全球变暖的英文资料

1Climate Photo of the Week

Throughout California and the Southwest, new energy sources are being constructed（正在兴建中）and connected to(连接到) the grid. We are just returning from(从…返回) a two-week documentary trip from Lake Mead across to(穿过）Los Angeles and up north back to Oregon, photographing and learning about（学习研究…）the solar and wind energy being installed. Hydro power from（从…获得能量）Lake Mead nears a dangerous point because of（由于）the record low water behind Hoover Dam. More on this in a later dispatch（在以后的调度）.

The work on solar and wind shows the success of （…的成功）California's climate protection law, AB 32, which is under threat （受到…的威胁）from a wrong-headed and perverse election proposition funded by out of state oilmen. We saw hundreds of （数以百计的….）people at work on the energy future encouraged by the California climate laws. Truck drivers are delivering huge V estas wind turbines, and electricians, engineers and crane operators work to install the 300 foot towers for Terra-Gen's vast expansion of the Alta Wind center, Kern County. When completed these 190 turbines made in （在…制成）Pueblo Colorado by Portland Oregon-based V estas will provide 570 megawatts of power -- and the entire project is estimated to create more than（多于，

超过）3,000 mW.

Solar power is burning bright all around （到处）southern California and Nevada. The nation's only concentrated solar power station, owned by （被什么所拥有）eSolar in Lancaster CA, focuses the sun on central towers with 20,000 ordinary mirrors, boiling water for a standard GE turbine. The 5 mW plant is a demonstration that this technology, used frequently in Spain and being demonstrated also now in India, is feasible for wide application.A new set of （一套新的….）three similar solar plants is just beginning on BLM land near the Nevada-California border -- and already employs hundreds. The BrightSource Energy installation to provide about 400 mW of power, is on land that is habitat for the California desert tortoise, Federally listed as threatened. So besides 50 fence installers, along with（和…一同）road builders, engineers and security staff being employed, the BLM and the company have 40 biologists patrolling the site to keep tortoises from( 使…免受…)being killed or injured. Eventually the project will put an average 650 to work in construction over the coming few years. The animals -- an estimated 32 of them live on the solar site -- will be relocated to （重新定位）nearby habitat. During the planning and public comment phase of the project, with input by BLM and NGO endangered species advocates, BrightSource reduced the size of the plant and its footprint to lessen its

impact on （减轻）the land and the tortoises.

Other energy issues and solutions in the West will be covered in (被覆盖在)coming reports, including new housing with solar roofs, energy and water saving technology, and other solar innovations like walls of glass that filter sunlight as well as (和…一样)generate photo-voltaic energy. Meantime ocean temperatures in the western Pacific and the Caribbean are extraordinarily high, another reminder that global warming's effects are continuing. In the Caribbean, they are even worse than （比…更糟糕）those of 2005 which bleached and damaged so much of the coral there, including endangered coral species in Virgin Islands National Park. Information, alerts and maps are available from NOAA

2Please see Climate News and Views.

World View of Global Warming（全球变暖的世界观）is an independent documentary project by photojournalist Gary Braasch, now in its 11th year, presenting a comprehensive look at（呈现出以全面的角度）global warming science, the world wide effects of climate change, its implications, and what action is being taken about it. Braasch documents this change through science reporting and photography from the Arctic to Antarctica, from glaciers to the oceans. Rapid climate change is occurring now and its effects are fast becoming one of the prime events of the 21st

century.

Every citizen of the world needs to be aware of （知道.了解，警惕）rapid climate change:

1. Understand the problem, its causes and threats.

2. Let your leaders know the facts and that you expect them to act（希望他们的行动）

3. Do something today to reduce greenhouse gas output --

please Take Action(采取措施)Locations documented since April 1999.Site updated January 2010. Text and photography Copyright ? 2005 - 2010 by Gary Braasch. World View of Global Warming is funded by (由…提供资金)donations and grants. If you would like to contribute, please click HERE. Photographers' Perspectives on Global Warming October 14 -

November 6, 2005

was shown at JW Gallery, Brooklyn.

Posters from this exhibit are available. Please email your request.

This project would be impossible without scientists and observers around the world who have provided hundreds of scientific contacts and papers. See Background, Advisors, and Reference for documentation, funders and major advisors, without whom I could not complete the work. This

project is privately supported and I seek donations through Blue Earth Alliance.

World View of Global Warming is a project of （一个方案）the Blue Earth Alliance, Seattle Washington, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization. The project is supported entirely by donations, grants, and license fees for the photographs. Information about （关于…的说明）how to contribute is on the Blue Earth web site, or contact Gary Braasch. Thank you.

For other information about Gary Braasch's climate change projects and books, please see the books Earth Under Fire and How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate, and the exhibit "Climate Change in Our World" (information to the right above on this page). Link to （联系）3PDF version

COPYRIGHT NOTICE:

Photography and text Copyright ? 2005 - 2010 (and before) Gary Braasch All rights reserved. Use of photographs in any manner without permission is prohibited by(被…所禁止) US copyright law. Photography is available for license to publications and other uses. Please contact requestinformation@https://www.360docs.net/doc/6b5765350.html,. View more of Gary Braasch's photography here

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It’s late November 2009, and US energy secretary Steven Chu is leaning against a fake sink in a fake kitchen. Chu is 62 years old and athletically trim with graying black hair.

He?s wearing a rumpled pin-striped suit, argyle socks, and gold-framed glasses. Chu is a renowned physicist, a cabinet appointee, and the winner of a Nobel Prize. But that?s not why he?s now being treated like a rock star. This morning a small crowd of （一小群…）scientists, politicians, and local businesspeople are flocking to （向…蜂拥过来）him because he?s got cash, specifically $75 million in stimulus funds for the Ohio subsidiary of the American Electric Power utility.

Chu likes to ask questions — a lot of questions — and he can dive deep into(深入问题本质)the details of any science or technology issue very quickly. Today he?s touring a lab run by AEP just outside of Columbus, Ohio, that includes a model kitchen full of （充满）energy-saving appliances.

Standard protocol would suggest that he smile vapidly and hustle along. But almost immediately, he starts to （开始）wonk out with（与…一起工作）Ray Hayes, the lab?s

white-bearded manager. They talk power meters and the feasibility of sensors that can measure which gadget is sucking down what power. Chu is enjoying himself, his hands buried in his suit-pants pockets. A small crowd, including Ohio senator Sherrod Brown, follows the men around the room for a while（一会）, but everyone soon loses interest （失去兴趣）and strikes up side conversations. (“I didn?t know what the hell he and Ray were saying,” Brown later admits.)

Finally Chu is ready to do(准备好去做某事)what he came to do. He walks outside to a tent, where in front of（在…的前面）AEPers and politicos he announces the grant. He knows that all politics is local, especially in Ohio, a battleground state with high unemployment and strong unions. This is “a farsighted state,” he says; he mentions Toledo as the “solar valley of Ohio” and talks about(谈论)the state?s prowess in manufacturing.

Still, he can?t help himself, and after a few minutes he departs from his prepared remarks. “I just came back from visiting China with the president,” he says, no longer reading. When he was there two years ago, there was little interest in doing anything about climate change or carbon emissions. “That is no longer true,” he says. “The president of China, the premier of China, the vice premier of China are all saying, …This is a very big deal f or us. If we continue business as usual, continue to (继续做某事)grow our carbon emissions, it would be devastating for the world, devastating for China.? But they also say, …This is our great economic opportunity.? And for that reason（由于那个原因）, they?re investing over $100 billion a year in the clean energy economy.”

When Chu pivots back to the US, his point becomes clear: Spending on clean technology isn?t a feel-good sideline. It?s an investment that can yield jobs and profit. Someone is going to invent the technology that cleans our factories and our air — someone in Beijing or someone in the Buckeye State.

On the way back to the air port（在回机场的路上）, Chu is still fired up about China. Too many times, he says, he?s heard American businesses justifying their environmental inaction by saying that going green would put them at a disadvantage compared to their environmentally irresponsible Chinese competitors. Those days, he argues, are long gone. China?s supposed inaction isn?t an excuse; China?s rapid action should be a motivation.

After China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001, its economy soared. As a result（因此）, so did its carbon emissions. To make the products the West demanded, the nation had factories operating at full tilt no matter how（无论如何）old or polluting. To create the infrastructure to support its new economy, China generated unimaginable amounts of（许多，大量的）energy-intensive cement and steel. In 2006, China surpassed the US in total emissions. For Chu, this makes China the key to （构造…关键）America?s energy future. Since the US and China produce some 40 percent of the world?s carbon dioxide emissions, Ch u argues that far-reaching multicountry agreements aren?t really necessary. All the diplomatic inertia and endless

compromise make them difficult to achieve and unlikely to have real teeth. It?s smarter to deal with China alone. A massive investment by the US and China, and a series of （一系列的）strong treaties between the two countries, would have a big effect on（有巨大的影响）actual emissions, and the pacts would also serve as a model and inspiration for other countries. In part because they?re such massive polluters, the US and China have been the two countries stifling progress toward international agreements. If they could agree, others would feel the logjam had broken and follow along. It?s like a high school movie: Once the jocks and the nerds unite for a common cause, everyone falls in line.

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The Global Warming

People around the world may feel that the climate has been getting steadily warmer and warmer in recent years（近年来）. Places which used to（曾经）be abundant in snowfall have frequently experienced snowfree(无雪的) winters. Drought lasts longer in some dry areas. People find that without air conditioners they could

hardly work or fall asleep on hotter summer daysg.

The side effects of（…的副作用）global warming are alarminS. A warmer global climate melts the ice caps, raising sea levels. What is more（而且，还有）, it disturbs weather patterns, causing droughts, severe storms, hurricanes (飓风). People suffer a lot from disasters relevant to （与…有关）global warming.

To stop global warming we should make immediate and continual efforts. We hope the situation will soon change. Global warming catches and holds our concern, for it affects us and will affect our later generations. We cannot wait any longer. Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.

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ue Facts about Global Warming –

5 Facts

December 9th, 2009

True Facts about Global Warming Now on Global warming effect can be feeling in daily（每天）. But, some people still think that there?s no any changing, even they have to agree the climate is changing. Some facts that strengthen global warming effect in our life are animal and plants habit, changes or sooner migration for several [...]

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ECO DRIVING –EcoDriving is One of the quickest ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions December 18th, 2009

ECO-DRIVING Environment Campaign in driving is more echoed, as well as（并且）by manufacturers of motor vehicles. One popular way with “eco-driving” It?s how to drive according to environmentally friendly principles. With “eco-driving” we can save fuel, reduce emissions, and noise pollution.

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In 2006, China surpassed the US in total emissions.

For Chu, this makes China the key to America?s energy future. Since the US and China produce some 40 percent of the world?s carbon dioxide emissions, Chu argues that

far-reaching multicountry agreements aren?t really necessary. All the diplomatic inertia and endless compromise make them difficult to achieve and unlikely to have real teeth. It?s smarter to deal with China alone. A massive investment by the US and China, and a series of strong treaties between the two countries, would have a big effect on actual emissions, and the pacts would also serve as a model and inspiration for other countries. In part because they?re such massive polluters, the US and China have been the two countries stifling progress toward international agreements. If they could agree, others would feel the logjam had broken and follow along. It?s like a high school movie: Once the jocks and the nerds unite for a common cause, everyone falls in line.

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The Global Warming

People around the world may feel that the climate has been getting steadily warmer and warmer in recent years. Places which used to be abundant in snowfall have frequently experienced snowfree(无雪的) winters. Drought lasts longer in some dry areas. People find that without air conditioners they could hardly work or fall asleep on hotter summer daysg.

The side effects of global warming are alarminS. A warmer global climate melts the ice caps, raising sea levels. What is more, it disturbs weather patterns, causing droughts, severe storms, hurricanes (飓风). People suffer a lot from disasters relevant to global warming.

To stop global warming we should make immediate and continual efforts. We hope the situation will soon change. Global warming catches and holds our concern, for it affects us and will affect our later generations. We cannot wait any longer. Do it. Do it right. Do it right now.

==================================================

=============================Tr

ue Facts about Global Warming –

5 Facts

December 9th, 2009

True Facts about Global Warming Now on Global warming effect can be feeling in daily. But, some people still think that there?s no any changing, even they have to agree the climate is changing. Some facts that strengthen global warming effect in our life are animal and plants habit, changes or sooner migration for several [...]

Tags: 5 facts, global warming facts, green lifestyle

Posted in Global Warming | No Comments ?

ECO DRIVING –EcoDriving is One of the quickest ways to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions December 18th, 2009

ECO-DRIVING Environment Campaign in driving is more echoed, as well as by manufacturers of motor vehicles. One popular way with “eco-driving” It?s how to drive according

to environmentally friendly principles. With “eco-driving” we can save fuel, reduce emissions, and noise pollution.

Tags: safety driving

Posted in Going Green | No Comments ?

September 15th, 2010

Biofuels have been in existence so long as vehicles have. In the beginning of the 20th century, Henry Ford designed in order to fuel his Product Ts using ethanol, along with early diesel-powered engines have been demonstrated to run using peanut oil.

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Global Warming Solutions – What Are we able to Do?

September 13th, 2010

The evidence which humans tend to be contributing to global warming is actually real, although the question of how to handle it continues to be controversial. Economics,

sociology, as well as politics are common important aspects in considering for future years.

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Solar Energy Advantages – 3 Significant Benefits You dont want to Miss

September 12th, 2010

When you are like nowadays, most people you must find a method to save lots of energy and turn into earth friendly. Lots of people tend to be looking at solar power energy as an option to standard energy like electricity widely used these days. There are various solar energy advantages which make it really [...]

Global Warming

Global warming is the warming near the earth's surface that results when the earth's atmosphere traps the sun's heat. The earth is getting warmer. The changes are small, so far, but they are

expected to grow and speed up. Within the next fifty to one hundred years, the earth may be hotter than it has been in the past million years. As oceans warm and glaciers melt, land and cities along coasts may be flooded. Heat and drought may cause forests to die and food crops to fail. Global warming will affect weather everywhere, plants and animals everywhere, people everywhere; humans are warming the earth's atmosphere by burning fuels, cutting down forest, and by taking part in other activities that release certain heat trapping gases into the air.

One major cause of global warming is the use of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas that were formed from the remains of plant material deposited during the earth's carboniferous period. We have known for only a few thousand years that coal, oil, and natural gas can be burned to provide energy. It was not until the mid-1800s, however, that we began to burn very large quantities of these fossil fuels. The worldwide consumption of fossil fuel has increased dramaticall

Unfortunately, burning fossil fuels is not the only thing that we humans are doing to increase the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In many parts of the world today, forests are being destroyed at an alarming rate. Enormous numbers of trees are being cut down, both to provide timber and to clear the land for farming or ranching. This destructive process is called deforestation. In order to clear forests for agriculture, people cut down and burn all the trees in area. When the flames die down, nothing is left but acres of blackened, lifeless countryside. The fire destroys all the plants and kills or drives off the animals. Because there has been little attempt to replant trees in deforested areas, the world's forests are disappearing very quickly.

If we can reduce the greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere, we probably can slow the rate of global warming and climate. There are a number of things that we can do to prepare for the changes that are coming. If we act now, perhaps we can "soften the blow" of the greenhouse effect. In the future, the weather cold change much more dramatically from year to year than it does now. As global warming alters habitats, many kinds of animals will be on the move,

but all sorts of barriers will stand between them and a new place to live. To help animals get around these barriers, it might be necessary to set up migration corridors that connect natural areas with one another. Without human intervention, many kinds of plants also may not survive as the earth's climate changes. Forests, in particular, may need our help. If climate changes come rapidly, few tree species will be able to spread into new areas fast enough to keep up with changing conditions.

Glaciers are large, thick masses of slow-moving ice that persist from year to year. They cover about a tenth of the earth's land surface. The vast ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland account for most of this area. Smaller ice caps are found in Scandinavia, Caffin Island, Iceland, and elsewhere. In addition, there are tons of thousands of valley glaciers that follow stream channels down mountain slopes. All together, glaciers contain about seventy-five percent of the available fresh water of the earth. Because global warming is expected to be greatest in polar and temperate regions, scientists expect the glaciers to melt more rapidly than they do today. An executive summary of a United Stations survey published in 1990 concluded that if worldwide "business as usual" continues, the resulting global temperature increased would produce mean