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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Crabeater seals lying on the ice in Paradise Bay, Antarctica, in a 2005 photo And I'm Faith Lapidus. This week, an American study shows a link between air pol
World Environment Day(世界环境日)World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. Commemorated yearly on 5 June, WED is one of the principal
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - An International Appeal to Cut Smoking Rates Through Six Policies Also: An effort to find evidence of climate change in plants. And researchers develop a kind of rubber that can repair itself. Transcript of radio broadcast: 17
Drylands Vulnerable to Climate Change Researchers warn that the worlds drylands are being severely affected by climate change. They say that could harm the livelihoods and food security for billions of people. Scientists describe the projected effect
The Environmental Protection Agency has formally declared that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions pose a public health danger. The move opens the way for regulations on such emissions from vehicles, power plants and other sources. EPA
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A new movie shows Al Gore in Greenland. He's visiting a station where scientists measure the ice. And he's watching as much of the ice in Greenland turns into rivers of water flowing away. The movie is called An Inconvenient Sequ
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. The W.H.O. says climate change has increased the risk of natural disasters, like this flooding that trapped hundreds of people near Xai-Xai, Mozambique in 2000 Next Monday is World Health Day, observed b
WHO: Millions Die Every Year from Air Pollution From VOA Learning English, this is Science in the News. Im Anna Matteo. And Im Christopher Cruise. Today on the program, we look at our natural world. We report on the price of air pollution on human li
Aid agencies warn that East Timor faces a food crisis and more than half of its youngest children are going hungry as global food prices soar. A new survey reveals that more than 70 percent of households across East Timor are unable to find enough t
Climate Change Panel Says Expect More Extreme Weather Extreme weather cut a swath across the world in 2011. For Bill Wing, it began a year ago on New Years Day as he surveyed the damage from a tornado that touched down in Cincinnati, Arkansas. It sou
The African Union is considering a proposal to demand at least $67 billion a year in environmental damages from developed countries at the Copenhagen Climate summit in December. Africa is seeking a common position to increase its bargaining power in
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: In our final installment on how communities around the world are adjusting to climate change, we go to India. Pollution there from the burning of fossil fuels is encouraging the spread of solar energy. But as NPR's Julie Mc
HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: Scientists studying climate change in Antarctica reported this week that the hole in the protected ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere has shrunk. The discovery of the hole in the mid-1980s led to a wo
DOHA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations climate talks in Doha entered the final stage Saturday with drafts of the low- ambitious second period of Kyoto Protocol and weak commitment on climate finance after overnight negotiations on differences be
Maryland, south of Washington, DC 15 October 2007 Scientists are predicting there could be a global food crisis in this century if climate change continues unabated. VOA's Jeff Swicord reports. Buddy Hanse has been farming on land south of Washington
WASHINGTON, June 29 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama met with a bipartisan(代表两党的) group of senators Tuesday in the White House on climate and clean energy bill, and said he's confident they can get something done this year.Urging
Curbing climate change The deepest cuts 控制气候变化 一切为了减排 Our guide to the actions that have done the most to slow global warming 我们的行为指南已经最大限度减缓了全球变暖 ON SEPTEMBER 23rd 120-odd presidents an
Speaking on Monday the US president was blunt and to the point no challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations than a change in climate The tough new federal restrictions on Green House gas emissions from coal power plants in
The European Union's commissioner for climate action and energy has said climate diplomacy will be at the heart of Europe's relationship with China throughout 2015. 欧盟气候行动和能源专员表示气候外交会成为2015年中欧关系的重中
China has recently submitted a post-2020 climate change pledge to the United Nations, promising that compared with 2005, China will cut its CO2 output per unit of GDP by between 60 and 65 percent by 2030. Zou Ji, the deputy director at the National C