Acid Rain 酸雨 Damage from acid rain is widespread - not just in eastern North America, but throughout Europe, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia. Is the rain that's falling on your umbrella acidic? A listener's question -- on today's Earth and Sky. J

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(146) / 评论(0) 分类 (科普英语)Earth and Sky

How does acid deposition affect human health? We eat food, drink water, and breathe air that has come in contact with acid deposition. Canadian and U.S. studies indicate that there is a link between t

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YAN'AN, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- The identity of 26 people, who were killed in a bus-tanker collision in northwest China's Shaanxi Province on Sunday, have been confirmed, the local government said Tuesday. DNA testing has been completed for all of the cr

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BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region at 5:07 a.m. Saturday (Beijing Time), according to the China Earthquake Networks Center. The epicenter is determin

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LANZHOU, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- Two people have been reported missing after flooding in northeast China's Gansu province, local authorities told Xinhua on Tuesday. Rainstorms began to hit Tebo county in Gannan Tibetan autonomous prefecture at 8:30 p.m.

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LANZHOU, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Over the past few days, Rugur and his partners have been reconsidering how to help their village in northwest China's Gansu Province shake off poverty and make more money. Rugur is head of the remote Haikang village in t

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