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Scientists are predicting a 110-mile sheet of ice -- a chunk the size of the state of Delaware -- will break off Antarctica in the coming days or weeks. The cause is warming ocean waters, and the ice melt has implications for sea level rise well beyo

美国科学60秒 SSS 2013-05-16

Bottled water companies often brag about the purity of their drinks. Just imagine if they found a water source that's been cut off from the outside world for well over a billion years. Well, scientists have discovered just that, in isolated reservoir

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Why does Florida have so many springs? Florida sits on a layer of porous limestone which acts as an underground reservoir or aquifer. This aquifer can absorb huge amounts of water. Where the pressure is great enough, springs bubble up, spewing up bil

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As the migrating herds arrive in the plateaus river valleys, the spring is here. This is why they have made the journey after the famine of winter. Food is everywhere. Birds have flown in from as far away as the Arctic and subtropics. Canada geese jo

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By David McAlary Washington 15 February 2007 A U.S. spacecraft has provided fresh evidence that water once flowed on Mars. In this case, it is water that ran deep underground through rock fissures, places where scientists say life could have thrived

TED演讲:探索世界最深洞穴(2)

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Reward offered for tips on underground water pollution

JINAN, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- A municipal government in east China's Shandong Province has offered a huge reward for clues or evidence of local enterprises pumping emissions underground. The government of Weifang City has offered a 100,000 yuan (15,873

英语听力：Wild China 美丽中国 -12

The Chinese moccasin is an ambush predator with a deadly bite. This is one of China's largest and most feared venomous snakes. But the monkeys have lived alongside these dangerous serpents for thousands of years. They use this specific alarm call to

CCTV9英语新闻：工农业污染影响饮水安全

The north China plain has always faced a shortage of water. As a result, people have been using underground water for a long time. But this continued use has severely depleted the water table, leading to a host of concerns. It is the sowing season. F

Haikui affects 6 mln people, destroys thousands of houses

BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhua) -- More than 6 million people had been affected by Typhoon Haikui in four provinces as of 8 a.m. Thursday, the country's flood control authority said. Typhoon Haikui, which made landfall early Wednesday morning in east China'

China's Three Gorges hits full capacity

YICHANG, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- China's Three Gorges Dam on Sunday reached its designed highest mark, the second time for the world's largest water control and hydropower project to run at full capacity. The water level hit 175 meters at 5 p.m. after st

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We might not be alone in the universe. Actually, it may be confirmed as a very crowded place by new computer models developed to help identify habitable planets. Estimates of places that can sustain life have been based on the likelihood of them havi

英闻天下——353 Understanding Water and Groundwater Pollution

Chinese social activist is accusing Weifang City factories of illegally discharging chemical waste into 1,000 meter deep wells. In response, the Shandong provincial environment protection department has sent 320 officers to over 700 suspected factori

Environment Report Reveals Serious Pollution in China

China's State of the Environment Report for 2012 suggests that the overall quality of China's environment is balanced and stable. The condition of underground water remains to be a big concern. Li Dong has the details. Released annually by China's Mi

8 Great Anti-Hacks to Change Your Life

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Rain and Flood 暴雨洪灾 to burst their banks/ breaching of the dyke 决堤/ 溃堤 floods/ floodwater/ inundation 洪水 freshet 河水猛涨/ 涨水 water levels 水位 watercourses 河道/ 水道 the flood level 洪水水位 warning level 警戒水

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Old Faithful 老忠实喷泉是美国黄石公园中最负盛名的景观。黄石最著名的间歇泉是老忠实喷泉，它不像其他喷泉那样爆发没有规律，它每隔几十分钟,就会喷发一次,从不叫旅客失望。它始终如一

万物简史 第387期:浩瀚的海洋(6)

Nearly 90 percent of the planet's ice is in Antarctica, and most of the rest is in Greenland. 地球上将近90%的冰在南极洲；剩下的主要在格陵兰。 Go to the South Pole and you will be standing on nearly two miles of ice, at the North

CCTV9英语新闻：PM2.5 levels down 14.1 percent in 2015

Among many things, water pollution prevention and control was strengthened. The percentage of water rated at level 5 grade, which is the lowest grade, decreased 6.8 percent. Also, daily waste water treatment capacities for cities and towns increased

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