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Will hacking nature protect us from climate change? 入侵大自然可以保護我們不受氣候變遷影響嗎?

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(CNN) To avoid a global warming catastrophe by the end of the century, humans may need to actually hack the climate. 為了避免在這一世紀末發生全球暖化的災難,人類可能會需要真的入侵氣候。 Whether you call it hacking, or "fiddling with the knobs in the climate system," or the less-imaginative "geoengineering," it  revolves around this question: Can humans game the system by using science to reverse global warming? 不論說是入侵或是「亂轉氣候體系的把手」或是用比較沒想像力的講法「地球工程」, 這都圍繞著這 個問題,人類可以用科學勝過大自然,來反轉全球暖化嗎? One way to keep global average temperatures from warming beyond a catastrophic 2-degree-celsius tipping point , according to some experts, is to suck massive amounts of CO2 out of the atmosphere. 要保持全球均溫不暖化成攝氏 2 度的災難 臨界點 ,根據一些專家所述,有一個方法是要從大氣層中吸出大量的二氧化氮。 How would you do that? 那樣要怎麼做? Responding to a recent   climate change story by CNN's John Sutter,   Trevor Algatt of Los Angeles asked about a possible solution he heard about. 回覆最近一則由 CNN 的 John Sutter 所寫的氣候變遷故事,拉斯維加斯的 Trevor Algatt 提到一個他耳聞的可能解決辦法

Service pup comforts South Dakota bride on wedding day 小小服務犬安撫待嫁的南達科他州新娘

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(CNN)- Man's best friend comes to the aid of an anxious bride. Bella, a 3-year-old yellow lab, melted the hearts of many when a photo emerged of her with her owner on Reddit, an aggregating social media site. (CNN)- 狗是人類最好的朋友,現在更是成了安撫焦慮新娘的小幫手。 貝拉,一隻三歲大的拉不拉多犬,當牠的主人將牠的照片發布在多功能 社交媒體網站 Reddit 上,可是融化了多少人的心啊。 The pup is specially trained to help Valerie Parrott of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, cope with anxiety. Parrott also suffers from frequent migraines that affect her daily life. Two years ago, she was matched with Bella, who stays vigilantly by her side. 這隻小狗是經過特別訓練,來幫助居住於南達科他州蘇瀑市的 Valerie Parrott 對抗焦慮的。 Parrott 也因為經常性的偏頭痛而影響她的日常生活,兩年前,她和貝拉被配對在一起,而貝拉一直保持警覺性地待在她左右。 "Bella actually picked me," Parrott said Saturday. While she visited the Animal Psychology Center in Rapid City to pick out a service dog, Bella come out of her kennel and moved a puppy out of the way as if to claim Parrott. "We've been inseparable ever si

Big Mac with a side of quinoa? Inside the world's first McDonald's Next 大麥克搭配藜麥當作附餐?一同窺探世界第一家McDonald’s Next概念店

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(CNN) McDonald's has always been about consistency, speed and budget pricing. 麥當勞一直以來以 服務一致、速度、低價著稱。 Its Golden Arches can be neon beacons of hope in a strange land -- a place where you know you'll always get the exact burger and fries you are looking for, followed by pangs of guilt the next day. 麥當勞的金色拱門可以說是在一塊陌生土地上希望的霓虹 燈標 -意旨一個你永遠確定你可以得到你想找的薯條和漢堡的地方,到了接下來的隔天你會突然充滿罪惡感。 But in Hong Kong, 40 years after the chain first entered the territory, signs of change glimmer on the greasy fast food horizon. 但在香港,在這家連鎖店首次進駐的四十年後,在充滿油脂的速食水平線上閃爍著改變的訊號。 In December, McDonald's transformed one of its Hong Kong branches into the world's first McDonald's Next -- an evolved version of the brand that strives to be "modern and progressive." 12 月,麥當勞把它在香港的分支改裝成世界第一家 McDonald’s Next 概念店-一個麥當勞品牌 的進化版本, 努力要邁向「現代與進步」 Quinoa, coffee and ambient lighting 藜麥、咖啡與 周圍 的燈光 Gone are the red-and-yellow color palette and harsh lighting. 紅