B Most cities were built on rivers. People originally settled in Paris because of the Seine, and in London for the Thames. A third of New York City's surface are a is water. For centuries, city folk used rivers for shipping, wastes, fishing and play.The Industrial Revolution ruined river...
Most cities were built on rivers. People originally settled in Paris because of the Seine, and inLondon for the Thames. A third of New York City's surface area is water. For centuries, ity folkused riversforshipping, wastes fishing and play.The Industrial Revolution ruined rivers for more ...
Set yourself up for a happy stay at Hotel Ottilia in the Vesterbro district, just off the city centre. You can people-watch from the cushions of your room’s round window and breathe easy knowing the hotel is self-cleaning: an engineered disinfectant is triggered by sunlight. It’...
Frescoes and fast-food joints are just a few of the latest discoveries, but a small piece of graffiti is making scholars rethink the date of Pompeii's ruin.
In the summer of 1988 many of the beaches had to be closed because garbage(废料)from hospitals was found in the water. The garbage included glass bottles with samples of blood and people were afraid they might get AIDS from the blood. At some beaches sewage(下水道)was found in the water...
Spending most of their lives buried in streambeds, freshwater mussels(贻贝) can be easy to miss. You could cross a stream with a packed bed of them without noticing. A careful observer swimming underwater using a snorkel (潜水呼吸管) might see the quiet creatures on the river bottom.Since...
People in cities usually buy their food in supermarkets. Most of the food comes from farms. On farms we can see plants and animals. Farmers get mik from cows and eggs from chickens. Then they send them to shops and supermarkets.In some hot countries, farmers can grow fruit, like oranges...
Salt Lake City surprised me (and many people) when it debuted on this list a couple of years ago. But this mid-sized city is increasingly vegan friendly — and it might surprise you to know it has more vegan restaurants per capita than NYC or LA!
According to the United Nations, 4 out of every 10 people are affected by water scarcity. Here are 10 other cities at risk of running out of water: Next:Cape Town, South Africa 2/14 Credit Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town’s severe water shortage made headlines in 2017 and 2018, ...
But as temperatures rise and the water evaporates, it becomes something wholly different. Huge blue, yellow and green spots appear, the result of deposits of magnesium sulphates, sodium sulphates and calcium. The Okanagan First Nations people believed the spots to have different curative ...