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...increase to which the climate system is already committed. That's because big wheels in the atmosphere and ocean have started to turn. No matter what humans do, the oceans will continue to rise through the end of this century and well beyond--and the more carbon dioxide humans pump out, the higher the oceans are likely...
...recession. What we are seeing with China, and with India behind it, is analogous to the European economic miracle of the 1950s and 1960s. A dozen years ago, China didn't even import oil. Today it is the second-largest oil market. What U.S. motorists are seeing at the pump reflects strong economic growth in China...
Harvard has always been chock-full of dynamite students. But 200 years ago, a Harvard secret society wielded actual dynamite, which they used multiple times to blow up the famous water pump in front of Stoughton Hall. Long before The Crimson editorialized and The Lampoon lampooned, an elite Harvard society banded together against the administration, painting the town red and the John Harvard statue a similar crimson...
...Harvard affiliate decided to focus on an oft-overlooked muscle group and to give his wrist some, ahem, vigorous exercise last month at the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC). Rather than pump iron, this man decided to pump something else—in the men’s locker room. Yes, ndorphins weren’t the only thing released during one post-workout shower...
Though far from elementary, a plausible explanation for the trend can be found in the cyclical swings of supply and demand for auto fuel. Little more than a year ago, the world was swimming in gasoline. As a result, prices at the pump began to fall, and oil companies suffered a profit squeeze. The average cost of a gallon of gas declined from $1.22 in May of 1984 to $1.15 by last January. In response, companies curbed production. At least 18 American refineries closed last year. The cutbacks have reduced U.S. inventories of gasoline by 9%, to 222 million...