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...After last week's destruction, few people can fail to realize that Europe's weather may be taking a serious turn for the worse. And regardless of the role of global warming, there are measures that can be taken to prevent the same thing happening again. Bernhard Pelikan, a hydrologist at the Institute for Water Economy in Vienna, says the flooding in Austria was especially severe because of deforestation, intensive agriculture and heavy settlement around the river plains. All of these things, Pelikan argues, stop excess water from draining away and as a result "floods are higher and the water...
This year, honorary degrees will be awarded to: Samuel H. Beer, Robert A. Dahl, Gertrude B. Elion, Seamus J. Heaney, John H. Johnson, Jaroslav Pelikan, Mary Robinson, Henry Rosovsky and Jean-Pierre Serre...
...Jaroslav Pelikan...
Another senior Yale professor, Pelikan hasstudied Christianity and the history of theChristian Church for more than half a century...
...Pelikan is a member of President Clinton'sCommittee on the Arts and Humanities and wasappointed Jefferson Lecturer by the NationalEndowment for the Humanities...