At the middle scale is the plate boundary level, where the plate boundary Observatory (PBO) will image and characterize the slow deformation of the earth along the western U. S. and Alaska.

中级尺度是板块交界，在此，板块交界观测站(PBO)将沿着美国西部与阿拉斯加，拍摄并描绘出地球缓慢变形下的特性。

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The maps contained places we seldom see on modern charts these days Paradise, for instance, and fiery Hell and the sort of bestiary and mythical imagery one might expect to find in Tolkien's Middle-earth.

WSJ: Lost in Our Maps: A History of Cartographic Catastrophes

And conservative America, once solidly sceptical, is now split over the issue, as Christians concerned about mankind's stewardship of the Earth, neo-cons keen to reduce America's dependency on the Middle East and farmers who see alternative energy as a new potential source of energy come round to the idea of cutting down on carbon.

ECONOMIST: Climate change