Unit 17 Saving the Environment271 拯救环境 比起消除真正的污染,当前加强对于环境保护重要性的认识,其意义还要深远得多。我们太晚才认识到,当我们在生产﹑规模﹑速度和发展这些方面取得成就的时候,生活条件已大大恶化 The effort to save the environment derives

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Underwater Robot to Hunt Lionfish to Help Protect Coral Reefs Lionfish are known for their beauty and unusual look, a common choice for people showing off the colorful creatures in fish tanks. But lionfish are also poisonous, with extremely long and

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But to fully forecast the floods, he needs a lot more atmospheric data. He believed robotic drone aircrafts developed for the military could continue to measure the air over the oceans, charting its temperature, wind and humidity. And the flight coul

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A single river can carry three times as much water as the entire Mississippi, they provide almost half the annual rain fall for parts of the American Pacific coast, but when they remain in one area for a day or more, they can produce violent flooding

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Unit 10 Section (A) The Bermuda Triangle Phenomenon At 2 PM on December 5, 1945, five Navy aircraft took off in perfect flying weather from a naval airinstallation in southeastern Florida, on a routine training mission over the Atlantic Ocean. Less t

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Global Warming and Ozone 全球变暖和臭氧 Could the coming century bring a new threat to the ozone layer? Discover one scientist's model of the effect of global warming and greenhouse gases on ozone -- on today's Earth and Sky. DB: This is Earth and S

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ENVIRONMENT REPORT– Wildfires Blamed For Climate By George Grow Broadcast: December 20, 2002 This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. A new study has found that major forest fires can inf

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Wildlife experts are reporting increasing numbers of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic bluefins are highly-prized by the fishing industry. The fish can weigh up to 454 kilograms. Its meat is often used in sushi products sold at Ja

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ENVIRONMENT REPORT-January 4, 2002: Mystery Squid By Cynthia Kirk Squid found in the Indian Ocean (Photo -NOAA/Science) This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. Scientists have discovered a

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September is usually the worst month for hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean. At least ten named storms have formed there this year. The hurricane season continues until the end of November. The total number of major storms this year has been above aver

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A team sees promise in genetically engineered tobacco, and hopes for similar results with other crops. Transcript of radio broadcast: 02 June 2008 This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. One cause of the current food crisis is drought. F

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Tornado Season Returns From VOA Learning English, this is Science In The News. I'm Faith Lapidus. And I'm Bob Doughty. This week, we explore the science of tornadoes. Weather experts say tornadoes are the most violent of all atmospheric storms. They

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AS IT IS 2014-08-10 Increase in Algae Population Infects Waterways 藻类群体的增加污染水道 The American city of Toledo, Ohio faced a serious problem earlier this month. Four hundred thousand people could not drink from the citys public wate

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Back in January, one of California's oldest and most iconic residents keeled over: the Pioneer Cabin tree, a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Parkso big you used to be able to drive through it. 在今年一月份,加州一座最古老、最

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AGRICULTURE REPORT – March 12, 2002: Carbon Dioxide and Crops By George Grow This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. Increasing levels of carbon dioxide gas in Earth’s atmosphere have

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Huygens Spacecraft Arrives at Saturn Moon “慧更斯”号抵达土星卫星 After a seven-year ride to Saturn on the U.S. Cassini spacecraft, the European Space Agency's Huygens probe is finally at

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This is Xaero - a vertical take-off and landing vehicle being developed by Masten Space Systems. The California start-up hopes the rocket will eventually carry pay-loads for NASA to altitudes of up to 30 kilometres, mainly to collect atmospheric data

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Cohesion-tension Theory Atmospheric pressure can support a column of water up to 10 meters high. But plants can move water much higher; the sequoia tree can pump water to its very top more than 100 meters above the ground. Until the end of the ninete

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As altitude increases, atmospheric pressure decreases. This is due to Earth's gravitational pull on the air molecules in the atmosphere. The closer to the Earth's surface the stronger the force exerted on these molecules. 随着高度上升,大气压

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Topic1 China revises anti-air pollution lawIllegal outdoor barbecues might get you fines of up to 2,000 yuan. That's according to a revised draft of China's Law on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution China has recently released for pu

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