Word: warmers
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...Earth and the sun. Polar ice is so reflective that 90% of the sunlight that strikes it simply bounces back into space, taking much of its energy with it. Ocean water does just the opposite, absorbing 90% of the energy it receives. The more energy it retains, the warmer it gets, with the result that each mile of ice that melts vanishes faster than the mile that preceded...
...Hansen: Business-as-usual will yield warming of 6 to 9?F by the end of the century and that will have two major impacts. First, sea level will rise. The last time it was 5?F warmer than now sea level was at least 80 feet higher. It may take a few centuries for most of that rise to occur, but once started, the ice sheets would continue to disintegrate out of our control, so every several decades we would need to rebuild above a higher shoreline. Those costs would dwarf any costs associated with learning to use energy...
...degrees in 1948. So what sort of weather do Harvard experts predict for the coming weeks? “Chaotic,” said Farrell. “Variable,” said Wofsy, “although as we move towards summer, it will obviously get warmer,” he added. Student reactions to Boston’s wacky weather are as disparate as the region’s temperatures. “It was cruel to have that 65-degree day and now be back to sub-freezing temperatures,” said Michael F. Esposito...
...Musicians and audiophiles, who swear by the warmer sound of older, analog equipment, are also up in arms. Hiroki Kimoto, manager of a shop selling secondhand music gear in Tokyo, says half of the guitar amplifiers in his inventory fall under the PSE. "We don't know what we're going to do. It's ludicrous. I have never heard anyone having safety problems with these machines, but the whole music culture could be affected." Ryuichi Sakamoto, one of Japan's most famous musicians, has moved to the forefront of a group lobbying for the law to be revised...
...teams in New England and is eager to measure itself against a storied program from a baseball hotbed like Florida. But climate and conference concerns play a major role in this meeting. The Gators, to their decided advantage, already have 17 games under their belts, playing in the warmer weather of the Southeast and without the late starting dates Ivy League teams are forced to negotiate...