14-10-28 A fisherman who could play the flute went down one day to the sea-shore with his nets and his lute; and, taking his stand on a projecting rock; began to play a tune, thinking that the music would bring the fish jumping out of the sea. He went on pla...
14-10-23 Cloud No Bigger than a Man's Hand Dick Allen It approaches from the sea, too small for thunder and lightning but ominous as a closed fist and what it will bring nearing us, growing larger, is completely unknown. Beware the leaves blowing, beware the...
14-10-15 The climate is getting warmer, the ice sheets are melting and sea levels are rising -- but how much? The report of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2013 was based on the best available estimates of future sea levels, but...
14-10-14 望月怀远 张九龄 海上生明月,天涯共此时。 情人怨遥夜,竟夕起相思。 灭烛怜光满,披衣觉露滋。 不堪盈手赠,还寝梦佳期。 VIEWING THE MOON, THINKING OF YOU Zhang Jiuling Ying Sun译 As the bright moon shines over the sea, From far away you share this momen...
14-10-13 It is a strange thing that the sea voyages was there nothing to be seen but the sky see men should make diaries. But in a land travel, was there so much to observe. For the most part, they omitted as a chance or a feature to be registered than obser...
14-10-09 Sea ice surrounding Antarctica reached a new record high extent this year, covering more of the southern oceans than it has since scientists began a long-term satellite record to map sea ice extent in the late 1970s. The upward trend in the Antarcti...
14-09-26 Land-ice decay at the end of the last five ice-ages caused global sea-levels to rise at rates of up to 5.5 metres per century, according to a new study. An international team of researchers developed a 500,000-year record of sea-level variability, t...
14-09-24 Antarctic fishes that manufacture their own antifreeze proteins to survive in the icy Southern Ocean also suffer an unfortunate side effect, researchers report: The protein-bound ice crystals that accumulate inside their bodies resist melting even w...
14-09-10 A person of the state of Qi heard that Tian Ying, the king of the State of Jin wanted to expend the city wall of his vavasory Xue. He then told a story of a big sea fish to Tian Ying, There is a big fish in the sea. There is no net could catch it, n...
14-09-05 Chapter 3 David is alone It was a cold night, so I could not sit down to rest. In stead, I walked up and down on the beach, trying to keep warm. There was no sound except the crash of the waves. I felt very lonely and afraid. In the morning I climbe...