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...year, a habit that comes at considerable environmental cost, Popkin says. He cites a recent United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization finding that livestock account for 18% of global greenhouse-gas emissions - more than transportation - and underscores the fact that the livestock industry uses up to five times the water necessary to cultivate crops. (See the top 10 food trends...
...with the turnout, adding that “there was a greater focus in his presentation on activism as compared to the exhibit.” Arnold said he wants his next project to be on corals and how they have diminished due to the increasing acidity of ocean water. “Americans need the greatest change in lifestyle, so there is an incentive to not believe that global warming is a consequence of human actions,” he said. “But we should realize that we can and must slow this down...
...attention to protecting the pieces’ transformation with time–whether good or bad. Book Conservation Technician Carly Weggeland, working with large sheets of Chinese etchings from the 19th century, was applying thin sheets of remoistenable tissue, which could be attached and reattached by adding water, to the damaged portions of the etching. “We want most of the repairs that we do in this lab to be reversible,” Weggeland says. “There is a great amount of damage that has been caused by previous treatments that cause really big problems...
...meant to be a heat that didn’t count for anything. Nearing the end of a senior season that saw his pool-time cut drastically by a chronic injury, swimmer Dan Jones hit the water for a non-scoring run of his signature event, the 100 butterfly. The event drew little interest from the crowd.Jones’ finish was a different story. Fans and teammates exploded in jubilation when the Crimson swimmer’s time was displayed on the board, showing that he had recorded the fastest effort of the day—a mark that...
...Barvikha to unwind. You go there to experience life as it is lived by Russia's élite. This is where today's boyar and his 20-year-old girlfriend get facials and hydro-massages and sip lemon water in fluffy robes while having their toenails buffed. This is where you pay top-tier prices - say, $250 for a 21/2-hour treatment - simply to be with other members of Russia's ruling class...