• 英国流行向许愿树上镶钱币

    11-09-17 They say money doesn't grow on trees. But it certainly appears to do so on the mysterious coin-studded trunks dotted around the UK's woodland. 众所周知,天上不会掉馅饼,树上也不会长钱,但在遍布英国的林地里,却长满了神秘的嵌满硬币的摇钱树。 Woodland...

  • Fragrance Forever

    11-06-29 The smell of wood, refreshingly sweet, greeted me even before I sat down at the round table. As if breathing along with the trees, I felt a simple, primitive(原始的,简单的) joy when admiring those furniture and home articles shaped and carved out...

  • 青变菌基因组定序成功

    11-01-25 The genome of the fungus that helps mountain pine beetles infect and kill lodgepole pines(美国黑松) has been decoded in a University of British Columbia study. Also known as blue stain fungus for the stain it leaves in the wood of infected trees,...

  • 外来害虫严重威胁本地作物生长

    10-12-07 Foreign pests are eating their way through our national forests, destroying majestic(庄严的,宏伟的) scenery and costing taxpayers millions of dollars. If enforcement efforts to prevent their importation aren't stepped up, irreplaceable(不能替代...

  • 城市绿化树木可能与犯罪率有关

    10-11-02 Along with energy conservation and storm-water reduction, scientists may soon be adding crime-fighting to the list of benefits that urban trees provide. Researchers with the U.S. Forest Service's Pacific Northwest (PNW) and Southern Research Station...

  • Be Here First

    10-10-11 Be Here First Ellen Dor Watson I don't know my trees but I know my trees. Their angling for(谋取) what has spurned(唾弃,冷落) them; their spitting and drooling(流口水) , the battered(破旧的,磨损的) crocuses(番红花) at their feet. We shar...

  • 环境气候词汇1

    10-07-20 防风林 wind breaks 防沙林 sand breaks 速生林 fast-growing trees 降低资源消耗率 slow down the rate of resource degradation 开发可再生资源 develop renewable resources 环保产品 environment-friendly products 美化环境 landscaping design for environmental...

  • 森林大火可能是拯救北美山茱萸的好方法

    10-06-09 Proper and timely burning of some Eastern U.S. forests could help revitalize(复活,复兴) flowering dogwood trees(多花狗木) , which benefits a wide range of species, a Purdue University report shows. Dogwood trees act as a calcium pump, pulling t...

  • 白杨树亦承受着生存“压力”

    10-05-07 People aren't the only living things that suffer from stress. Trees must deal with stress too. It can come from a lack of water or too much water, from scarcity of a needed nutrient(营养物,滋养物) , from pollution or a changing climate. Helping t...

  • 英国橡树遭遇致死病毒侵袭

    10-04-29 The continuing spread of a deadly disease that affects the UK's native oak trees is causing concern among tree professionals and conservation groups. 不断蔓延的致死病毒已经使英国本土橡树大面积受到感染,这种病毒已引起专业人士以及环境保护组织的深切关...