Arctic Warming Means Battles for Shipping and Riches

At the top of the world, under the ice, lies a large number of natural resources. Gas, coal, uranium and other minerals, even diamonds, sit under the ice inside the Arctic Circle. As climate change pushes the cold and ice farther north each year, dis

Lesson 57 The Elephant and the Whale

The biggest and strongest animal on land is the elephant. The largest and heaviest animal in the sea is the whale. It's also the biggest eater in the world. It eats a ton of food a day. It looks like

VOA标准英语2012--Oil Giants Eye Arctic Reserves

Oil Giants Eye Arctic Reserves Last winter in the Arctic, the Russian tanker Renda carved its way to the remote Alaskan port of Nome. Not long ago this voyage - made in December and January - would have been impossible. The warming climate means thin

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It really is rocket scienceresearchers are using huge x-ray scanners from NASA to understand how sonar might be affecting the hearing of large ocean mammals. These scanners are usually used to inspect the space shuttles solid fuel rockets. Navy sonar

科学美国人60秒 SSS The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect

The Arctic's Anti-Snowball Snowball Effect 北极的反雪球效应 Last Christmas, Santa Claus must have been loading his sleigh in a t-shirt and shorts. Temperatures at the North Pole crept up toward the freezing point when they should have been mi

国家地理:Wild: Whale Attack 鲸鱼攻击

Then as we got closer, I could see what it was. It was a California gray whale cow. The California gray whale is one of the largest animals on the planet. A fully-grown female known as a cow can easily weigh up to 35 tons, the equivalent of eleven fe

VOA常速英语2007-Arctic Ice Survey Announced

By Paul Sisco Washington 31 October 2007 A team of British explorers has announced they are going to the North Pole to measure the ice cap's thickness. The expedition, a collaboration of Cambridge University in Britain and a U.S. Navy oceanography sc

2007年VOA标准英语-Russia Seeks to Claim Arctic Mineral Wealth

By Kurt Achin Seoul 26 July 2007 South Korea says kidnappers who killed a South Korean hostage in Afghanistan will be held accountable for their actions. As family and friends of the victim mourn, South Korean negotiators are trying to save the lives

Earth’s Arctic Ice Disappears, Scientists Study Nearest Exoplanet

Earths Arctic Ice Disappears, Scientists Study Nearest Exoplanet Each year, more ice disappears from the Arctic Ocean. A new study blames human activity for the loss. The damage is caused, the study says, by greenhouse gases coming from vehicles, air

VOA标准英语2012--Dire Warnings Issued on Diminishing Arctic Ice

Dire Warnings Issued on Diminishing Arctic Ice Polar bears hunt seals from sea ice, but could drown if forced to swim long distances in open water. Satellite photos released by Americas space agency, NASA, illustrate the daunting threat to such bears

VOA标准英语2012--Alaskan Wins Environmental Prize for Opposing Offshore Drilling

Alaskan Wins Environmental Prize for Opposing Offshore Drilling Saving her village traditions means everything to community activist Caroline Cannon. This includes the annual hunt for one bowhead whale, in which villagers use wood-framed boats covere

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Ghosts' In The Arctic: How The Long-Lost Franklin Expedition Was Found

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: We have a kind of ghost story next. It's the backstory of a discovery. Three years ago on this program, we placed a phone call to the journalist Paul Watson. He was on an icebreaker, a ship in the Arctic with the aid of a helicop

科学美国人60秒 SSS Arctic Pollinator Faces Uncertain Future

The Greenland High Arctic is a bare, sparse place. Rather than tall trees, it has tundraground hugging vegetationand rugged, Lord-of-the-Rings-style vistas. Well I don't know, it's not exactly New Zealand, but kind of similar landscape. Mikko Tiusane

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Arctic Refuge Drilling

By Cynthia Kirk ENVIRONMENT REPORT - April 26, 2002: Arctic Refuge Drilling This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. The Democratic-controlled United States Senate has voted to block explor

VOA常速英语2008年-Sea Unicorns Involved in Arctic Sea Study

By Paul Sisco Washington, DC 01 February 2008 Scientists know that the waters north of Greenland, around the Arctic Circle, significantly influence global weather patterns. But until recently, they only have been able to measure the region's deep oce

夏天热成狗？让白鲸来帮你降降温

The young crowd at this aquarium had a novel way of cooling down on the hottest day of the year. 在今年最热的日子里，年轻人在这个水族馆里有了一个新奇的降温方法。 As temperatures hit 93.2F (34C) on the first day after r

Arctic Ice Melting Faster Than Predicted

As government officials from eight Arctic nations - the United States, Russia, Canada, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Iceland - prepare to meet in Greenland next week to discuss the challenges of climate change, a report released May 4, 2011 un

China to open int'l institute for Arctic studies

REYKJAVIK, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- China will launch its first international Arctic cooperation and research institute in Shanghai, sources attending a Sino-Iceland workshop told reporters here. The workshop on Arctic studies was held Friday as part of t

US Calls Arctic Council Meeting 'Historic'

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to join fellow foreign ministers from the eight-nation Arctic Council on Thursday in Greenland's capital, Nuuk, for a meeting on polar region issues, including the receding Arctic ice cap. The meeti

美国国家公共电台 NPR How A Shorter Sea Ice Season Is Changing Life In The Arctic

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: People who grew up in the Arctic have seen dramatic effects - the dramatic effects of climate change during their lifetimes. One example - the northernmost town in the United States used to have a coastline that was edged w