国家地理-2008-05-17 Wenchuan Earthquake 汶川大地震
On Monday, an earthquake in China measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale occurred along a fault where south Asia pushes against the Eurasian Landmass, smashing the Sichuan Plain into mountains, leading to the Tibetan highlands. In 1989, the Loma Prieta
国家地理-2008-05-19 Tornadoes 龙卷风的形成
Call them twisters or tornadoes. They are nature's most violent storms with swirling winds that can top 300 miles per hour. About 800 twisters sweep through the US every year, more than anywhere else in the world. The hardest-hit area is a swath of
国家地理-2008-05-22 Bangladesh Cyclone 强热带风暴席卷孟加拉国
Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh, victims of the worst cyclone to hit the country in a decade were desperately awaiting aid on Monday as the official death toll climbed to over three thousand. With relief aid pouring in, rescue teams ba
国家地理-2008-05-24 Fuel Cell 聚焦燃料电池
For something that could revolutionize the world, its come along very slowly. The fuel cell was invented in 1839, but there was little development until the 1950s when NASA started to use them in space where they are still used today. Now, after yea
国家地理-2008-05-26 World Food in Crisis 粮食危机搅动世界
Its being called the worlds worst food crisis since the 1970s. Around the globe, food prices have risen about 40% in the last year, sparking protests and violence in at least 14 countries, and pushing the problem to center stage at the United Nation
国家地理-2008-05-29 Panda Sensed Earthquake 熊猫预感地震
Did the pandas in Chinas Wolong Reserve know that Mondays earthquake was coming before it hit? A British tourist watching the pandas as the quake struck offered a keen observation. They had been really lazy and just eaten a little bit of bamboo and,
国家地理-2008-05-31 Brave Bear 北极熊觅食记
In Northern Canada, winter slowly loosens its grip, and a young polar bear is hungry. It sniffs a meal already in progress, and decides to play a dangerous game, a food snatch. His opponent is larger, older, and wont tolerate a rival. A second try,
国家地理-2008-06-02 Pagan Tomb 世上最大的异教徒陵墓
The Valeri Mausoleum, the largest and most luxurious of 22 pagan tombs buried under St. Peter's Basilica [1] in Vatican City, was reopened on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. The mausoleum lies a few hundred feet away from the burial plac
国家地理-2008-06-05 City of The Dead Thrives 亡者之城埃及
The City of the Dead is one of the largest graveyards in Egypt, home to thousands of tomb stones dating back as early as the 14th century. It was traditionally a burial ground for Arab conquerors and their relatives. From a distance, set against the
国家地理-2008-06-07 Sinking England 下沉中的英格兰
All may seem calm along these beautiful stretches of British coastline.But there is a battle being fought on the beaches of Britain.Its a fight for survival against the mighty force of the North Sea. Erosion of this coastline has been going on for t
国家地理-2008-06-09 Eruption Changing Galapagos 加拉帕戈斯群岛火山爆发
A volcano that started erupting on one of the Galapagos Islands last week may be changing the landscape of the island. According to the Associated Press, rangers and tour guides spotted lava flowing down the northeastern flank of the Cerro Azul Volc
国家地理-2008-06-12 Lost Pyramind Found 发现新的金字塔
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered the bottom part of an unknown pyramid in the Sakkara area about 18 miles south of Cairo. NationalGeographic explorer-in-residence Dr. Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of the Egyptian Supreme Council for Anti
国家地理-2008-06-14 New View on Stonehenge Burials 巨石阵新解
The tantalizing mysteries of Stonehenge may have come one step closer toward being solved. New radiocarbon dates of human cremation burials there indicate that Stonehenge was used as a cemetery from its inception just after 3,000 BC until well after
国家地理-2008-06-16 Quake Lake Blasted 唐家山堰塞湖排洪成功
Chinese soldiers used anti-tank weapons to blast away rocks and mud, holding back waters in an earthquake-formed lake that threatens more than 1 million people living downstream. Soldiers fired at rocks to dislodge enough debris to speed the drainag
国家地理-2008-06-19 Child Labor 聚焦世界无童工日
The United Nations International Labor Organization marked the annual World Day Against Child Labor on Thursday to raise global awareness about the cycles of poverty that force millions of children into work, often denying them the chance to an educ