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...poles, about half of it through what has been nicknamed the ocean conveyor, a vast deepwater current equivalent to 100 Amazon Rivers. Much of the rest of the heat is conveyed as energy in the storms that move north from the tropics. If the poles continue to warm faster than the tropics, the vigor of this planetary circulatory system may diminish, radically altering prevailing winds, ocean currents and rainfall patterns. One consequence: grain production in the breadbaskets of the U.S. and Canada could be in jeopardy if rainfall becomes less steady and predictable. Already, severe and unpredictable storms across...
...would that produce cooling? Ordinarily the conveyor is propelled by the pull created by masses of water sinking in the North Atlantic. When this pull diminishes, the movement of warm water north in the Gulf Stream could slow or stall, driving down temperatures in Europe and North America, and possibly elsewhere...
Seaman starts out as an egg, which in short order spawns half a dozen fishy mini-seamen that babble at you in baby talk. To keep them alive you have to feed them, make sure they're warm and clean their tank daily (which is dark and dingy and looks like an early David Lynch movie...
...leggy, and its pale, puffy face came to resemble Alfred Hitchcock's. Our conversation got more sophisticated too, although the creature didn't get more affectionate. It greeted me with "yeah, hello, whatever." It called me "fuzzy" and "air sucker." It whined when I didn't keep its tank warm enough--acting as fussy as Niles on Frasier...
...love the challenge of your crossword puzzle [Aug. 7] while sitting under a tree in the yard in summer or in front of a warm fire during winter. I don't love the challenge in front of a computer screen. Please print it in your magazine again so that we don't have to spend our entire life in front of a screen! MARIE FOGE Novato, Calif...