VOA标准英语10月-New Study Says Global Warming Heaping More Pressu

A new study says that a global agreement on climate change will come too late to save the majority of the world's coral reefs. The research comes as the Queensland state government announces a new multi-million dollar plan to protect the Great Barri

2018年CRI China's second largest freshwater lake sees increasing migratory birds

Located in Hunan Province, Dongting Lake, the second largest freshwater lake in China, has witnessed an increasing number of migratory birds in recent winters. Local authorities have attributed the phenomenon to remarkable improvements in the lake's

60秒科学:转基因油菜作物逃离农场

One of the concerns about working with genetically modified crops has been that vegetation growing in agricultural fields might escape out into the world. Now, for the first time in the U.S., researchers report a large population of GM crops beyond t

VOA标准英语2014--美国参议院投票否决美加输油管道议案

US Senate Votes Down Controversial Oil Pipeline - For Now 美国参议院投票否决美加输油管道议案 WASHINGTON The U.S. Senate has rejected construction of a controversial pipeline to transport Canadian oil to American refineries. The $5 bi

2007年VOA标准英语-Shanghai Cooperation Organization Seeks to Expa

By Peter Fedynsky Bishkek 16 August 2007 The six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization has concluded its one-day summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, amid calls from two of its energy-rich members for the creation of an Asian energy club. VOA correspond

VOA标准英语2011-- Restaurant Redefines Green, Organic

MobileRestaurantRedefinesGreen,Organic In major metropolitan areas across the United States, food-vending trucks have become a common sight. For the truck merchants selling everything from fresh vegetables to fast food to fancy meals, they are an eas

VOA慢速英语2013 AS IT IS 2013-06-06 ＂Wise People＂ Urge Peace in Turkey

AS IT IS 2013-06-06 ＂Wise People＂ Urge Peace in Turkey Hello, again, and welcome. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we are off to Turkey to hear about the possibility of peace between the Turks and the Kurds. Then we travel east to Cairo to a pa

VOA标准英语2011--Tajikistan Plans to Build World's Tallest Hyrdo Dam

Tajikistan Plans to Build World's Tallest Hyrdo Dam With high mountains covering half of the nation, landlocked Tajikistan would like to become the Switzerland of Central Asia, exporting hydroelectricity to its neighbors. But first it has to generate

VOA标准英语2011--Mega-Fires Pose Threat to Environment, E

Mega-Fires Pose Threat to Environment, Economy Experts gathered this week in Sun City, South Africa, to discuss wildfires. But a new report also focused on a growing phenomenon called mega-fires. The report describes mega-fires as extraordinary confl

VOA标准英语2011--Polar Scientist Charts Melting Caused by

Polar Scientist Charts Melting Caused by Climate Change Michael Gooseff follows water to the end of the earth. The Pennsylvania State University hydrologist works in remote regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, where ice and frozen ground are thawing.

VOA标准英语2009-German Rights Group Says Oil Company Spoilin

By Alan Boswell Nairobi 16 November 2009 A German human rights group reports an oil company in southern Sudan is contaminating drinking water. The group warns that if left unchecked the pollution could lead to an ecological catastrophe in one of the

VOA标准英语2009年-Funds for Turkey's Ilisu Dam Dry Up

Turkey's controversial Ilisu dam project has been dealt a severe blow. An international consortium of German, Austrian and Swiss companies withdrew their financial support last week, accusing Turkey of failing to meet environmental concerns and comm

VOA常速英语2015--用DNA测试确定大象盗猎地点

用DNA测试确定大象盗猎地点 Theres a new weapon in the fight to stop elephant poaching: genetics. DNA testing, which is frequently used to solve crimes, has pinpointed where most of Africas elephants are being slaughtered. 现在有了对付大

VOA常速英语2015--拉脱维亚垃圾处理厂助益番茄农场

拉脱维亚垃圾处理厂助益番茄农场 Latvian consumers who enjoy these yellow tomatoes may not even know that they are locally grown, let alone that they grew with the help of their own garbage. 喜爱这些黄色西红柿的拉脱维亚消费

VOA标准英语2014--环境奖获得者通过狼来理解人性

Environmental Prize Winner Looks to Wolves to Understand Humans 环境奖获得者通过狼来理解人性 LOS ANGELES Economists are learning about the workings of the financial world by studying packs of wolves and schools of fish. That's according

VOA标准英语2014--Dinosaur Descendants Shrank to Survive

Dinosaur Descendants Shrank to Survive Not all dinosaurs went extinct. Some are alive today in the form of birds. A new study finds that shrinking helped these birds continue to thrive and evolve. If we really want to know how birds came about, then

VOA标准英语2009年-France Wants Happiness Included in Progres

As countries begin emerging from the global financial crisis, France is proposing to measure progress in a new way - one that includes happiness and well being, as well as traditional economic benchmarks. US Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stig

VOA标准英语2009年-Experts Look For Ways to Save Lake Chad

By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 16 October 2009 Fisherman rows canoe on Lake Chad (Nov 2006 file photo) The Food and Agriculture Organization held a special event Friday to raise awareness and mobilize funds to save Lake Chad, which was once one of the

2015年CRI Raising Quality and Returns of Development to be Main Focus on 13th 5-year Plan: Experts

According to some analysts, maintaining economic growth might be the top priority among all the objectives of the new national 5-year plan. Wang Jun, an expert from China Center for International Economic Exchanges, says China's economy should grow a

【英语时差8，16】沼泽地引爆碳炸弹

The world's wetlands, threatened by development, dehydration and climate change, could release a planet-warming carbon bomb if they are destroyed, ecological scientists said. Wetlands contain 771 billion tons of greenhouse gases, one-fifth of all the