It is one of seven barrier islands that, along with some mainland areas of Mississippi and Florida, make up the Gulf Islands National Seashore.
它是在密西西比和佛罗里达的一些大陆地区沿岸，组成海湾群岛国家海滨的七座屏障岛屿中的一座。
In Louisiana, temporary sand berms are being built to protect barrier islands.
在路易斯安那州，人们已经用沙袋搭建起临时堤坝，来保护沿岸的岛屿。
Sunset Beach, the smallest of Brunswick County's barrier islands, is a popular vacation destination.
不伦瑞克县最小的堰洲岛日落海滩是颇受欢迎的度假胜地。
The presence of sea ice and of permafrost helps protect Arctic barrier islands for much of the year.
海冰和冻土层的出现很多年来帮助保护了北极障壁岛。
Oil appears to have reached beaches and barrier islands in Alabama and the western Panhandle of Florida.
浮油看起来已到达位于阿拉巴马州的海滩和堰洲岛，和佛罗里达西部的狭长地带。
The muddy lattice of marshes, bayous, and barrier islands that makes up southern Louisiana is different.
而那分布得错落有致的湿地、海湾、堰洲岛曾使路易斯安纳州南部的风光绚丽多姿，现在这种格调已不复存在。
Barrier islands are important to the Gulf ecosystem: They protect the marshes from ocean storms and erosion.
障壁岛群对海湾生态系统很重要：它们保护沼泽地免除海洋风暴的袭击和侵蚀。
Still, the new discovery and new classification of barrier islands around the Arctic Ocean is an eye-opener.
关于北冰洋周围障壁岛的新发现和新分类仍然是令人惊讶的。
Barrier islands in the Arctic are half as long (5 kilometers, or 3 miles) as the global average (10 kilometers or 6 miles).
北极地区的障壁岛长(5公里，或3英里)是全球平均长度(10公里或6英里)的一半。
Dr. Sallenger and his colleagues concluded that the barrier islands might be the most “manageable place to start” their research.
萨兰格博士和他的同事们得出结论，屏障小岛们也许是他们研究“最好管理的开始”。
Louisiana officials want to start building sand berms as barrier islands, to block oil from entering the fragile marsh ecosystems;
路易斯安那州官员希望开始建造作为屏障的沙堤来阻止石油侵入脆弱的沼泽生态系统；
According to a new survey, there are 2, 149 barrier islands around the world, spanning 20, 783 kilometers (12, 914 miles) of coastline.
根据一份新的考察报告，全球有2149座障壁岛，跨越海岸线20783公里(12914英里)。
"This study provides proof that barrier islands exist in every climate and in every tide-wave combination," said Pilkey, a coastal geologist.
“这项研究证明障壁岛存在于每种气候环境和每种潮汐波组合，”海岸地理学家Pilkey说。
Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from North Carolina's barrier islands, but some residents hunkered down at home to ride out the storm.
数万人已经从北卡罗来纳州的一些屏障岛上撤离，但是也有一些居民选择留守在家。
The oil has come within 20 miles of Louisiana’s barrier islands and beaches in this image taken by the MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite.
在这幅由NASA的卫星“Aqua”上的中分辨率成像光谱仪所拍摄的照片中，浮油已经接近到了离路易斯安娜州的堰洲岛和沙滩20英里的地方。
The National Weather Service reported winds on the barrier islands were gusting to around 40 MPH as Earl's eye moved closer but remained offshore.
国家气象局报告岛屿风的屏障被阵风时速约40眼作为伯爵的动议，但仍接近海外。
The book is "island in a Storm." the island is Isle Derniere (in French, "last island"), one of the barrier islands that run along the Louisiana coast.
书名叫做“暴风雨中的小岛”小岛名叫Isle Derniere，在法语中的意思是最后的小岛的意思，它是沿路易斯安那海岸分布的起屏障作用的小岛中的一个。
The mighty Mississippi flows south and trails into the Gulf of Mexico through a vast, subtropical landscape of rivers, marshes, and low-lying barrier islands.
汹涌澎湃的密西西比河穿过了遍布支流、沼泽和低洼沙洲岛的广阔亚热带地区，由北向南注入了墨西哥湾。
As a coastal geologist who studies coastal storm impacts, it is clear to me that this berm, located just offshore of the barrier islands, will also be extremely susceptible to erosion.
作为研究海岸风暴影响的海岸地质学家，我很清楚这样一个坐落在屏障岛外围的沙堤极容易受到侵蚀。
The massive oil slick menacing the Gulf of Mexico and now some barrier islands off the coast of Louisiana could prove devastating to the environment while posing risks to public health, experts say.
专家认为，正威胁着墨西哥湾以及路易斯安纳州海岸线上的诸多堰洲岛的大面积不仅威胁公众健康，而且可能会给自然环境造成巨大危害。
The Great Barrier reef features more than 2500 individual reefs and 900 islands.
大堡礁是由2500多个单个礁石和900多个岛屿为特色构成的。
With the Great Barrier Reef and surrounding islands, sun-kissed beaches and lush rainforests, Queensland offers something for everyone.
每个人都能够在昆士兰州找到自己的最爱：大堡礁及周围岛屿、阳光亲吻下的沙滩、葱翠的热带雨林。
The islands are surrounded by barrier reefs that are home to hundreds of unusual and exotic creatures.
环绕群岛的大堡礁，蕴育了好几百种珍奇的海洋生物。
And this, was just one of the 900 islands in the Great Barrier Reef.
这，只是大堡礁900多个岛屿中的一个罢了。
Great Barrier Reef waters, about the size of more than 600 islands, of which Green, Dan customer Island, a magnet Island, Helen Island, Hamilton Island, Lizard Island, more famous.
大堡礁水域共约有大小岛屿600多个，其中以绿岛、丹客岛、磁石岛、海伦岛、哈米顿岛、琳德曼岛、蜥蜴岛、 芬瑟岛等较为有名。
Part of the Great Barrier Reef islands, is submerged in the sea of mountain peak.
大堡礁的一部分岛屿，其实是淹在海中的山脉顶峰。
Part of the Great Barrier Reef islands, is submerged in the sea of mountain peak.
大堡礁的一部分岛屿，其实是淹在海中的山脉顶峰。
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