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...able to survive hotter temperatures in the southwestern U.S. And global warming is unlikely to have much of an effect on malaria, as long as you focus on lowland areas (because those regions already have so many mosquitoes). That picture may change, however, as you move upward in elevation. Malaria has seen a dramatic upswing since the 1970s in highland cities like Nairobi (around 5,500 ft. above sea level). How much of that can be tied to temperature increases--as opposed to population movement, lapses in mosquito control or the spread of drug-resistant parasites--is a matter...
...doors on the veranda were bowing inward; Karl tried to calm his 13-year-old son Aden, while his wife Jenny put down towels to stop the sideways rain from entering the house. It was then that Larry's 200 km/h winds swept over their roof and vacuumed it upward...
...press conference last week, suggested the two Washington politicians could save U.S. taxpayers the airfare. There was not going to be any major, one-off revaluation this year. China, said Wen, would allow the yuan to float within a relatively tight band, as it has done since a 2% upward adjustment last year. Too bad, Graham responded before he left Washington. He has, he insisted, a "veto-proof" majority in support of the bill in the Senate...
...enjoy the indoor winter wonderland. "When I was a child, I never had opportunities like this," she says as she straps on the boy's rented skis. "I want to cultivate a spirit of adventure in my son by exposing him to new things." In today's China, upward mobility sometimes entails going straight downhill...
...enjoy the indoor winter wonderland. "When I was a child, I never had opportunities like this," she says as she straps on the boy's rented skis. "I want to cultivate a spirit of adventure in my son by exposing him to new things." In today's China, upward mobility sometimes entails going straight downhill...