Word: warmers
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...suggest that dinosaurs would soon inherit the earth. At the time, they were inconsequential creatures, perhaps the size of dogs, living among far more imposing giant crocodiles and other reptiles. During Triassic times, the continents were stuck together in a single mass that scientists call Pangaea. The planet was warmer and rainier than it is today -- ideal conditions for the growth of vast forests along coastlines and adjacent to rivers. Conifers, horsetails, tree ferns and ginkgos were the dominant vegetation. Giant 3-ft. dragonflies whirred through the air, and 18-in. cockroaches scuttled along the forest floor. The seas teemed...
...cold steals much of the charm from walking, a popular activity during warmer months. The Cambridge Council on Aging bus, which often takes a group of walkers to the boardwalk on Reverse Beach, slows down during the winter, Russell said...
IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF NEXT YEAR'S WINter were 100 degrees colder than normal or the summer 150 degrees warmer. Such swings would wipe out animals and plants; in fact, if Earth's climate were that irregular, life might never have arisen. But the seasons are relatively stable because Earth's axis of rotation stays at a constant 23 degrees tilt from the vertical. In July, for example, the sunward-leaning northern hemisphere experiences summer while the southern hemisphere, angled away from the sun, has winter. Six months later, the opposite is true...
...Club's annual "Garden Party," for instance is an opportunity for students to embrace the warmer weather...
Still, improvements in snow-removal equipment and muddled childhood memories may have as much to do with the perception that winters are warmer as higher temperatures, says Lautzenheiser...