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North House is turning up the heat since news of their online victory. In addition to its nightly practices, the band has become closer, more serious and more in touch with their music...
...dominant that we have disrupted even these most basic mechanisms of the planet. Most familiar, of course, is what we have done to the carbon cycle. Because we are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere much faster than land and seas can reabsorb it, the accumulating gas is trapping heat and upsetting the climate. The result is not only rising seas and fiercer storms but also a possible repositioning of the world's ecosystems as the boundaries of forests or grasslands shift. Many animal and plant species may not be able to adjust to sudden changes in their habitats...
...must ensure also that this global challenge is met with a global solution, for the heat-trapping gases warming the earth pose the same risk whether they come from the U.S. or from China. An agreement forged in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, with critical leadership from Vice President Gore, calls for strong action by industrialized nations. But developing countries must join...
After decades of rancorous debate, only a handful of the most doctrinaire die-hards still dispute the idea that human activity is heating up the planet. all the signs seem to point that way: storms have become more intense and weather patterns more erratic; the past decade has been by far the hottest on record; and the rise in temperature has been greatest in polar regions and around cities. These facts dovetail ominously well with the theory that carbon dioxide (CO 2), released by burning coal, oil and gasoline for heat, electricity and transportation, is trapping excess energy from...
Sophomore John Cinelli ran the 800 meter in 1:53 to win his heat in a performance that equaled his personal record...