全球变暖使得北极升温的速度是世界其他地区的两倍,这意味着如果气温继续上升,阿拉斯加苔原将消失。
Global warming heats up the Arctic twice as fast as the rest of the world, meaning Alaska's tundra stands to vanish if temperatures continue to rise.
2003年以来,尽管阿拉斯加石油产量急剧下降,石油公司也在积极游说,类似的担忧已经阻止了该州在北极海域开发新油井。
Such concerns have blocked new drilling in Alaska's Arctic waters since 2003, despite a steep decline in oil production in the state and intensive lobbying by oil companies.
全球变暖使得北极升温的速度是世界其他地区的两倍,这意味着如果气温继续上升,阿拉斯加美丽的北部苔原将(承受变化至)完全消失。
Global warming heats up the Arctic twice as fast as the rest of the world, meaning Alaska's beautiful northern tundra stands to vanish completely if temperatures continue to rise.
阿拉斯加的史密森北极研究中心主任阿隆·克劳·威尔说:“可以说,让人类在北方生存的最重要的工具之一是针。”
"You could say that one of the most important tools for [humans] surviving in the north is the needle," says Aron Crowell, who is Alaska Director of the Smithsonian's Arctic Studies Center.
上周,荷兰皇家壳牌推迟了在阿拉斯加北极沿海的钻探计划,因为公司持续面临来自小心翼翼的华盛顿监管机构的障碍。
Last week, Royal Dutch Shell postponed plans for drilling off Alaska's Arctic coast, as the company continued to face hurdles from wary Washington regulators.
根据美国地质勘查局估算,包括阿拉斯加海岸在内的北极海底蕴藏着全球未开采油气资源的22%,这些资源如今正因冰盖的融化离人们越来越近。
That has opened more access to areas holding about 22 percent of the world's untapped oil and natural gas, including deposits off Alaska, according to U.S. Geological Survey estimates.
举例来说,从火地岛前往阿拉斯加的北极燕鸥会无视蒙特利湾观鸟船送出的美味鲱鱼。
An arctic tern on its way from Tierra del Fuego to Alaska, for instance, will ignore a nice smelly herring offered from a bird-watcher's boat in Monterey Bay.
答案看起来是这样的:就因为八月底是阿拉斯加北部的北极熊游向北方的海冰的特定时段,文中这只母熊也正是这样做的。
The answer seems to be that, simply, late August is the period when polar bears in northern Alaska head north on to the sea ice, and that is what she was doing.
阿拉斯加位于加拿大西北部,距美国本土非常遥远,它是北极圈的一部分。
Alaska is on the border of northwestern Canada, far enough north that part of it is within the Arctic Circle.
在北半球,靠近北极圈的高纬度地区极光更为常见,比如阿拉斯加北部、加拿大、和斯堪迪纳维亚地区。
In the northern Hemisphere, auroras are more commonly seen at high latitudes near the Arctic Circle, such as northern Alaska, Canada, and Scandinavia.
根据北极科学家的报告,数以千计的海象罕见地通过浮冰大规模迁移到阿拉斯加沿岸的旱地上。
Scientists in the Arctic are reporting a rare mass migration of thousands of walrus from the ice floes to dry land along Alaska's coast.
千百年来生活在住在阿拉斯加北极圈内的当地人依靠狩猎北极露脊鲸和其他哺乳动物生存。
For thousands of years the native people living above the Arctic circle in Alaska have depended on hunting bowhead whales and other mammals for their subsistence.
阿拉斯加地区的海象——尤其是正处于繁殖期的雌海象,在夏秋季节通常活跃在北极的大片浮冰上。
Alaska's walrus, especially breeding females, in summer and fall are usually found on the Arctic ice pack.
加德勒补充到,“它们主要来自于加拿大北极群岛、美国阿拉斯加、南美洲巴塔哥尼亚和喜马拉雅山脉的冰川,以及格陵兰和南极冰盖附近的一些小规模的冰川。”
Most of the ice loss is coming from the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Alaska, Patagonia, the Himalayas, and the smaller ice masses surrounding the main Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
一般认为,超过一半的石油储量分布在3个地理区域——西西伯利亚盆地,东白令盆地以及阿拉斯加的北极圈以内地区。
More than half the oil reserves are believed to occur in three geologic areas - the West Siberian Basin, the East Barents Basins and Arctic Alaska.
但阿拉斯加美国北极研究委员会(UnitedStates Arctic Research Commission)的劳森·布立罕(LawsonBrigham)并不认为财政上的收益是动人的。
But Lawson Brigham of the United States Arctic Research Commission, based in Alaska, is not convinced the financial gains will be dramatic.
在南波弗特和楚科奇,鱼类和野生动物组织在未来五年的目标是防止阿拉斯加的北极熊两个种群进一步减少。
The conservation goal of the Fish and Wildlife Service over the next five years is to prevent further decline of Alaska's two polar bear populations, the southern in Beaufort and in the chukchi.
男人:也许你该害怕,小子。啊,以前我住在阿拉斯加的时候,我们的动物园有只叫冰奇的北极熊。
Man: Maybe you should be, boy. Why, back when I lived in Alaska, our zoo had a polar bear named Binky.
阿拉斯加现在仍是冰山和北极熊的世界。
本周一场北极风暴致使钻机脱离拖船,迫使它在阿拉斯加的科迪亚克岛附近搁浅。
An Arctic storm tore a drilling rig loose from its tow ship and forced it aground near Alaska's Kodiak Island this week.
自从决定顺着兴趣工作之后,他已经在阿拉斯加南波弗特海的北极熊保护区工作了三年。
Since following his passions he has worked with the Southern Beaufort Sea population of polar bears in Alaska for three years.
麦肯恩曾经反对在阿拉斯加北极圈区域开采,现在他表示正在重新考虑自己的这一立场。
McCain has also indicated that he is reconsidering his opposition to drilling in the Artic region of Alaska.
逐步采用那个标准,到2012年,节约的石油将比阿拉斯加北极国家野生生物保护区在50多年内可能生产的多15倍。
Phasing in that standard by 2012 would save 15 times more oil than Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is likely to produce over 50 years.
全球变暖加热着北极,它升温的速度达到世界其他地区的两倍,这也意味着如果继续升温,阿拉斯加美丽的北国冻土带将会消失无影。
Global warming heats up the Arctic twice as fast as the rest of the world, meaning Alaska's beautiful northern tundra stands to vanish completely if temperatures continue to rise.
北极夏季冰川的融化现在等同于阿拉斯加,德克萨斯和华盛顿州相加的区域大小。
The summer ice loss in the Arctic is now equal to an area the size of Alaska, Texas, and the state of Washington combined.
比如说,在阿拉斯加和加拿大北极圈以内很远的地方也发现了恐龙化石。
For example, dinosaur fossils - have been found in Alaska and Canada well above the Arctic Circle.
其中主要有:在极北部是爱斯基摩人和阿留申人,爱斯基摩人大多住在由阿拉斯加至格陵兰的北美洲北极海岸。
Which mainly has: in extreme north is Eskimo and leave "o, Eskimo jet-lagged live in from Alaska to the north coast of Greenland arctic."
目睹北极光的最好机会是冬季,飞往北方的加拿大、阿拉斯加或者斯堪的纳维亚,然后注意观察天空的变化。
For your best chance at witnessing the Northern Lights, travel north during the winter in Canada, Alaska or Scandinavia and then keep and eye on the skies.
以肉鲜味美,肉质饱满而著称的阿拉斯加蜘蛛蟹生活在3,600多米深的的北极圈冰海海底里。
Alaska Spider Crab normally live in the 3,600m deep sea in the Arctic Circle, it famous of its meat's rich and tender.
冬天的阿拉斯加,接近永夜的北极,正午十二点钟,是日出还是夕阳呢?
Alaska in winter. The time is mid-noon. I couldn't tell if this is sunrise or sunset!
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