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...than a century's worth of data on cholera outbreaks in Bangladesh and tying them to detailed temperature reports of the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean. True, Bangladesh isn't anywhere near the Pacific, but the researchers are using the temperature data as an indication of a larger weather pattern called the El Nińo/ Southern Oscillation, or ENSO. What they have found is that the severity of an epidemic is linked to water temperature--but only in years of higher-than-normal temperatures on the ocean's surface. More alarming: as the ENSO pattern has become more pronounced...
Spring break also provides the team’s most intense training of the season, allowing a long stretch of uninterrupted games in warm-weather areas...
Spring has sprung, technically speaking. But Harvard experts say weather in the region will remain unpredictable. While March 20 marked the first official day of spring, the weather told quite a different story. Temperatures dipped below freezing to 22 degrees Fahrenheit at Logan Airport Monday and 28 degrees last night. According to Rotch Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science Steven C. Wofsy, the scientific explanation for erratic local weather is that “Boston sits on the boundary between a continental and a maritime climate.” The jet stream is a rapidly moving body...
...Healy agreed to look into the idea, which he said “makes a good deal of sense,” but said that the proposition faces “multiple legal issues.” With Mayor Kenneth E. Reeves ’72 under the weather, Vice-Mayor Timothy J. Toomey presided over the meeting. —Staff writer Anna M. Friedman can be reached at amfriedm@fas.harvard.edu
...solid relief, delivered a one-out walk to Kraig Binick, who promptly stole second. A single from shortstop MacMillan plated the winning run to give the Bears their second victory.NYIT 9, HARVARD 6In the first game of the series, a back-and-forth affair played in cold, miserable weather, NYIT grabbed a 9-6 victory. The Bears seized a commanding lead with a five-run third, aided by two Crimson errors, which gave them a 6-1 lead. The big hit of the inning was a two-run triple by third baseman Mike LaLuna off Haviland, who pitched 2.1 innings...