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Exactly when a catastrophic melt might occur, however, is unpredictable. The long-term rise in global temperature as a result of greenhouse-gas emissions is overlaid with natural, year-to-year variability in all sorts of interconnected oceanic and atmospheric cycles that slow down warming down or speed it up temporarily. But because these variations tend to be cyclical, the "perfect storm" of conditions that caused the record 2007 melting - a situation Stroeve calls "unusual, but not unprecedented" - will probably return at some point. If they do, the Arctic could be primed for major, even irreversible, changes...
...study, published Thursday in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, looked at data from two long-term population-based studies and found that adults who were overweight had an average 13% lower risk of death from any cause over 10 years, compared with those who were of normal weight. Those who were underweight were 76% more likely to die, while the obese had the same mortality risk as those of normal weight. Researchers also found that being sedentary increased the risk of death in men by 28%; in women, the risk was doubled. (See how exercise can help aging...
...give your life to Harvard,” he said of the days when he first took the position. He added that he has maintained a long-term vision of his service to Harvard...
...addition to businesses hosting single-day events, The Charles Hotel, Qdoba, Via Vai, and ALO have all pledged longer-term fundraising campaigns...
...just as Reagan struggled to find his footing at the start of his first term, Obama is straining to revive his political mojo. And so as the President prepares for his first official State of the Union address, here are five elements of the Gipper's arsenal that his latest successor would be smart to follow...