• 今年十月世界人口将达70亿

    11-07-25 A little over a decade ago, the worlds population stood at 6billion. By the end of October, it will reach 7 billion. 十多年前,世界人口达到了60亿。而到今年十月底,这个数字将会变成70亿。 With five babies being born every second, 78 million people are...

  • 全球变暖使海平面迅速上升

    11-06-21 The rate of sea level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the past 2,000 years--and has shown a consistent link between changes in global mean surface temperature and sea level. The findings are published this week...

  • 世界禁毒之战“失败”

    11-06-02 The global war on drugs has failed according to a new report by group of politicians and former world leaders. 一组政客和前世界领导所做的一份新报告中透露,全球范围内对毒品的战争已宣告失败。 The Global Commission on Drug Policy report calls for the l...

  • 评估阿拉斯加冰川对全球气候的影响

    11-05-29 With an estimated 34,000 square miles of ice, an area about the size of Maine, Alaska's multitude of glaciers have a global impact. Anthony Arendt, an assistant research professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute, has outl...

  • 第42个世界地球日:珍惜地球资源

    11-04-23 2011年4月22日是第42个世界地球日,今年的主题是珍惜地球资源,转变发展方式。 Students pose for the photo with a globe during a campaign to mark the World Earth Day in a middle school in Dexing, Jiangxi province April 19, 2011. If the environmental move...

  • 世界助产士数量紧缺

    11-04-01 Of women giving birth each year, 48 million - or one in three - do so without expert help, a report from UK charity Save the Children estimates. 英国慈善团体救助儿童会的一项报告指出,每年大约有480万(三分之一)妇女在没有专家帮助的情况下分娩。 If the...

  • 2050年地球可能会“面目全非”

    11-02-23 A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an unrecognizable world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday. 上周日,研究人员在一个大型美国科学会议上警告说,随着地球人口越来越多...

  • 世界银行:食品价格处于“危险水平”

    11-02-16 The World Bank says food prices are at dangerous levels and have pushed 44 million more people into poverty since last June. 世界银行称,食品价格处于危险水平,自去年六月起已经使4400多万人陷于贫困中。 Food prices are close to record levels according...

  • 东非将持续干旱

    11-01-30 The increased frequency of drought observed in Eastern Africa over the last 20 years is likely to continue as long as global temperatures continue to rise, according to UC Santa Barbara scientist Park Williams. The new research, published in Climate...

  • 英国某小镇计划用火葬场供暖

    11-01-29 英国伍斯特郡的一个小镇议会最近提出了一条省钱又环保的建议:用当地的火葬场为周边的休闲中心和游泳馆供暖。目前,这条建议还在讨论中,不过殡葬联合会的有关人士也表示,从环境角度来看,这不失为一条好建议。 A council in Britain is proposing to save money and...