一座座水电工程叠加在中国最重要的河流——长江上，这里正在成为鱼类的坟墓。刘伊曼、丁舟洋专访了两位专家曹文宣和翁立达。
Overfishing, dam construction and pollution spell ecological crisis for the Yangtze – and fish are at the heart of it, says Cao Wenxuan.
生物仿生的广阔潜力不仅创造了一个价值数十亿美元的产业，更能帮助我们加深对生态保护重要性的认识。
Biomimicry is helping to create a billion-dollar industry and a better understanding of the importance of conservation.
过去5年中国大规模群体性骚乱，大部分与环境维权有关。因环境污染导致的伤害与恐惧，已成为中国社会动荡的首因。
Most of the large cases of disorder seen in China over the last five years have been sparked by pollution issues.
随着洪水引发疟疾、血吸虫病等大肆流行，中国感到了全球性自然灾害增加的压力。
China is feeling the force of a global rise in natural disasters, as a surge in flooding brings malaria and more.
缓慢的网速、煎熬的航班旅行、摇摇欲坠的电网：世界上第一套真正现代化的基础设施已经现出老态，然而大多数美国人则尚未意识到他们国家的基础设施已经落后于其他国家了。
Slow internet speeds, frustrating air travel and a shaky power grid: the world’s first truly modern infrastructure is showing its age.
与中国的情况一样，英美两国的儿童也在逐渐远离自然。现在的孩子有一半时间坐在屏幕前，而不是在自然界中玩耍。长此此以往，我们的下一代将无力保护自然。
With half of their time spent at screens, the next generation will be poorly equipped to defend the natural world from harm.
在空前的公众关注中，中国迎来了应对大气污染的一个重要机遇。赵立建、徐楠对中美防治大气污染的不同制度方法，进行了分析对比，认为中国目前的大气污染防治管理体系很难应对如此严峻的挑战。
China’s existing pollution management system is not equipped to deal with a challenge as serious as cleaning up the country’s dirty air, argue Zhao Lijian and Xu Nan.
亚洲的水电支持者用到处建坝的美国作为推进争议项目的例证。但实际上，美国如今仍在投入大量时间和金钱改正从前犯下的错误。
Hydropower advocates point to the US as a reason to press ahead with controversial plans, but it is still spending time and money fixing past mistakes.
继去年十二月初两国官员在莫斯科谈判之后，中俄有望在一个月之内敲定一项全长2600公里、穿越阿尔泰山的输气管道项目。
A deal to build a 2,600-kilometre pipeline through the Altai Mountains, home to rare species like the snow leopard, could be finalised within a month.
以广东为中心的中国岭南一带，猎食野生动物以养生的习俗，祸及穿山甲、娃娃鱼、野生蛇类以及猫头鹰等野生动物。许多珍惜物种成为盘中餐，是其灭绝的主因之一。
Cantonese appetites are gobbling up endangered species including the pangolin, giant salamander, wild snakes and owls – facilitated by lax policing and a belief in medicinal benefits.
在过去的五年，洪水和暴风等自然灾害已造成中国近5000万人流离失所。
Natural hazards like floods and storms have forced almost 50 million people in China from their homes over past five years
行业团体警告说，如果欧盟继续推进针对中国产低价光伏板征收惩罚性关税的计划，太阳能价格将飙升，需求则会暴跌。
Solar prices will soar and demand will plummet if the EU presses ahead with tariffs on cheap PV panels from China, warn industry groups
巴西破败的公路、铁路和港口设施正在拖累其与中国的贸易
Sub-standard roads, railways and ports are putting a strain on Sino-Brazilian trade
印度农业遭遇危机，农民自杀事件接连发生，兰詹娜•帕迪的新作《遗孀》讲述了这一背景下妇女的艰难处境。
Written against the backdrop of continuing suicides among Indian farmers, a new book describes the impact of the country’s agricultural crisis on women
短评 in brief
如果人类不能消除对生态和地球系统的无知，世界将会怎样？卡斯帕•亨德森认为，弗雷德•古特尔的《物种的命运》一书对最坏的情形进行了令人惊心的概述。
The Fate of the Species by Fred Guterl is a bracing overview of the worst that can happen if humans do not overcome their ecological and Earth-systems illiteracy, writes Caspar Henderson.
