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Poised between the Pacific and southeast Alaskan coastal glaciers lies Tongass National Forest. Don't let the Alaska address fool you: Tongass is a rain forest. Protected from snow by the tree canopy and from the frigid air by the warmer ocean winds, deer browse among ancient groves of Sitka spruce, yellow cedar and hemlock. The shelter of these giants is vital for wildlife, but the trees are also the prize sought by loggers--a single 200-ft. Sitka spruce may yield 10,000 board feet of timber so fine it can be used to make pianos and guitars. Lesser...
...intensity of infrared radiation is a measure of an object's temperature; when the heat picture sent back from space was blue-masked through the computer, it could thus be made visible, with cold features like clouds and warmer features like land appearing lighter or darker. This last image was then combined with the others, producing a full spectrum of colors...
Most scientists believe that Mars was warmer and wetter about 3.6 to four billion years ago, which is the age of the fossils in the meteor. Therefore, scientists say, the odds were good that some form of life existed on the planet...
...infectious diseases humans will have to contend with as the world gets warmer, malaria may be the worst. Malaria is already the world's most widespread mosquito-borne illness. Rising temperatures will not only expand the range of Anopheles mosquitoes, but make them more active biters as well. Paul Epstein, an epidemiologist with the Harvard School of Public Health, notes that a temperature rise of 4 [degrees] F would more than double mosquito metabolism, forcing them to feed more often. A 4 [degrees] F rise in global temperatures could also expand malaria's domain from...
...small but persistent group of critics, many of them supported by the oil and coal industries, still don't buy it. S. Fred Singer, president of the industry-funded Science and Environment Policy Project, argues that Epstein and his colleagues fail to note the positive health benefits of warmer nights and winters. Others, like John Shlaes, executive director of the Global Climate Coalition, suggest that when the world is faced with the pressing health problems stemming from overcrowded cities and the collapse of sanitation systems, the threat of disease caused by climate change may seem like a minor concern...