13-07-13 An analysis of earthquakes in the area around the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in southern California has found a strong correlation between seismic activity and operations for production of geothermal（地热的） power, which involve pumping water int...

13-07-11 There once was a small kingdom around a lake. One very hot summer it did not rain and the lake dried up. People grew anxious and went to the king. It has not rained for so long. Our fields are barren（贫瘠的） ! said the farmers. There's no fish to...

13-06-30 Opportunity has made one of its greatest scientific discoveries so far. Clay minerals in a rock called Esperance clearly indicate that neutral water flowed across the rock some time in the first billion years of its existence. 机遇号目前已实现了它的...

13-06-29 Cattle grazing and clean water can coexist on national forest lands, according to research by the University of California, Davis. The study, published in the journal PLOS ONE, is the most comprehensive examination of water quality on National Fores...

13-06-27 I recently heard a story from Stephen Glenn about a famous research scientist who had made several very important medical breakthroughs. He was being interviewed by a newspaper reporter who asked him why he thought he was able to be so much more cre...

13-06-27 When Ruth Hagan was 78 years old, she visited her daughter Judy and teenage granddaughter Marcy in California. They headed for their cabin, zigzagging forty miles up and down the mountains in their Bronco, from pavement to gravel（砂石，沙砾） to a...

13-06-26 Some homeowners living near shale gas wells appear to be at higher risk of drinking water contamination from stray gases, according to a new Duke University-led study. The scientists analyzed 141 drinking water samples from private water wells acros...

13-06-20 Using data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission, scientists believe they have solved a mystery from one of the solar system's coldest regions -- a permanently shadowed crater on the moon. They have explained how energetic pa...

13-06-19 High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says. 福岛核电站附近的地下水中发现高剂量有毒的放射性同位素。 Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said tests showed strontium-...

13-06-06 Radioactive water is leaking from a storage tank at Japan's Fukushima plant, its operator says. 日本福岛核电站的一座储水罐正在向外渗漏放射性污水。 Nuclear plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said a worker discovered the leak on Wedne...