May 16, 2008
Ocean nitrogen provides limited climate help, says study
Nitrogen entering the world's oceans from human activities provides only limited help in fertilising tiny marine plants that help to slow global warming, Reuters quoted scientists as reporting on Thursday. more ...
委内瑞拉为保护资源停止上采矿新项目
《路透社》周三报道，为了加强管理自然资源，委内瑞拉关闭了黄金开采的新项目，同时还威胁表示对其他矿山采矿和伐木权项目采取同样的措施。 更多 ...
Venezuela cracks down on mining projects to protect resources
In a move to tighten control of its natural resources, Venezuela closed the door to new gold projects and threatened other mining and logging concessions, Reuters reported on Thursday. more ...
西方监控中国核设施是否在地震中受损
美国《纽约时报》周五报道，中国核武器的设计，制造以及储存的中心就位于地震区，这让西方专家开始寻找因地震损害而可能导致核辐射泄漏的迹象。 更多 ...
West monitors Chinese nuclear sites for quake damage
The main Chinese centres for designing, making and storing nuclear arms lie in the earthquake zone, leading Western experts to look for signs of any damage that might allow radioactivity to escape, the New York Times reported on Friday. more ...
2008年5月15日
北极熊被美国列为濒危物种
北极熊栖身于北极海冰层上,因气候变暖而数量大幅下降。该动物在星期三被列为美国《濒危物种法》中的受威胁物种。但这个新的保护方案中并没有纳入对抗气候变化或减少北极地区化石燃料开发的提议。 更多 ...
May 15, 2008
Polar bears listed as US threatened species
Polar bears, whose Arctic sea ice habitat has been greatly reduced by a warming climate, were listed on Wednesday as threatened under the United States Endangered Species Act. But the new protection was not accompanied by proposals to address climate change or drilling in the Arctic for fossil fuels. more ...
研究表明，全球环境已遭气候变化严重损害
科学家在研究早至1970年发表的报告中发现，世界上至少有90%的环境破坏和干扰可由人类活动导致的温度升高来解释。 更多 ...
Global environment already hit hard by climate change, study shows
Scientists examining published reports dating back to 1970 have found that at least 90% of environmental damage and disruption around the world can be explained by rising temperatures driven by human activity. more ...
中国军队奔赴灾区抢修大坝
周一中国四川省发生的7.9级地震中的死亡人数已经攀升到约2万 人。同时，中国政府还说， 震中附近的近400座水坝已遭破坏。 周三中国已派出部队堵塞水库裂缝和开放水闸，以防止地震灾区出现洪灾。 更多 ...
Chinese troops rush to plug dam cracks
As the death toll from Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Sichuan province climbed to more than 19,500, the Chinese authorities said that almost 400 dams around the quake epicentre had been damaged. Troops scrambled on Wednesday to plug cracks and open sluices to prevent flooding in already devastated communities. more ...
中国警告震后可能出现水坝溃决
中国官员周三警告说，周一在四川省发生毁灭性地震后，受到破坏的河流和水坝出现扭曲变形，已经达到溃堤点，可能使下游出现灾难性后果。此次地震是几十年以来在中国发生的最严重的地震，死亡人数的统计数字持续攀升，已经接近15，000人。 更多 ...
China warns of burst dams after deadly earthquake
Chinese officials warned on Wednesday of calamities downstream from broken rivers and dams strained to bursting point after the deadly earthquake in Sichuan province on Monday. The death toll from China's deadliest quake in decades has continued to rise to nearly 15,000. more ...
2008年5月14日
秘鲁成立环保部对抗击气候变化
《路透社》周二报道，秘鲁总统加西亚成立了首个秘鲁环保部。科学家称，气候变化正严重地影响安第斯山脉国家，安第斯山脉上的冰川因此可能在25年后完全融化。 更多 ...
May 14, 2008
Peru creates environment ministry as glaciers melt
President Alan Garcia has created the first ministry of the environment in Peru, Reuters reported on Tuesday. Scientists say climate change is hitting the Andean country hard; its melting glaciers have just 25 years left until they run dry. more ...
巴塞罗那旱情严重，靠运水解"渴"
英国《卫报》报道, 因西班牙正遭受有记录以来的最为严重的旱灾，一艘载有二千三百万升饮用水的货轮周二抵达了西班牙海港城市巴塞罗那，以缓解正处于旅游旺季的当地对用水的需求。 更多 ...
Drought forces Barcelona to import emergency water
A tanker carrying nearly 23 million litres of drinking water arrived at the port of Barcelona on Tuesday to help the city cope with the holiday season, the Guardian reported. Spain is suffering its worst drought since records began. more ...
四川水电站在地震中受损
据中国官方媒体周三报道，因周一发生在中国西南地区极具破坏性的地震，四川省紫坪铺水电工程出现了严重裂缝。据报道，已有近1.5万人死于这场7.9级的地震。 更多 ...
Sichuan hydropower project damaged by quake
The devastating earthquake that hit southwest China on Monday caused severe cracks in the dam at the Zipingpu hydropower plant, state media reported on Wednesday. The 7.9 magnitude quake is now reported to have killed nearly 15,000 people. more ...
