At the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting last month, the mayor of Albuquerque, N.M., asked a provocative question: How would his citizens feel if the city bought thousands of ordinary writing pens the kind that cost about $1 each in most stores and...
The northeastern Spanish city of Zaragoza is hosting an international water fair to highlight the importance of this vital and increasingly threatened resource. Spain is no stranger to water scarcity. The country is juggling competing demands of urb...
Jimmy Liao had a difficult relationship with his short-tempered father. But he fondly remembers the fishing trips he took with his dad each Sunday. Liao is now a fish biologist. He says that fish have taught him how to swim through life's rough curr...
By Greg Flakus New Orleans 25 April 2008 The Mississippi river, which drains more than 40 percent of North America's river flow into the Gulf of Mexico, is at its highest point in years, leading to concern that levees protecting the city of New Orlea...
By Carol Pearson Washington 11 March 2008 An Associated Press survey shows much of the drinking water in major American cities contains traces of prescription drugs. The news service reports that researchers are unsure of the risk to humans from deca...
"You Dont Miss Your Water Til The Well Runs Dry" 直到井水都干涸了,你才会想念它 就象我们常犯的一个错误 拥有的时候不懂得珍惜 直到失去..才知道珍贵 You Dont Miss Your Water (Til The Well Runs Dry) 歌手:Craig David 专辑:Slicker Than Your Average C...
44.Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs The concept of obtaining fresh water from icebergs that are towed to populated areas and arid regions of the world was once treated as a joke more appropriate to cartoons than real life. But now it is being con...
If the salinity of ocean waters is analyzed, it is found to vary only slightly from place to place. Nevertheless, some of these small changes are important. There are three basic processes that cause a change in oceanic salinity. One of these is the...
Helen: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. Im Helen. Zoe: 大家好,我是刘佳。 Helen: Today were going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language. Zoe: 在今天的地道英语里,我们来学习一些当代英语中最...
By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 27 September 2007 Recent outbreaks of cholera in parts of Iraq highlight the need for basic services like clean water.Development projects in much of the country have been delayed because of the deteriorating security situ...