But first, what happens when leaders from around the world get together to discuss global issues? We are going to see because its going on this week. Its the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Thats the main body of the United Nat

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The Earth's Biggest Threat 地球危机──温室效应 by Levi King Global warming was once considered unlikely to be real. Recently, though, it has become widely accepted as fact. Scientists have calculated that the earth's atmosphere has gotten

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Jack didn't feel like a happy camper anymore. Walking through the cold, thin air, he looked at thesnowmobiles parked near the hut. We don't know how to drive snowmobiles! Jackwhispered to Annie. We haven't trained foranything, including altitude sick

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By Rosanne Skirble Washington, DC 31 May 2006 watch Film Review report Al Gore, a longtime advocate for the environment and former vice president of the United States, developed a slide show about the threat posed by global warming. Over the last si

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By Joseph Mok and Zhan Jun Juneau, Alaska 30 May 2006 watch Glacier Trekkers report Juneau, the capital of Alaska, was founded as a gold-mining camp 200 years ago. Today, it is filled with cruise ship passengers and people known as trekkers, who are

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By Margaret Besheer United Nations 19 September 2009 The United Nations is keeping itself at the forefront of international efforts to slow global warming. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made climate change his signature issue, and he is try

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Experts Meet to Understand Decrease in Humpback Whales Off Hawaii Every winter, thousands of humpback whales migrate from Alaska to the warmer waters near the Hawaiian Islands. There, they have sex and give birth before making their return trip north

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Welcome to the show. I'm Carl Azus. Today, we are taking you to Alaska. In his journey to the state-known as the last frontier, President Obama becomes the first sitting US president to visit the arctic. One reason for his trip, his administration is

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This is Scientific American-60 Seconds Science.Im Julia Roson.Got a minute?The worlds mountain glaciers contain just 1%of all the ice on earth.But their rapid melting accounts for about a third season sea level rise.Most of these glaciers that starte

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Todays Moment of Science digs up the story behind one of the grizzly bears more unusual nicknames: the Rototiller of the Rockies. 今天科学一刻将会深入挖掘灰熊的一个不同寻常的绰号背后的故事,这个绰号就是落基山脉的

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We're revitalizing a grove of giant Sequoias in Yosemite; repairing the Lincoln Memorial; 我们将重新开放优诗美地的巨杉树林;修缮林肯纪念堂; and enhancing the iconic entrance to our first national park at Yellowstone. 加固通

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Everyone knows the story of the Titanic, the great ocean liner that struck an iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic. Less widely known is the icebergs story: where did it come from, and how did it get in the way of the ship? Although the vas

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EXPLORATIONS - The Indiana Dunes: Ancient Hills of Sand on Lake Michigan FAITH LAPIDUS: This is Faith Lapidus. STEVE EMBER: And this is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English program EXPLORATIONS. Today we visit the Indiana Dunes. These hills of sa

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By Kane Farabaugh Kangerlussuak, Greenland 24 July 2007 Greenland's glaciersshow evidence of global warming Periods of global warming and cooling have caused the terrain of Greenland to change over time -- part of the natural process of the Earth's e

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Search Continues for Victims of Kashmir Avalanche Pakistani soldiers continue to dig, inch-by-inch, in search of 140 colleagues buried under this massive pile of rock. Rescuers using sniffer dogs and life-detection equipment have braved blizzard-like

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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.

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By David McAlary Washington, DC 08 August 2006 watch Global Warming Overview Global Warming Searing summer temperatures are shattering records across much of the northern hemisphere. Some European nuclear power plants have cut output because river w

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Bison lose the last of their winter coats. In the heat, tempers fray. To escape soaring ground temperatures, cowbirds choose a bison's back as a cool place to feed and catch the breeze. Biting insects now become a draining nuisance. A grizzly bear es

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By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 13 January 2007 Pakistan and India held talks to review progress in their slow-moving three-year-old peace dialogue Saturday. As VOA's Benjamin Sand reports from Islamabad, there were no major breakthroughs, but both sides

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Topics: Grand Teton National Park; Famous Songs: She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain; congratulations versus thanks versus kudos; literally; to take the time Words: range intact stunning glacier lodge snowshoeing to come around spiritual second comi

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