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...true that as temperatures warm, there is likely to be a temporary beneficial effect on agriculture. Like people, plants generally prefer warmth to cold, and they may flourish with rising levels of CO2. But research from Wolfram Schlenker at Columbia University shows that, as average temperatures continue to warm, those benefits dwindle and eventually reverse, and crop yields begin to decline. "It simply becomes too hot for the growing plants," says Naylor. "The heat damages the crops' ability to produce enough yield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Global Warming Portends a Food Crisis | 1/13/2009 | See Source »

...will soon be forced out of the room, into the cold. At the homeless shelter at the First Church in Cambridge, Yelbi is the youngest of the shelter’s 14 guests. He joins an ever growing population that finds even the barest of necessities—a warm bed, breakfast, and consistent shelter—hard to find, especially in difficult economic times.Over the last two years, Yelbi has gone from being a hopeful, college-bound high school senior, to living day-to-day on a meager income garnered from tutoring jobs at a local community college...

Author: By Edward-michael Dussom and Gordon Y. Liao, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Student Finds Home At Harvard Shelter | 1/11/2009 | See Source »

...Fill shot glass halfway with mixture, with one strip of bacon sticking out from top. Serve warm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 5 Recipes for Bacon Desserts | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

...Please sing,” he said. “It will warm you up even if you think you can’t sing...

Author: By Shan Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Candlelight Vigil Held For Victims of Gaza Violence | 1/9/2009 | See Source »

...canister, which now sits in her study at home in Grant's Pass, Oregon. "We thought we would bury her on our 10 acres (4 hectares) of wooded land," she wrote. "But we have found we like having her in the house." Finally, Winterburn has received in death the warm welcome her family denied her in life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ashes to Art in Library of Dust | 1/8/2009 | See Source »

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