【题目】Cities T hat Ar e Running Out of Water Even though 70 percent of th e glob e is con ered in water, only 3 percent of that is fresh water-and about 99 percent of that non-saltwa ter is stuck in glaciers (冰川) and snowfield s. No continent is saf e from a lack of ...
The jacarandas are in bloom across Mexico City, their bluish-purple flowers almost mocking in the stifling, polluted air of the dry season. Amid the season's shortages, officials have resorted to rationing. Millions now have only intermittent service — sometimes an hour a week or less of ru...
“When people ask me who my ancestors were, I tell them I am the descendant of slaves,” he said. Even today, most Yaquis in Potam live in reed houses; only those wealthy enough to buy and operate small electric pumps have running water. While some still farm the surrounding fiel...
T hey fell in swimming, cycling,running an d a number of other sports. How o athletes continu e to get better, jump longer,run or swim faster? Although scientists say t hat athletes hav e reache d their limits (极限).records continu e to fall. In almost every sport athletes hav e ...
... Mexico City (home to 20 million people) is sinking because the city sucks out underground water faster than the aquifer can be refilled. ... Florida wants to refill its overpumped aquifer (蓄水层) with untreated surface water, despite federal regulations to the contrary. ... Texas is...
Migration into rural areas is now running at about 100,000 a year, and the hunger for a taste of the rural life has kept land prices buoyant even as agricultural incomes fall. About 40 percent of all farmland is now sold to “lifestyle buyers” rather than the dwindling number of ...
infiltration to occur, or the ground becomes saturated with water. The excess floods low-lying areas and swells the adjacent creeks, tributaries, and rivers. Even seasonal snow and ice melt after a winter of heavy precipitation can lead to excess water running off into streams, rivers, and ...
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Hopefully, evaluating some of these trade-offs gets easier over time. On the nuclear front, the Sacramento Bee’s Ari Plachta reports that Newsom has persuaded legislative leaders to put upanother $400 millionto help Pacific Gas & Electric keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear ...
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