Although the atoll lost many corals, it kept an abundance of grazing fish that help reefs recover by keeping them clean.
尽管这里的环礁损失了很多珊瑚,但依然有大量的草食鱼类通过清理珊瑚礁来帮助它们复苏。
Rising seas threaten to force whole populations off atoll nations.
上升的海平面迫使海岛国家的居民整体移居。
MORE than 100 Australians and New Zealanders of Cook Island descent are stranded on the remote Pacific atoll of Pukapuka in the northern Cook Islands.
100多名澳大利亚人和新西兰籍的库克群岛后裔被困北库克群岛一个偏远的太平洋环礁,名为普卡普卡岛。
The test was conducted at the Mururoa Atoll on Wednesday.
该试验于周三在穆罗拉环礁进行。
The American forces seized the Gilbert Island Atoll from the Japanese. (AP Photo)
美军从日本人手中夺取了吉尔伯特岛的这处环礁。
Rongelap Atoll bears no outward evidence of the radioactive compounds that pollute its habitat.
朗格拉普环礁并无公开的证据表明这里存在污染生态环境的放射性化合物。
Reefs, islands, and the ocean around the Mariana islands, Palmyra Atoll and Rose Atoll will be covered.
保护区将覆盖玛丽安娜岛、巴尔米拉环礁和罗斯环礁周边的珊瑚礁、岛屿和海洋。
Over the past two years photographer Chris Jordan has documented the affect the plastic debris has had on wildlife on Midway Atoll, which is northwest of the Hawaiian Islands.
在过去的两年中,摄影师ChrisJordan一直在记录塑料碎片对位于夏威夷群岛西北部的中途岛环礁上的野生生物的影响。
They estimate the debris field is spread out across an area that's roughly 2,000 miles long and 1,000 miles wide located between Japan and Midway Atoll, where pieces could wash up in January.
他们估计碎片散落分布在一个日本和中途岛之间的地区,大约2000英里长,1000英里宽的海域,到1月份会冲上岸。
They estimate the debris field is spread out across an area that's roughly 2, 000 miles long and 1, 000 miles wide located between Japan and Midway Atoll, where pieces could wash up in January.
他们估计碎片散落分布在一个日本和中途岛之间的地区,大约2000英里长,1000英里宽的海域,到1月份会冲上岸。
They estimate the debris field is spread out across an area that's roughly 2, 000 miles long and 1, 000 miles wide located between Japan and Midway Atoll, where pieces could wash up in January.
他们估计碎片散落分布在一个日本和中途岛之间的地区,大约2000英里长,1000英里宽的海域,到1月份会冲上岸。
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