Hence this book, Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia, talks about a road trip from Tashkent to Karakalpakstan, where millions of lives have been destroyed by the slow drying up of the sea.

因此，这本书名为《追逐大海：迷失在中亚帝国的幽灵中》，讲述了一段从塔什干到卡拉卡尔的公路之旅。在卡拉卡尔，数百万人的生命因海洋的慢慢干涸而湮灭。

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Less than two-tenths of an inch (6 millimeters), this sea bug lives in groups of up to 12, 000 individuals per 11 square feet (1 square meter) of ocean floor.

这种片脚类体长少于十分之一英寸(6毫米)，群体生活，在每11立方英尺(1立方米)的海床中的个体数近12000。

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In total, the census now estimates that there are more than 230,000 known Marine species - but that this is probably less than a quarter of what lives in the sea.

现在，据普查统计估计，已知海洋物种总共有23万多种——而这也许还不到生活在海洋中生物的四分之一。

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"This lifeboat is the vessel that will carry our volunteer lifeboat crew out to sea to save lives, and on it our lifeboat crew will learn and develop their skills through extensive training, " he said.

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This includes human traffickers, who promise to help desperate people start new lives overseas, but often abandon them at sea.

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