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...than a South American disaster. It would be an incalculable catastrophe for the entire planet. Moist tropical forests are distinguished by their canopies of interlocking leaves and branches that shelter creatures below from sun and wind, and by their incredible variety of animal and plant life. If the forests vanish, so will more than 1 million species -- a significant part of earth's biological diversity and genetic heritage. Moreover, the burning of the Amazon could have dramatic effects on global weather patterns -- for example, heightening the warming trend that may result from the greenhouse effect. "The Amazon is a library...
Many residents mourn the passing of historic homes like Crosby's. Among the homes that have vanished or will soon vanish are those that once belonged to Ray Milland, Jeanette MacDonald, James Coburn and Jack Benny. "We're losing a great deal as a culture," says Alan Bergman of the Los Angeles-based Victorian Register, a real estate agency that specializes in vintage homes. "We're losing our heritage, the tolerance for things that are different...
Realizing that if elephants vanish, so might tourists, some African nations are determined to slow down the killing. In addition, the animal is a vital part of Africa's unique ecosystem. For eons, elephants have knocked down trees, helping to give Africa its distinctive mix of forest and savanna and opening up the land for other big mammals...
...time. The mode of travel, however, could be nothing like the mechanical time machine, complete with saddle, envisioned by H.G. Wells. It is hard to conceive how a human being could move through a wormhole, since it would theoretically be narrower than an atom, and it would tend to vanish the instant it formed...
...most powerful banking family in the U.S. For lagniappe, he bears a striking resemblance to Gary Cooper. The boy's only protector is a supermarksman out of Ghostbusters. Miquel is the sort of fellow who can shoot out the eye of a fly at 100 paces and vanish at will into a wood or a city, beyond the reach of ordinary humans...