For example, Peter Sheldon' s studies of trilobites, a now extinct marine animal with a segmented body, offer a detailed glimpse into three million years of evolution in one marine environment.
例如,彼得·谢尔登对于三叶虫的研究,那是一种已灭绝的身体分节的海洋生物,他的研究让我们得以一窥三百万年以来一个海洋环境的进化过程。
Steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down.
直到19世纪80年代,蒸汽船才将帆布去掉,因为早期的船用引擎经常发生故障。
But steamships didn't lose their sails until the 1880s, because early marine engines had a nasty habit of breaking down.
但直到19世纪80年代,蒸汽船才将帆布去掉,因为早期的船用引擎经常发生故障。
Robin Beaman, a marine geologist at James Cook University, says that the reserve does "broadly protect the range of habitats" in the sea.
詹姆斯·库克大学的海洋地质学家罗宾·比曼说,该保护区确实“广泛保护了海洋中的栖息地范围”。
The South Florida nesting population, the largest, has declined by 50% in the last decade, according to Elizabeth Griffin, a marine biologist with the environmental group Oceana.
据环保组织 Oceana 的海洋生物学家格里芬说,过去10年里,数量最多的南佛罗里达海龟数量减少了50%。
Paul Wignall and others have found sites where marine fossil deposits reached a peak of diversity at the very end of the Permian period.
保罗·维格纳尔和其他人发现了在二叠纪末期海洋化石沉积达到多样性高峰的地点。
X-ray examination of thin slabs of rock sometimes reveals the ghostly outlines of tentacles, digestive tracts, and visual organs of a variety of marine creatures.
对岩石薄片的X 射线检查有时会发现可怕的触角轮廓、消化道和很多种海洋生物的视觉器官。
The plight of the king penguin should serve as a warning about the future of the entire marine environment in the Antarctic.
帝企鹅的困境应是对南极整个海洋环境的未来的警告。
The world's largest existing marine reserve, established last year by the British government in the Indian Ocean, spans 554,000 km2 and is a no take zone throughout.
去年,英国政府在印度洋建立了世界上现存最大的海洋保护区,跨越55.4万平方公里,整个保护区均是禁渔区。
There are a few technical difficulties, but I believe in the next five to ten years we will be installing commercial marine turbine farms.
存在一些技术上的难题,但我相信在未来的5到10年里,我们将会建设商用的海洋涡轮发电场。
Basilosaurus was undoubtedly a fully marine whale with possibly nonfunctional, or vestigial, hind legs.
龙王鲸无疑是一种完全海生的鲸鱼,它的后腿可能没有功能,或退化了。
I am supposed to pick up a packet from the regional center for marine research.
我应该去海洋研究中心拿一个包裹。
In many marine creatures, however, the skeleton is composed of a mineral variety of calcium carbonate called aragonite.
然而,很多海洋生物的骨骼由一种叫作霰石的碳酸钙矿物变体组成。
Le Bohec said, "The plight of the king penguin should serve as a warning about the future of the entire marine environment in the Antarctic."
LeBohec说:“应该把帝企鹅的困境当作对未来南极整个海洋环境的一个警告来对待。”
"The creation of a system of marine protected areas is a key part of ongoing scientific and policy discussions in CCAMLR," he added.
“创建一个海洋保护区系统是CCAMLR 正在进行的科学与政策讨论的关键部分。”他补充说。
I once had a young guy who was a third-year marine biology student at a large state school in Ohio.
我曾经遇到过一个年轻人,他是俄亥俄州一所大型州立学校海洋生物学三年级的学生。
Marine construction technology like this is very complex, somewhat analogous to trying to build a bridge under water.
像这样的海洋建筑技术非常复杂,有些类似于尝试在水下建筑一座桥。
Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations.
海上保险受一系列严格的规章条例所制约。
They want to be somebody, want to be able to go home a big, badass Marine.
他们希望能成为大人物,以能呼风唤雨的海军陆战队军官的身份返乡。
It could pose a threat to other marine species.
这可能会对其他海洋生物造成威胁。
Actually, a lot of marine organisms have this ability, especially in deeper parts of the ocean.
事实上,很多海洋生物都有这种能力,尤其是在海洋深处的。
They replaced other minute organisms as a food source in the major marine food chain.
它们取代了其他微小生物,并成为了主要海洋食物链的食物来源。
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