路透社近日出版了《我们这个世界3》，其中的图片和文字完美地承袭了前两辑光彩眩目的新闻摄影风格。玛丽安•贝德力荐读者不容错过。
Reuters has produced its third volume of Our World Now, a perfect companion to two earlier albums of dazzling photojournalism. Maryann Bird pored over the not-to-be-missed images and essays.
中外对话编辑刘鉴强在他的新书《天珠——藏人传奇》中倾听藏民的心声，带着尊重的心情探索藏民的内心世界。熊蕾认为，读者乃至藏区工作的政策制定者们均能从本书中收获良多。
In Heavenly Beads, chinadialogue’s Liu Jianqiang explores the inner landscape of some Tibetan people, listening with respect and learning from them. Even policy makers can benefit from this outsider’s view, writes Xiong Lei.
斯图尔特•布兰德，这位活跃于六十年代的可持续生活的标志性人物如今又重新进入了我们的视野，并且表达了他对核能及转基因食品的乐观看法。克莱夫•库克森尽管对此持不同意见，但是认为《地球全科》一书值得一读。
Stewart Brand, the ’60s-era icon of sustainable living, is back and looking kindly on nuclear energy and GM food. Clive Cookson enjoyed Whole Earth Discipline, even when he didn’t agree.
奥利弗•莫顿发现，为了让大家更了解“科学是一门接触的运动”这一观点，史蒂芬•施奈德已经通过别人不能或不愿采取的方法将所有问题调整归零。
Getting to grips with “Science as a Contact Sport”, Oliver Morton found that Stephen Schneider has zeroed in on some issues and events in ways no one else could or would.
中国主流观点认为内蒙古环境恶化源于人口压力，然而王晓毅却在《环境压力下的草原社区》一书中对该论调予以驳斥。刘书润对书中倡导有效游牧和健康生态的观点表示认同。
In Pastoral Communities Under Environmental Pressure, Wang Xiaoyi rebuts mainstream views on a deteriorating environment in Inner Mongolia. Liu Shurun agrees that valid nomadic practices and ecosystem networks mustn’t be ignored.
在《充满美元的沼地》一书中，迈克尔•皮尔揭示了西方在尼日尔三角洲资源开发中的角色。他对其中的腐败和可鄙、掠夺和疯狂的深刻描绘，令约翰•维达深受触动。
In A Swamp Full of Dollars, Michael Peel explores the west’s role in exploiting the resources of the Niger Delta. His study of corruption and cynicism, plunder and desperation, impressed John Vidal.
在触及气候变化的主题之前，埃里克•罗斯顿在《碳时代》中详细阐述了碳元素循环的奇妙过程。简•麦克贾克认为这非常引人入胜。
In The Carbon Age, Eric Roston teases out of the wonder of the chemical element’s cycle before broaching the subject of climate change. Jan McGirk found it intriguing.
自然灾害向我们证明这个世界是活跃的、变化着的。蒂姆•雷德福从四种对地球具有破坏性的事件中看到，我们人类在面对这些灾难性事件时，往往会选择不去吸取教训。
Natural disasters prove that the world is active and changing. In four literally earth-shattering events related in Terra, Tim Radford sees how often humans choose not to learn from catastrophic events.
彼得•马斯警告世人，石油工业数十年来的肆意消费已经为我们埋下了经济崩溃、环境恶化、道德腐朽的种子。迈克尔•皮尔撰文。
Peter Maass warns that decades of wanton consumption have created the seeds of the economic, environmental and moral destruction caused by the oil industry, writes Michael Peel.
最新出版的一批食品类图书的内容中不仅仅探讨了盛宴，同时还讨论了有关饥荒的一些内容。然而汤姆•坚尼认为，尽管这些书中有一些颇具内涵，但是另外一些则在实质内涵方面仍有欠缺。
Tom Jaine considers the latest batch of food volumes, which address both feast and famine. Some are mind-nourishing, he found, while others left him craving more substance.
中国、中东及非洲的气候变化可能导致蝗灾频发，农作物歉收
Climatic changes in China, the Middle East and Africa could see more severe outbreaks of locusts devastating food crops
气候变化所引起的担忧还不足以推动除了政治对话之外的实质性行动。
Fear of the distant horrors of climate change isn't enough to drive anything more than just political talk and hand-wringing
中国正在尝试利用水交易来解决保证供应公平和避免生态破坏这个双重问题。
China approaches water trading with the twin problems of ensuring equity of supply and avoiding ecological damage
通过对藏羚羊基因组的研究，科学家揭开了这种可以在高海拔平原地区高速奔跑的濒危动物的奥秘。
Scientists have mapped the genome of China's much-loved but endangered Tibetan antelope, able to gallop across high-altitude plains at high speed
至年初官方严打危害食品安全犯罪起，已有900余人因生产销售假肉而被捕，其中更有甚者以老鼠肉冒充羊肉。
After more than 900 arrests over the selling of fake meat, including rat as mutton, officials face an uphill battle to change a fraudulent culture
人类在过去100中的过度捕捞导致了鳕鱼、鲨鱼、金枪鱼和箭鱼等大型鱼类数目急剧减少。
A century of overfishing by humans has seen a vast reduction in the numbers of large fish, such as cod, sharks, tuna and swordfish
