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...Given the lack of a viable timeline for climate impacts - plus the likely hurdles of implementing a sharp reduction plan - Nordhaus, among others, has advocated a reduction in emissions that starts gradually, then increases over time. Others, such as the authors of the Arctic study, point to the environmental, and ultimately financial, burden of not lowering emissions in a timely...
...simple turn of the radio dial, and news of the reconstruction plan dominates Haiti's airwaves. At the U.N. donor conference on Wednesday, the international community pledged more than $5 billion dollars to support Haiti for the next 18 months and almost $10 billion for the next five years. These are enormous figures aimed at transforming the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, which has become even more dire after the catacylsmic Jan. 12 earthquake. But as crucial as the donor news was, many Haitians made homeless by the temblor, like Patrick Nordeuse, 43, have simply tuned out. "I used...
Before this meeting, however, several House Masters said they plan on holding informal dinners and social events for the incoming Masters where they will introduce themselves as well as discuss the challenges and rewards that come with their positions...
...mice and domestic animals immediately before the earth's beginning to shake. But the idea never gained much traction. The very difficulty of predicting earthquakes makes it hard to study how animals react to them. "This was a completely fortuitous event," says Halliday. "It would be practically impossible to plan research like this. You'd spend a lot of time watching toads with nothing happening." (Read "Why Chile's Quake Wasn't Unexpected...
...plan goes ahead, students will be required to update a non-binding course planning tool before the start of each semester. This information will then be used by teaching fellows, professors, and administrators to more accurately predict important numbers such as class size and number of teaching staff to hire, according to Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris...