There are complexities, however, and for example, some parts of the world appear to be warming and others cooling.

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Some have been deprived of oxygen while others contain too much fat and do not survive the cooling process.

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Even before the reported explosion, officials were becoming increasingly worried about No. 2 reactor, due to a problem in the cooling system that hasn't occurred in the others.

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