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No. If you’ve ever visited Northern Europe, you’ve noticed that the fare is more about meat and potatoes than it is the rich salads and vegetable plates of the Mediterranean.  The reason for that is that higher latitudes have less …

Do Long Summer Days Enable Lush Plant Growth in the Arctic? Read More »

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The sign here hasn’t tolerated Santa Barbara’s seaside weather too well; the top-most section in Spanish is mostly peeled away, and the bottom, in Arabic, is splashed with mud.  I present it nonetheless, to make the point that the people …

A Bit of Warmth from Santa Barbara, California Read More »

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