Word: tundras
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...prestigious multinational body called the Arctic Council reported that the region has warmed twice as fast as the rest of the globe over the past 50 years. Arctic Ocean ice has shrunk by as much as 20%, snow cover has diminished on land, and the permafrost underlying the tundra has become less stable...
VEGETATION Rising temperatures will let forests expand north into areas that now support only scrubby flora. Trees absorb more heat than bushes, speeding up local warming. Loss of tundra will also rob many animals of breeding and feeding grounds...
...Three were caught flat-footed with large, fuel-hungry cars, allowing Honda, Nissan and Toyota to swoop in and grab market share. If it happens again, the pain will be shared by Japanese manufacturers. Toyota is planning to ramp up production of its full-size pickup, the Tundra, with a plant under construction in San Antonio, Texas. And Nissan just bet on a line of full-size SUVs and pickups being built at a new factory in Canton, Miss...
...less of a storybook ending. Kim was a nurse back in North Korea and first tried to come to China seven years ago. Instead of crossing into a city, where she could melt into the crowds, Kim hiked up into the rugged mountains surrounding Changbai. Up in the alpine tundra, there were no border markings, and Kim wandered for days, unsure at first if she had reached China or was still in North Korea. To protect her chapped feet from the snow, she wrapped grass around her legs and hid in piles of leaves to avoid wolves. After days...
...2F2F is joined by Hollywood Homicide, with a careering, nonstop trip through Beverly Hills and other L.A. tourist spots. Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle will show how car stunts can outdo kung fu. In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, mankind's savior will try to keep his Toyota Tundra out of the clutches of a 160-ton crane. The summer keeps on truckin' with Bad Boys II (Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in a Ferrari and a Hummer) and the freewheelers of S.W.A.T. Fasten your seat belts and renew your auto insurance, film lovers; it'll be a bumpy...