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Burning coal for energy adds planet-warming carbon dioxide, or CO2, to Earths atmosphere. As the planet heats up, experts warn that simply cutting greenhouse gas emissions will not be enough to avoid possibly disastrous levels of global warming. CO2

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The cold climate conifer forests of the north displaced broadleaved woodlands. Plants and animals were gradually pushed south to find a warmer climate. Florida became a refuge from the cold. Down here is where the Ice Age north met the subtropical so

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We need to ensure that these wetlands and forests 我们必须保护这些湿地和森林 that are our best and greatest and most critical 它是对抗全球暖化最佳、最有利 defense against global warming are protected, 最重要的防线 and

2007年VOA标准英语-Leading Scientist Says Climate Change Increases

By Lisa Schlein Geneva 05 July 2007 A leading climate change scientist says the warming of the planet would have a devastating impact on the poor and the hungry. He urges the United Nations to make greater efforts to help the poor, the hungry, and ma

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There are efforts worldwide to control the release of harmful greenhouse gases into the atmosphere to stop global warming. Some experts are now considering the idea of saving the planet through so-called geoengineering. The controversial idea is the

VOA标准英语2010年-Colombian Scientists Predict Climate C

For generations, rich Colombian mountains have produced a variety of food crops, beans, cassava and notably coffee. But local coffee farmers say the weather is changing, and so are crop yields. Carmen Eneida Trujillo is worried. Look, there are not t

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And we need to all gather together and say no to the tar sands. 我们必须团结一致向油砂说不。 And we can do that. There is a huge network all over the world fighting to stop this project. 我们可以做到这一点，遍布全球的庞大

2007年VOA标准英语-Experts Say Global Warming Likely to Affect Afr

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 17 April 2007 Experts say global warming is likely to affect people living in Africa more than on any other continent and warn that African policymakers must begin to prepare for such an event. An international panel of exp

2007年VOA标准英语-UN Sounds Global Warming Alarm

By Paul Sisco Washington 09 April 2007 Watch World Climate report Thousands of climate scientists and government policy administrators from more than 120 countries worked on the report for six years. After a reported all night session on April 5, the

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Self-Awareness The man who is aware of himself is henceforth independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and hrough with profound yet temperate happiness. Healone lives, while other people, slaves of cere

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