Eating jellyfish could save endangered fish

According to the IUCN Red List 32,000 species are threatened with extinction — everything from birds and mammals. Despite national and international efforts being gathered to protect threatened species, we actively fish for many of them. For those of us who enjoy the odd fish and chips, this isn't great news,     1     the researchers have come up with an unusual way we can help while still enjoying seafood — and it involves eating jellyfish.

Between 2006 and 2014, 92 vulnerable or endangered species of seafood were being caught, recorded, and sold. When they are sold, it is rare that fish and invertebrate (无脊椎的) species     2     (require) to be labelled according to species, so consumers have no way of knowing     3     they're eating.

The research team stresses the fact     4     this is only a brief view of the real problem. "A lot of the seafood catch and import records are listed in groups like ‘marine fish'. Here we didn't look at those vague records, we only looked at records     5     the actual species was listed — so we've made a huge underestimate of the actual catch of endangered species."

There are some ways to untie the mess we're creating in the world's oceans, including     6     (expand) our idea of seafood to include jellyfish. That might sound a little off the theme, but it's not the first time scientists have suggested     7     as a food source. It makes a lot of sense because Jellyfish is considered a minor species of wild animals and scientists might think its number is increasing worldwide.

Of course, there are other ways to help keep endangered species     8     the menu. "We need to improve the labelling of seafood     9     the consumers can have all of the information to make an informed choice," UQ conservation scientist Carissa Klein told ScienceAlert.

And the informed choice, at least in some places, is     10     (easy) than you might imagine. In Australia, where the researchers are based, there's the Sustainable Seafood Guide to provide the best choices for seafood. There's also Seafood Watch in the US, which is run by the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Tibetan antelopes live on the plains of Tibet     1     the air is thin     2     (watch) them move slowly across the green grass, I’m struck by their beauty. But the 1980s and 1990s were bad times for the Tibetan antelopes when they were     3     (illegal) hunted for their valuable fur. Their habitats became smaller because new roads and railways     4     (build).As a result, the population of the Tibetan antelopes dropped by more than 50 percent. In order to prevent this species from extinction, the Chinese government took     5     (effect) measures to place it under national     6     (protect).Luckily, the antelope population has recovered. However, the government does not intend     7     (stop) the protection programmes, since the     8     (threat) to the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared. Only when we learn to exist in harmony     9     nature can we stop being     10     threat to wildlife and to our planet.

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For 300 years, the Slims River had been flowing through Canada’s Yukon region. But in 2016, in only four days, the water in the big river reduced sharply,     1     made the river almost disappear. What happened?

After a year of careful studies, a group of       2    (scientist) said that the sudden change of the river     3    (cause) by climate change.

The Slims River used       4    (be)a big river, reaching up to 150 meters at its     5    (wide) points. It carried meltwater (冰雪融水) from the huge Kaskawulsh glacier into the Kluane River, then into     6     Yukon River toward the Bering Sea.

But in spring 2016, there was a sharp melting of the Kaskawulsh glacier because     7     climate change. It redirected the meltwater into a second river, the Alsek River. then into the Gulf of Alaska.

In geography, this is called “river piracy”,     8    (mean) the flow of one river is 7     9    (sudden) taken away into another. Although it was not unusual in ancient times, this is the first time that it     10    (happen) under scientists’ noses in modern times.

Are you on a diet? Then maybe you should consider     1    (sit) by the window the next time you eat out.

A new book claims that     2     you sit in a restaurant can affect how much you consume.

A new research found that people sitting farthest from the front door ate the fewest salads and were 73 percent     3    (likely) to order dessert.

Those seated at a dark table ate heavier food and ordered more of it     4     diners seated at bright bar tables ordered more salads and fewer desserts.

According to the researchers, the darker it is, the more invisible you     5     feel, the less easy it is to see how much you’re eating and the less guilty you are when you eat more.

In contrast,     6    (see) the sunlight, people or trees outside might make you more conscious of     7     you look, might make you think about walking or might make you   want a green salad.

The researchers also noted that slim diners chewed around 15 times per mouthful, three chews more than heavier diners. By eating more slowly, the diner consumes less in the time    8     takes for the brain to register satisfaction.