The worst disaster was manmade.

Yarn is spun from different fibers.

It can also mean the fibers that grow from a head.

The first, called mitigation, means reducing the amount of manmade climate change.

Manmade global warming raises not only air temperatures, but sea surface temperatures as well.

And if we think of that let me put the picture up the fibers represent vulnerability.

Fiber optic cables are made up of tiny glass fibers which are as thin as human hairs.

So I got the teddy bear and I said, Do you mind if I pull out one of your fibers?

When pulverized by bombs and missiles, asbestos fibers are freed and can be inhaled with the rest of the dust.

There really are effective long term solutions to manmade climate change that are politically acceptable and feasible to implement.

The science is clear, manmade changes in climate are being felt, and the electorate s demand for action is growing.

Specifically, if you look on the vertical axis, that's stress. If you look at the maximum stress value for each of these fibers, you can see that there's a lot of variation, and in fact dragline, or major ampullate silk, is the strongest of these fibers.

Japanese companies abroad remain profitable and Japan is still the global leader in high tech niches like electronics or carbon fibers.

Sweeter than langka (jackfruit), but with the same pungency, though durian pulp is soft as moist cotton, the fibers fine and smooth.

In troubled times, during the dictatorship of Mussolini, Rita had secretly studied nerve fibers in a makeshift lab hidden in her home.

The same will be true of how the world best addresses manmade climate change another of those seemingly intractable global problems.

Climate scientists have warned for years that global warming caused by manmade emissions of greenhouse gases will generate more extreme storms.

The notion of sustainability asserts that natural capital, such as forests, wildlife, and other natural resources cannot be substituted by manmade capital.

Rapidly intensifying water scarcity reflects bulging populations, depletion of groundwater, waste and pollution, and the enormous and increasingly dire effects of manmade climate change.

Herman Klare (full member of the Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic) for outstanding achievements in the chemistry and technology of man made fibers.

This can be done by changing the world s energy system to limit emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere the main driver of manmade climate change.

Under a different load, it's a different structure. And you can actually exploit that by putting in a very small number of conducting fibers to actually make it a sensor.

Improved aquaculture, in which fish are grown at manmade fishponds and reservoirs is still far from being a perfect technology, mainly for environmental reasons, yet it is enormously promising.

Al Gore s Nobel Peace Prize is a fitting tribute to a world leader who has been prescient, bold, and skillful in alerting the world to the dangers of manmade climate change.

These calculations indicate that a Blueprints world with CO2 capture and storage results in the least amount of climate change, provided emissions of other major manmade greenhouse gases are similarly reduced.

Climate scientists have warned for years that global warming caused by manmade emissions of greenhouse gases will generate more extreme storms. While there is no scientific way to link a particular hurricane such as Katrina to the long term trend in the sense that Katrina might have been bad luck rather than a sign of manmade climate change the energy of hurricanes throughout the world has been rising markedly.

For several years, the Bush administration tried to hide the facts from the public, deleting references to manmade climate from government documents and even trying to suppress statements by leading government scientists.

The notion of sustainability asserts that natural capital, such as forests, wildlife, and other natural resources cannot be substituted by manmade capital. As pesticides are assumed to have adverse effects on natural capital they are inconsistent with sustainable development.

An increase in sympathetic nervous system stimulation causes the heart rate to increase, both by the direct action of sympathetic nerve fibers on the heart and by causing the endocrine system to release hormones such as epinephrine (adrenaline), which have a similar effect.

Let the world recall that Gaza s crisis is a manmade disaster. And let the world take note that conditions are worse today than at any time since the occupation began. Seventy nine percent of Gaza s households live in poverty eight out of ten depend on food assistance.

Let the world recall that Gaza s crisis is a manmade disaster. And let the world take note that conditions are worse today than at any time since the occupation began. Seventy nine percent of Gaza s households live in poverty  eight out of ten depend on food assistance.

For a second opinion, we appealed to climate change calculations made at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. These calculations indicate that a Blueprints world with CO2 capture and storage results in the least amount of climate change, provided emissions of other major manmade greenhouse gases are similarly reduced.

For several years, the Bush administration tried to hide the facts from the public, deleting references to manmade climate from government documents and even trying to suppress statements by leading government scientists. Until recently, Exxon Mobil and other companies paid lobbyists to try to distort the public debate.

Each of these silk fibers exits from the spigot, and if you were to trace the fiber back into the spider, what you would find is that each spigot connects to its own individual silk gland. A silk gland kind of looks like a sac with a lot of silk proteins stuck inside.

The science is clear, manmade changes in climate are being felt, and the electorate s demand for action is growing. Though unlikely just a few months ago, a strong global agreement by 2010, one that will set a path for action for decades to come, now stands a good chance of being implemented.

NEW YORK The solution to manmade climate change depends on the transition to electricity production that, unlike burning oil, natural gas, and coal, emits little or no carbon dioxide the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming. Low carbon electricity can be produced by solar, nuclear, and wind energy, or by coal burning power plants that capture and store their CO2 emissions.

When pulverized by bombs and missiles, asbestos fibers are freed and can be inhaled with the rest of the dust. The protective suits that specially trained people are legally required to wear in the European Union or the US when demolishing, rebuilding, or repairing any building containing asbestos underscore the risk of pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer for Lebanese who inhale dust from bombed out houses and offices.

The de facto export ban on rare earth elements often referred to as industrial vitamins struck a terrible blow to Japanese companies, which rely on China for 97 of their supply. Among a variety of rare earth elements, neodymium and dysprosium are widely used as a magnetic material for motors in environmentally friendly vehicles and home appliances, while erbium is used as a dopant in optical fibers and cerium as an abrasive for polishing liquid crystal display (LCD) glass.