国家地理-2008-03-15 Antarctic Ocean Creature 南极深海的神秘生物

Scientists investigating the icy waters of Antarctic said on Tuesday they collected mysterious creatures including giant sea spiders and huge worms from the murky depths. Australian experts taking part in an international program to take a census of

新西兰英语 821 Antarctic summer season opens

The first flight for the summer to Scott Base in Antarctica left Christchurch yesterday. Another flight left today and a third one will leave tomorrow with cargo. Aboard the planes are staff of the New Zealand Defence Force and the US Antarctic progr

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-15

A man will face a Brisbane court today charged with the murder of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe. Police are continuing to search rugged bushland near the Glass House Mountains for his body. The boy disappeared almost eight years ago while wait

澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-02-21

There are reports of a massacre in Libyas second largest city Benghazi. Doctors there say more than 200 people have died and 900 have been injured. The worst violence happened during a funeral procession when security forces fired machine guns and he

VOA标准英语2008年-Researchers: Antarctic Ice Loss Is Accelerating

By VOA News 15 January 2008 A group of climate researchers says there is evidence that global warming is causing the Antarctic ice cap to melt more quickly than it did 10 years ago. The scientists said Monday they used satellite data to monitor the A

新西兰英语 686 Antarctic Summer season starts

During the weekend, about 10,000 people visited the US air force Globemaster at Christchurch airport. The Antarctic summer season opened today and the Globemaster was ready to take scientists and maintenance staff to Scott Base and McMurdo Base. Scot

Scientists Link Antarctic Ice Melt to Decline in Staple Food

By David McAlary Ocean animals in parts of Antarctica are facing a food shortage. A new British study finds that a staple of the marine wildlife diet, tiny shrimp-like creatures called krill, has dram

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Antarctic Ice

By Cynthia Kirk ENVIRONMENT REPORT -February 1, 2002: Antarctic Ice This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. New measurements show that ice in West Antarctica is thickening. Scientists conc

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Antarctic Ice Breaks Off

ENVIRONMENT REPORT -April 5, 2002: Antarctic Ice Breaks Off By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. A huge piece of ice the size of a small country has broken off Antarctic

VOA标准英语2010年-Australian, New Zealand Scientists Con

The researchers will sail for Antarctica early next month, in an expedition funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments. The scientists hope their journey to the Southern Ocean will help to disprove Japan's claims that whales have to be kill

VOA慢速英语2014 AS IT IS 2014-05-15 Why is the Antarctic cooling?

AS IT IS 2014-05-15 Why is the Antarctic cooling? Many scientists believe climate change exists. They say temperatures on Earths surface are rising. And they say human beings are largely responsible for the warmer conditions. But the opposite seems t

VOA标准英语2012--Russians Reach Ancient Antarctic Lake

Russians Reach Ancient Antarctic Lake Evidence of a giant lake beneath the Antarctic ice has been gathering since the 1970s. Suspicions were first aroused after a team of Russians drilled deep into the ice to get a climate-record core sample. Accordi

VOA标准英语2013--Warm Ocean Accelerating Antarctic Ice Loss

Warm Ocean Accelerating Antarctic Ice Loss The study is the first comprehensive survey of all the Antarctic ice shelves, which are the 1.5 million square kilometers that fringe much of the frozen continent. Lead author Eric Rignot, a professor at the

新西兰英语 232 Whaling protest in Antarctica

A protest boat, with a crew of six people, was damaged by a Japanese whaling ship in Antarctic waters yesterday. The boat, the Ady Gil, is registered in New Zealand but is part of a protest group the Sea Shepherd which has an Australian captain. The

Icebreaker Xuelong returns after Antarctic expedition

SHANGHAI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- China's icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, returned to its Shanghai base on Sunday after completing the country's 28th Antarctic expedition. The vessel received a brief welcoming ceremony at the base dock, organized by

CCTV9英语新闻：广东惠州澳大利亚产品展悉尼开幕

Manufacturers from southern Chinese city of Huizhou are displaying their products in Australia, hoping to increase visibility and business. They're a big part of a Chinese contingent in Sydney helping to promote China's renewed push towards manufactu

新西兰英语 325 Historic Antarctic photos

An exhibition of historic Antarctic photographs opened at Canterbury museum in Christchurch today. Some of the photos were taken during Captain Scotts journey to the South Pole 100 years ago while the other photos were of Shackletons expedition from

VOA标准英语2012--Study: Warm Ocean Speeds Antarctic Melting

Study: Warm Ocean Speeds Antarctic Melting The study's lead author, Hamish Pritchard, is a glaciologist with the British Antarctic Survey. In 1993, and again in 2003, he observed the collapse of two ice shelves on the Antarctic Peninsula. He says the

新西兰英语 550 Antarctic exhibition in London

First listen to the previous item: Journey to the South Pole. Tomorrow an exhibition called Scotts Last Expedition opens in London, in the Museum of Natural History. Captain Scott and the four men who went to the South Pole with him, died on their re

经济学人:南极洲 核心价值

Antarctica 南极洲 Core values 核心价值 The southern continent hots up 南方大陆热闹起来了 ANTARCTICA is 2,700km away. Yet as the brief austral summer fades, for Hobart, the capital of the Australian state of Tasmania, it is big busines