12-04-01 Two new studies into the plumbing systems that lie under volcanoes could bring scientists closer to predicting large eruptions. International teams of researchers, led by the University of Leeds, studied the location and behaviour of magma（岩浆） c...

12-03-01 Rising sea levels are likely to change Southern California beaches in the coming century, but not in ways you might expect. While some beaches may shrink or possibly disappear, others are poised to remain relatively large -- leaving an uneven distri...

12-03-01 A new NASA study revealed that the oldest and thickest Arctic sea ice is disappearing at a faster rate than the younger and thinner ice at the edges of the Arctic Ocean's floating ice cap. The thicker ice, known as multi-year ice, survives through t...

11-12-23 Coral reefs are extremely diverse ecosystems that support enormous biodiversity. But they are at risk. Carbon dioxide emissions are acidifying the ocean, threatening reefs and other marine organisms. New research led by Carnegie's Kenneth Schneider...

11-12-07 Scientists have developed important new insight into the sensitivity of global temperature to changes in Earth's radiation balance over the last half million years. The sensitivity of global temperature to changes in Earth's radiation balance (clima...

11-10-13 The Baltic Sea emits more carbon dioxide than it can bind. Local variations have increased the exposure of the Bay of Bothnia. These are the results from a study of how carbon dioxide flows between the water of the Baltic Sea and the atmosphere, car...

11-10-09 Will and Bill were quarrelling（争吵） about whose father was the stronger. Will said, Well, you know the Pacific Ocean? My father's the one who dug the hole for it. Bill wasn't impressed, Well, that's nothing. You know the Dead Sea? My father's the...

11-09-08 A team of leading marine scientists from around the world is recommending an end to most commercial fishing in the deep sea, Earth's largest ecosystem. Instead, they recommend fishing in more productive waters nearer to consumers. In a comprehensive...

11-08-01 精彩对白 Police: This way, Mr. Holmes. Watson: Blackwood certainly seems to have got the crowd into something of a fear frenzy. Holmes: Which I'm certain will disperse once his feet have stopped twitching . Care to come along? Watson: No, old cock ....

11-07-15 One day the Mountain man said to the Sea man, I have never tried fishing in my life. I'd like to go fishing in the sea at a time. So why don't you exchange your fishing rod（钓杆） for my bow and arrows and try to go hunting in the mountain? If you...