An increasing number of scientists are beginning to explore the alternative of geo-engineering—a term which generally refers to the intentional large-scale manipulation of the environment.

越来越多的科学家开始探索地球工程的替代方案，这通常指的是有意的对环境进行大规模操纵。

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But large-scale pesticide use also raised real concerns for human health and the environment.

但是大规模使用杀虫剂也带来了对人体健康和环境的真正关注。

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Overall, the advancements in networking for the 2.6 Linux kernel are a positive step in the direction towards large-scale Linux adoption in an enterprise environment.

总之，2.6 Linux内核网络方面的增强，是向企业环境中大规模采用Linux的方向迈出的积极的一步。

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Precision agriculture is saving farmers across the country millions of dollars annually and dramatically reducing the impact of large-scale agriculture on the environment by avoiding unnecessary application of fertilizers and pesticides to crops.

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But the agency's fuel-emissions research only benefits the environment if somebody deploys the resulting technology on a large scale, he said.

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"New large-scale power plants and some existing assets are not economically viable in the current environment, " says Matthias Hartung, chief executive of RWE Generation, which bundles RWE's German, Dutch and UK power plants.

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