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Preface(前言 )

Unit One Global Warming and Climate Change Conference

5 What Explains Past Climate Change？

6 Global Warming

9 Severe Weather Pattern Threatens Asia-Pacific Region

10 World Ocean Conference: Rising Seas Pose Serious Threat for

11 Mountain versus Valley Temps Stretch Apart with Climate Change

12 Copenhagen's Carbon Debt

Unit Two Water Cycle水循环

13 U.S. Doing More with Less Water

14 Water Vapor's Role in Warming Now Understood

15 Alarming Groundwater Depletion Across Globe

17 Water Shortages Continue to Threaten the World's Growing

Unit Three Weather and Weather Report天气和天气预报

18 Weather and Weather Report

19　Weather Forecasting Plays Crucial Role in Beijing Olympics

Unit Four Drought and Desertification干旱和荒漠化

20 Drought

21 Deforestation Decreased Over the Past 10 Years

22 Saving the Rainforests for Future Generations

24 Can Trees Save Us from Climate Change？

Unit Five Pollution污染

25 The Atmospheric Scientist Believes Future Levels of Pollution Will

27 Carbon Offsets: Fact or Fiction？

Unit Six Environmental Problems and Environmental Protection

28 Does Banning Plastic Bags Work？

29 Are Modern Cities for People or Cars？

31 The Price of Traffic in China

32 Care for Our Mother Earth

33 Let}s Leave Our Children a Living Planet

Unit Seven　Severe Convective Storm强对流风暴

34 Getting to the Core of Twisters

35 More Records for Tornadoes and Tornado Deaths

36 Forecasters Predict More Atlantic Ocean Hurricanes

38 Millions Struggle against Record Floods in 2010

Unit Eight　Coral Reef Erotica神奇的珊瑚礁　

39　Human Activities Threaten Coral Reefs　

40 Global Warming Threatens Pacific-s Beautiful Coral Triangle

Unit Nine Alternative Energy Development可替代能源发展

41 Linked Challenges: Climate Change and Energy Use

42 China Is Battling Air Pollution to Focus on Renewable Energy

44 Wind Power Surging in Popularity Worldwide　

45 Can Energy Labels Be Trusted？

46 Floating Wind Turbines Promise Clean Power

47 Public Underestimated Savings of Energy Efficiency

Unit Ten Acid Rain酸雨

48 Acid Rain

49 Scientist Describes Ocean AcidificationS Impact on Marine Life

Unit Eleven Space and Upper Atmosphere空间与高层大气

50 Tom Woods Studies Sun in Super HD with NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory

51 Solar Forecasts and Climate Change

52 Scientists Solve Mystery of Brilliant Northern，Southern Lights

53 Polar Winds with Your Loeal Weather

54 Researchers Make First Sunspot Prediction

55 Space Storms Disrupt GPS and Satellite Signals

56 Forget Nuclear FissionHOW about Fusion？

57 Marty Mlynczak：Our Atmosphere Breathes SunS Energy

Unit Twelve Remote Sensing遥感测量

58 The Aqua Satellite

59 EarthS Sea Ice Thinning from ICESat

60 SatelliteS Look at Earths Water Cycle

61 NASAs Aqua Satellite to Determine Clouds Both C00l and Warm Earth

Unit Thirteen Agricultural Meteorology农业气象学

62 Scientist Models the Effect of Climate Change on Worlds Top 50 Crops

63 Scientist on HOW Agriculture Can Be Part of Climate Solution

64 How Are We Doing on Global Food Production

65 Whether Agriculture Will Meet WorldS Future Demand

66 2009 Agriculture Report

67 The Future of Farming

68 Is Organic Really Better？

Unit Fourteen Oceanic Meteorology海洋气象学

69 OceansS Ability to Mop—Up Greenhouse Gas Declines

70 Oceans Becoming More Acidic，Endangering Sea Life

Unit Fifteen The Science of Nature自然之谜

71 About Snow

72 Raindrops

73 The Complex Physics of CIouds

74 The Rains Maintained Speed Strain Is Now Explained

75 Do Rainforests Create Rain

76 Laughing Gas No Laughing Matter in Atmosphere

Unit Sixteen Solar Terms节气

77 Equinoxes

78 September Equinox

Unit Seventeen Prepared Remarks of President总统演讲

79 Remarks by President Obama at the Morning Plenary Session of theUnited Nations Climate Change Conference

80 The Prime MinisterS Broadcast on the Environment and Business

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