A team of Sherpas in Nepal have announced that they will go on a clean-up expedition on Mount Everest. It's the first time that Mount Everest is to be cleaned above the altitude of 8,000 metres, an area which is called the "death zone" because of the low level of oxygen and treacherous conditions. Joanna Jolly reports.
The team of 20 Sherpa mountaineers will set off on May 1 to establish camp at the point known as Everest's South Col. From here, they plan to start their cleaning operation, including removing at least two bodies from a narrow trail between the South Col and the summit. The Sherpas, many of whom have climbed Everest several times, say they also plan to remove 3,000 kilogrammes of empty oxygen bottles, old food wrappings, tents and ropes.
A folk singing Cuban scientist has won a prestigious environmental prize in the United States for challenging the role of state bureaucrats in Cuban agriculture. Humberto Rios has promoted traditional techniques of cultivation and the right of farmers to choose which seeds to plant, in a country where 80% of farms are controlled by the state.
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上周,冰岛火山喷发造成火山灰弥漫,欧盟对航空运输实施了禁令。现在,欧盟各国运输部长们同意解除部分禁令。召开视频会议进行讨论后,欧盟运输专员Siim Kallas在布鲁塞尔向记者宣布了该决定。
“从周二早上八点钟开始,新的航空管制措施将开始生效。从明天早上开始,我们将看到更多飞机开始飞行,对欧洲滞留的旅客来说这是好消息,对航空行业以及在这场危机中遭受重创的其他经济部门来说也是好消息。”