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...dying - and all of it points to a warmer world. Spring ice that the bears rely on as fishing platforms has been breaking up about three weeks earlier than it used to. Though polar bears don't hibernate, they do retreat to dens in the winter to escape bad weather. When they emerge, they badly need to replenish their fat supplies, and slashing three weeks off the dining schedule does not help. Scientists who track bear populations report that fewer cubs are surviving into adulthood - never mind the ones that aren't getting born at all - and those adults that...
...maybe Iraq will melt by 2040); almost make out what a teenager with studs in her lips is whining into her cellphone (is there such a term, among young people, as "shazbot"?); almost make out the announcement of what is causing the latest extension of our flight delay (either "weather" or "whatever"). The people in the news and the people droning and losing their minds around me here are beginning to run together...
...estimates on the stickers - even while real-world driving conditions across the U.S. changed over the past 22 years. The new calculations will include factors such as high speeds, aggressive acceleration, stop-and-go traffic, the use of air conditioning (which increases fuel consumption), as well driving in cold weather, which also reduces mileage...
...events originally planned for the fall semester included a “welcome back” event at the beginning of the academic year and the Harvard-Yale pep rally. While the CEB successfully organized a carnival in September, the Harvard-Yale pep rally was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. Despite the pep rally’s cancellation, the board does not plan to organize another major event before the semester ends, according to Drake. “We’re not obligated to have another event just because we had to cancel the other event...
BROOKLYN, N.Y.—Brad Unger entered Saturday’s game against Long Island University (LIU) feeling a bit under the weather. But by halftime it was his opponents who were feeling...