3 Chinese students to study penguin dungs

时间：2007-09-19 03:09:58

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Chinanews, Hefei, September 18 - - Three students of the Institute of Polar Environment of the University of Science and Technology of China will go to the South Pole for a 100-day research project. Yang Zhiyong and Huangtao, the two of them, will study the dungs of penguins1, as they may contain important information on environmental changes, especially on global warming.

 

Previous researches has found the traces2 of human activities in the furs of seals and the dungs of penguins, thus Yang and Huang want to do further research in this aspect to find more about human effect on the ecoenviroment.

 

The 24th polar scientific exploration team will also go to the South Pole with the students, to take part in the biggest polar research project in 50 years, also the key project of the International Polar Year, themed in the effect of global warming on polar areas.

 
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1 penguins fc5bf5a50fd6b440a35d113f324c5e75     
n.企鹅( penguin的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Why can penguins live in cold environment? 为什么企鹅能生活在寒冷的环境中？ 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Whales, seals, penguins, and turtles have flippers. 鲸、海豹，企鹅和海龟均有鳍形肢。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2 traces 29d5f56fb4447d05677b6226b698efe5     
踪迹( trace的名词复数 )； [电子学]示踪； 挽绳
参考例句：
  • infinitesimal traces of poison 微量毒素
  • vestigial traces of an earlier culture 早期文化的遗迹

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