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...required NSTAR, the electric and gas distribution company, to sell off the Blackstone plant. The plant produces about 70 to 80 percent of Harvard’s steam, which is used to heat the University...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Acquires Local Steam Plant | 8/9/2002 | See Source »

...fire dies when it is deprived of fuel, heat or oxygen. The main strategy for fighting wildfires is containment: surround the fire and starve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Wildfires | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

SOIL INSULATION Soil is an excellent insulator that can protect tree roots from a fire's heat, permitting regrowth to begin quickly. But a charred landscape is also vulnerable to erosion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Wildfires | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

UPHILL BATTLE Wildfires charge rapidly up mountainsides because the heat from the fire rises and is directed at the fuel uphill, drying it out before the flames arrive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Wildfires | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

Sunbeam Mobile Heat Therapy Pads Cordless, disposable heat comes in air-activated, iron-powder-filled pouches ($7.50 for four) that heat up to a max of 110[degrees] for up to eight hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Cut Above The Band-Aid | 8/5/2002 | See Source »

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