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These isolated dramas play out far from the mid-latitudes of the planet, where the vast majority of people live, but they could soon have serious implications for all of us. What is really at risk in the Arctic is part of the thermostat of the earth itself. The difference in temperatures between the tropics and the poles drives the global climate system. The excess heat that collects in the tropics is dissipated at the poles, about half of it through what has been nicknamed the ocean conveyor, a vast deepwater current equivalent to 100 Amazon Rivers. Much...
...degrees]F) warmer over the next century, an ice age by midcentury would be unimaginably devastating. The lingering uncertainty about whether our relentless production of greenhouse gases will keep heating our planet or ultimately cool it suggests that we should make a better effort to leave the earth's thermostat alone...
...general, I found that the arguments generally revolved around the thermostat. Rather than focusing on who's feeling uncomfortable, how about focusing on who's willing or unwilling to make the effort to get along...
...know, people from southern climates are much friendlier than those from the frigid north. When it's warm outside, you can relax on the veranda with your friends, sipping sangria and gossiping about your neighbors. Lamont must be striving for a similar tropical atmosphere. Why else would the thermostat always be set on 80? Shed your layers, overprotected Harvard students. It may be freezing outside, but it's sultry within...
...Americans have only read about. Around the world, U.S. rate cuts provided the world with cheaper dollars to borrow, keeping domestic currencies afloat all over Asia. As we head into the holidays, the blaze is out, at least for now. And Greenspan the fireman is back on thermostat duty...