Word: polarity
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Thompson is an important figure in part because what he does is unique. While most glaciologists focus on polar regions, he has targeted the long-neglected ice fields of the tropics. "Lonnie went against the grain," says influential paleoclimatologist Wallace Broecker of Columbia University, and in so doing, Thompson has helped overturn the long-standing belief that the planet's so-called Torrid Zone is merely a passive responder to swings of climate, as opposed to an active participant...
PICTURES Crucial to every summer story: cute kids under fountains or playing by fire hydrants; adorable animals trying to stay cool (like this polar bear snapped at Chicago's Brookfield...
...Activists in polar bear suits leafleted delegates as they entered the U.N. conference and Bonn police are prepared to control any demonstrations that get out of hand, but there haven?t been any reports yet of violence among protesters as diplomats prepare to face off on the contentious issue...
...popular Molson Canadian advertising campaign of 2000. Joe Canadian stands in front of a large audience and proceeds to tell us why he’s not American: he knows that Canada has a population of more than three (even if you're not counting the beavers or the polar bears), he proudly sews his own flag on his backpack and, most importantly, it's pronounced “zed, not zee, zed!” The “Molson rant” became so popular that the actor portraying Joe Canadian was flown across Canada on our national...
...thousands of baby seals on ice floes in the White Sea. Russian scientists said that unusually strong winds had prevented up to 200,000 baby harp, or Greenland, seals from floating to their normal feeding grounds in the Barents Sea. "Their mass death from hunger is inevitable," said a Polar Institute scientist, adding that even if some cubs could be saved, no money was available for their rescue...