PBS高端访谈:南极洲的融化速度超过了科学家的预期

Scientists are predicting a 110-mile sheet of ice -- a chunk the size of the state of Delaware -- will break off Antarctica in the coming days or weeks. The cause is warming ocean waters, and the ice melt has implications for sea level rise well beyo

新西兰英语 821 Antarctic summer season opens

The first flight for the summer to Scott Base in Antarctica left Christchurch yesterday. Another flight left today and a third one will leave tomorrow with cargo. Aboard the planes are staff of the New Zealand Defence Force and the US Antarctic progr

儿童英语读物 棚车少年 Boxcar Children 5 去探宝

VThe Explorers Find Treasure THE NEXT MORNING Jessie woke up first, and she got up at once, for she was the housekeeper. The dog sat in the door of the car and looked at her as she jumped down to get the milk for breakfast. Then he jumped down after

VOA标准英语2008年-Researchers: Antarctic Ice Loss Is Accelerating

By VOA News 15 January 2008 A group of climate researchers says there is evidence that global warming is causing the Antarctic ice cap to melt more quickly than it did 10 years ago. The scientists said Monday they used satellite data to monitor the A

PBS高端访谈:冰架大裂缝迫使南极科考人员疏散

AUDIE CORNISH: Now to our NewsHour Shares, something that caught our eye that might be of interest to you, too. For more than 60 years, British researchers have monitored changes in the world's atmosphere from a remote lab in Antarctica. Now, for the

英语博客-北美风情 241 Let’s put it on the shelf for now

Sometimes we dont want to discuss something right now. We want to discuss it later instead, because it is not immediately important. In this case, we can put something on the shelf and talk about it again in the future. This weeks episode is about pu

Scientists Link Antarctic Ice Melt to Decline in Staple Food

By David McAlary Ocean animals in parts of Antarctica are facing a food shortage. A new British study finds that a staple of the marine wildlife diet, tiny shrimp-like creatures called krill, has dram

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Antarctic Ice

By Cynthia Kirk ENVIRONMENT REPORT -February 1, 2002: Antarctic Ice This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. New measurements show that ice in West Antarctica is thickening. Scientists conc

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Antarctic Ice Breaks Off

ENVIRONMENT REPORT -April 5, 2002: Antarctic Ice Breaks Off By Cynthia Kirk This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT. A huge piece of ice the size of a small country has broken off Antarctic

VOA慢速英语2014 AS IT IS 2014-05-15 Why is the Antarctic cooling?

AS IT IS 2014-05-15 Why is the Antarctic cooling? Many scientists believe climate change exists. They say temperatures on Earths surface are rising. And they say human beings are largely responsible for the warmer conditions. But the opposite seems t

VOA标准英语2012--Mapping Mountain Range Found Under Antarctic Ice

Mapping Mountain Range Found Under Antarctic Ice Its late afternoon at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, where Robin Bell is at work analyzing various images of glaciers and plotting her next expedition to the frozen southern pole. She takes a br

VOA标准英语2011--Scientists to Drill Huge Hole in Antarctic Ice

Scientists to Drill Huge Hole in Antarctic Ice Antarctica is the largest reservoir of glacial ice on the planet. An expedition of international scientists is headed to the frozen continent to study why its glaciers are retreating so fast. What they f

VOA标准英语2012--Russians Reach Ancient Antarctic Lake

Russians Reach Ancient Antarctic Lake Evidence of a giant lake beneath the Antarctic ice has been gathering since the 1970s. Suspicions were first aroused after a team of Russians drilled deep into the ice to get a climate-record core sample. Accordi

VOA标准英语2013--Warm Ocean Accelerating Antarctic Ice Loss

Warm Ocean Accelerating Antarctic Ice Loss The study is the first comprehensive survey of all the Antarctic ice shelves, which are the 1.5 million square kilometers that fringe much of the frozen continent. Lead author Eric Rignot, a professor at the

CCTV9英语新闻：“雪龙”号脱离束缚仅需4小时 避开冰山是关键

Earlier, we spoke to Zhang Beichen, a senior member of China's Antarctic Scientific Expedition on board the icebreaker Xuelong. He was also on the ship when the Xuelong freed itself. He said there was a lot of excitement when the ship finally got fre

CCTV9英语新闻：Icebreaker Xuelong heads to open water

The trapped Chinese icebreaker Xuelong broke through the Antarctic's heavy ice floes on Tuesday and was headed for open water. The vessel, which had been conducting China's 30th Antarctic expedition before going to the aid of the stramded Russian shi

Icebreaker Xuelong returns after Antarctic expedition

SHANGHAI, April 8 (Xinhua) -- China's icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon, returned to its Shanghai base on Sunday after completing the country's 28th Antarctic expedition. The vessel received a brief welcoming ceremony at the base dock, organized by

CCTV9英语新闻：中国被困者成功逃脱

Chinas research vessel and icebreaker Xuelong, or Snow Dragon has entered an area of clear water, after more than ten hours spent breaking through the Antarctic ice. The vessel had been trapped in the area since Friday. For more on how the Xuelong fr

新西兰英语 550 Antarctic exhibition in London

First listen to the previous item: Journey to the South Pole. Tomorrow an exhibition called Scotts Last Expedition opens in London, in the Museum of Natural History. Captain Scott and the four men who went to the South Pole with him, died on their re

CCTV9英语新闻：China slams Japan's request for continental shelf

The Chinese Foreign Ministry says Japan's request to claim the continental shelf and sea bed over the Okinotori reef is unreasonable and goes against international law. Spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks during a press conference this afternoon. Okin