Global warming theory holds that certain atmospheric gases warm the earth.
Gripping the inner tube under his arm, he steps over the edge and half slides half stumbles down, feeling the warm sandy earth spilling over the tops of his feet.
To find out how warm the earth was before that, climatologists have had to resort to indirect methods, such as measuring tree-rings, or counting the different isotopes of oxygen in layers of polar ice.
But without a star to keep the earth warm, other forms of life would be doomed to a chilly death.
And as science has discovered more about the workings of the climate, estimates of how much the earth will warm have tended to decrease.
Its exuberantly curved and canted abstract shapes covered in softly gleaming sheets of silvery titanium are anchored to the earth by warm beige Spanish limestone, their shimmering surfaces changing color magically with the light and weather.
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It is a discovery of high concern say scientists because it demonstrates just how dry the Middle East can become during Earth's warm phases.
But Mr Friedmann was fascinated by the thought that Mars might well have been warm, wet and biologically pulsing before Earth was.
Aussies seemed to warm to his down-to-earth style and he was thought to have had such a good time that it fuelled speculation that he might end up honeymooning in Australia.
This fabulous value starts things off hints of tobacco and earth, then things start to warm up with notes of bright red raspberry and cherry fruit.
Earth, black fruits, chocolate and warm spices dominate the nose.
Then the air grew still and warm and, after a moment in which the earth seemed to draw its breath, the morning sun spread in a rush over the plantation.
The basics: As you probably know, Congress passed a law that basically compels the lighting industry is phasing out the warm and incredibly inefficient light provided by incandescent bulbs, which are nice for a warm glow, but not so nice for the Earth or your energy bill.
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We will wash water, and warm fire, and cool ice, and underprop the earth.
We almost never see commentary reminding us that CO2 and warm conditions are both really great for agriculture and most Earth critters.
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Hurricanes that are going over warm water intensify, and hurricanes in a global warming earth going over ever more warming water, will intensify more.
Melting glaciers, hotter summers and migrations of plants, animals and even deadly microbes have convinced virtually every climate scientist on earth that human activity has indeed started to warm the planet.
"These billions of tonnes of additional carbon dioxide in our atmosphere will remain there for centuries, causing our planet to warm further and impacting on all aspects of life on Earth, " said WMO Secretary-General Michel Jarraud.
In his 2009 book, Storms of my Grandchildren, he argues that the Earth could one day become like the planet Venus, where temperatures are warm enough to melt lead.
With the rough brief being that Earth's Frontiers was to be an environmental show, a host of warm and exotic locations sprang to mind.
Greenhouse gases still warm planets, carbon dioxide is still a greenhouse gas and the amount of it in the Earth's atmosphere is still shooting up.
He said the money would have been better spent on Warm Front grants to improve energy efficiency of homes, a view shared by Friends of the Earth.
Dr Pollack has worked out how to measure the earth's temperature several hundred years ago by studying the actual heat that once made it warm.
Despite the warm words of the nation's leaders, America's manned space-flight programme has been becalmed in Earth orbit for decades.
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