. The number of students admitted also increased from 106, but Leopold said that there is no direct correlation between the number of applicants and the number admitted...
...April information session in Boylston Hall, Leopold emphasized that “this program was not designed for Harvard College.” Still, the 27 Harvard College students admitted represent an increase over last year’s number, when 22 entered the program...
...That is not a managed number,” Leopold said. “We are looking for people best suited to this program.” She noted that students in the program come from 51 colleges and universities...