This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT.Temperatures around the world continue to rise. United Nationsscientists say they believe two-thousand-two was one of the warmestyears ever measured. The scientists also say they expect the comingyears will get even hotter.The U-N's World Meteorolog...
This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT.American scientists say rising temperatures on Earth's surfaceare forcing animals and plants to move to cooler areas and makeother changes. Their studies found that warmer weather is causingmany kinds of wildlife to leave their native environments. ...
This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT.Graphic ImageOrangutans are great apes thatlive in coastal jungles on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. A teamof international scientists has found evidence that some orangutanshave developed their own culture. They found evidence that orangutangro...
This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT.Two environmental groups blame dishonesty among Indonesianofficials for the continued destruction of the country's forests.Their report says illegal tree cutting is threatening the nativeenvironment of rare animals, including the orangutan. It says ...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Environment Report.Workers in the United States have begun deploying a new system totest for biological weapons. The system, called Bio-Watch, wouldprovide early warning if smallpox, anthrax or other deadly organismsare released into the air.Bush administration officia...
This is the VOA Special English ENVIRONMENT REPORT.A private North American group has launched an effort to reduceand trade releases of industrial gases linked to the warming of theEarth. This is the first time that businesses operating in more thanone industry have agreed to use a market-based syst...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Environment Report.President Bush has offered a plan to speed development oftechnology that uses hydrogen as fuel. His goal is increasedproduction of vehicles, homes and businesses powered by hydrogenfuel cells.Mister Bush says he hopes that children born this year wil...
This is the VOA Special English Environment Report.Everywhere, water use is increasing. Humans already usefifty-four percent of all the fresh water in rivers, lakes andunderground. There are some estimates that this rate will reachseventy percent by two-thousand-twenty-five.Fresh water is necessary ...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Environment Report.Scientists have appealed for international cooperation to protectleatherback sea turtles. The scientists say the world's leatherbackpopulation has dropped more than ninety percent over the past twentyyears. They warn that leatherback turtles around t...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Environment Report.Environmental experts are concerned about the world's coralreefs. A recent study found that twenty-seven percent of all coralreef systems have been destroyed. Experts believe higher oceantemperatures and activities by people are to blame. The study w...
This is the VOA Special English Environment Report.Lotus plants and the pure white flower they produce havespiritual meaning in some Asian religions. The lotus has alsoappealed to scientists for its ability to resist water and stayclean. Now, Turkish scientists say they have discovered a low-costway...
Caty WeaverThis is the VOA SpecialEnglish Environment Report.On April twenty-second, millions of Americans and people aroundthe world will observe the thirty-third anniversary of Earth Day.Across the United States, people will attend events to show theirsupport for protecting the Earth's environment...
This is the VOA Special English Environment Report.United Nations officials have declared two-thousand-three theInternational Year of Fresh Water. Everywhere, water use isincreasing. Today, we look at how one area is dealing with theproblem.Map ofCalifornia StateThe southwestern United Statesfaces a...
This is the VOA Special English Environment Report.A new study has both good news and bad news about pollution inNorth America. It found that industrial releases into theenvironment dropped five percent between nineteen-ninety-five andtwo-thousand. The report shows that some of North America's large...
This is the VOA Special English Environment Report.Seven activists are this year's winners of the GoldmanEnvironmental Foundation awards. The winners received theirone-hundred-twenty-five-thousand dollar prizes at a ceremony in SanFrancisco, California.The Goldman Environmental Prize is the world's ...
This is the VOA Special English Environment Report.A LosAngeles freeway after a powerful earthquake in1994.Scientists in the United Stateshave developed a computer program that they say could provide anearly warning of major earthquakes. The new system is designed togive a warning seconds before an ...
This is the VOA Special English Environment Report.Art bystorm: a Doppler radar is an increasinglyimportant tool to study weather. It is named after a physical effectfirst reported by an Austrian scientist, Christian Doppler. Ineighteen-forty-two, he described how movement seems to influence therate...
This is the VOA Special English Environment Report.Graphic ImageScientists in Canada say big oceanfish have almost disappeared from the world since the start ofindustrial fishing in the nineteen-fifties. The scientists foundthat populations of large fish like tuna, swordfish and cod havedropped by n...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Environment Report.The chief of the United States Environmental Protection Agencyhas announced her resignation. Christine Todd Whitman says she willleave office on June twenty-seventh.Graphic ImageMissus Whitman was serving asgovernor of New Jersey when President Bush ...
This is the VOA SpecialEnglish Environment Report.The chief of the United States Environmental Protection Agencyhas announced her resignation. Christine Todd Whitman says she willleave office on June twenty-seventh.Graphic ImageMissus Whitman was serving asgovernor of New Jersey when President Bush ...
