High-tech pollution protection Technology company Dyson has created headphones with a visor(面罩)to help people avoid polluted air. Called the Dyson Zone, it connects noise-canceling headphones with a visor that sits just in front of the nose and mouth, providing users with cleaned air. The product is designed to fight against air and sound pollution. |
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____ On March 15, the UN General Assembly(联合国大会)passed a resolution(决议)supporting bicycles as a tool for dealing with climate change. It calls on member countries to add bicycles to public transportation and encourages them to focus on bicycle-sharing services. The UN said transportation is the third largest source of carbon dioxide (CO2), a greenhouse gas that causes global warming. Choosing a bike over a car just once a day can reduce a person's transportation carbon emissions(碳排放量)by 67 percent, according to a University of Oxford study. |
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Planting forests for the future China's National Forestry and Grassland Administration of forest in 2021 brought out a report on March 11, showing China's land - greening progress in 2021. According to the report, 3 million hectares of Chinese grassland were improved through grass planting, and 23, 900 hectares of farmland were changed into grassland. As much as 1. 44 million hectares of land were saved from becoming desert. |