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Looking left some mornings, I would focus on the tops of the man-made wonders. On these mornings the buildings reminded me of an exhibit at the Museum of Natural History. The exhibit displayed a model of New York City after the melting of the polar ice caps, predicted to occur in 10,000 years...
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...