"The temperatures are high and they're getting reduced yields," Jarvis, of the Colombia-based International Center for Tropical Agriculture, told reporters last month.

“温度太高，导致他们的地出现减产。”设在缅甸的国际热带农业中心专家贾维斯上个月对记者说。

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The year before, on assignment for this magazine, I had spent a month in the tropical Pacific with the largest remnant population of blue whales (see "Still blue," March 2009).

前年，受国家地理杂志的委派，我在太平洋热带地区与现存的最大的一个蓝鲸族群共渡了一个月的时光(参见《国家地理》2009年三月号文章《StillBlue》)。

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Last month, the first meeting of global partners for the neglected tropical diseases was held.

上个月，被忽视的热带病全球伙伴召开了第一次会议。

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As millions of Americans are struggling to recover from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, it's important to remember that Haiti has been hit by three hurricanes and a tropical storm in less than a month.

NPR: Wyclef Jean Describes Haiti's Devastation

Just over two years after the Japan earthquake and tsunami, researchers made a startling discovery in a 20-foot-long Japanese fishing vessel that washed ashore last month near Long Beach, Washington: five tropical fish, alive and well.

CNN: Five fish stow away on tsunami-tossed boat

Martin's discoveries set in motion further research in this area and it was in the spirit of his work that a ship named Weatherbird II set sail for the tropical waters of the eastern Atlantic earlier this month.

CNN: Topical waters