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...Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg's claim that global warming will only cause us to wear "slightly fewer layers of winter clothes" is not credible. My new book Global Warming and Agriculture uses averages from six climate models and two schools of agricultural-impact models to estimate that in the absence of action, by the 2080s, global warming will reduce agricultural productivity 30% to 40% in India, 15% to 25% in Africa and Latin America, and 20% to 35% in the southern U.S. and Mexico. And if we consider the longer-term catastrophic risks from the runaway greenhouse effect, shutdown...
...tedium of the baseball playoffs. It’s the month when the NFL and college football really start to heat up, and the contenders separate themselves from the pretenders. Finally, at month’s end, the NBA and NHL return—a friendly reminder that winter is just around the corner. The 10th month is also particularly hectic for Harvard students. Seniors are frantically hunting for jobs, juniors are jockeying for student leadership positions, sophomores are praying for some concrete sign of social acceptance, and freshmen...well, freshmen are certainly up to something. On Sunday night, Steven...
Hudson Professor of Law David W. Kennedy, one of Harvard’s top scholars on international law and human rights, will leave for Brown University this winter to become its new vice president of international affairs. Kennedy will lead Brown’s efforts to broaden its international involvement, Vincent J. Tompkins, Brown’s deputy provost, said yesterday. Kennedy will continue to hold a position at the Law School, with the title of visiting professor. He will take over the position at Brown on Jan. 1. “I think it’s exciting...
...interview—we underachieve,” Shuman said. “We’re all frustrated and looking forward to the spring.” As the Crimson wraps up a season that included its share of ups and downs, the squad plans to use the winter offseason to identify areas needing improvement. “As a team, we need to take practice more seriously,” Shore said. “Once you get into the tournaments, it’s no time to be making poor decision, and that will cost...
...past and present. Boat seatings will be primarily based on last year’s performances but will provide a glimpse of what to expect in the upcoming season. That season formally begins only after the Harvard heavyweights emerge from Newell Boathouse at the end of another long winter...