The surging waters of Hurricane Katrina submerged half of the low-lying islands.
卡特里娜飓风所引起的汹涌海水淹没了地势低洼岛屿的一半。
Tuvalu, a series of low-lying islands in the Pacific, has declared a state of emergency due to water shortages.
图瓦卢,太平洋上的一系列低洼岛屿群,由于缺水而宣布进入紧急状态。
Across the Pacific, scores of countries were on tsunami alert, with experts expressing particular concern about low-lying islands.
太平洋沿岸的很多国家发布了海啸预警,专家表示,应该特别注意哪些地势低洼的海岛。
The Maldives, which wants to be carbon-neutral by 2020, is one of the most vulnerable countries to a rise in sea levels because its low-lying islands and atolls would be submerged.
马尔代夫希望到2020年达到碳中和目标,这是受海平面上升威胁最严重的国家之一,其低洼岛屿和环礁岛将被淹没。
The researchers say that such a device could be used to protect isolated spots in the ocean-like drilling platforms or low-lying islands-or coastal regions vulnerable to tsunamis.
研究者表示,这样一个装置可被用来保护大洋中的孤岛,比如石油钻井平台,或是低洼岛屿,或者容易遭受海啸袭击的地区。
Comprising some 100 low lying islands linked together by a 2 labyrinthine network of canals, Venice stands today untouched by time like some magical kingdom on the water.
威尼斯由大约一百个低洼岛屿组成,被错综复杂的运河网络串联起来。然而岁月并未在威尼斯留下痕迹,时至今日,它依然是个水上魔幻王国。
The waves may also raise anxieties in low-lying islands, such as Tuvalu and the Tokelau islands, that rising sea levels will mean greater threats from the ocean to human life and livelihoods.
这次海浪侵袭可能亦升高了低于海平面岛屿国家(例如Tuvalu,Tokelau)的忧患意识,海平面上升将意味着海洋带给人类生命和生计的更大威胁。
The waves may also raise anxieties in low-lying islands, such as Tuvalu and the Tokelau islands, that rising sea levels will mean greater threats from the ocean to human life and livelihoods.
这次海浪侵袭可能亦升高了低于海平面岛屿国家(例如Tuvalu,Tokelau)的忧患意识,海平面上升将意味着海洋带给人类生命和生计的更大威胁。
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