Oceans were rapidly warming and acidifying, water circulation was being altered and dead zones within the ocean depths were expanding, said the report.
报告说海洋正在急速变暖和酸化,水循环正在改变,海洋各深度的死亡地带不断扩大。
Massive releases of methane from arctic seafloors could create oxygen-poor dead zones, acidify the seas and disrupt ecosystems in broad parts of the northern oceans, new preliminary analyses suggest.
新近研究的初步分析表明,从北极海床释放的大量甲烷可能造成缺氧死区,海洋酸化并扰乱北部海洋广大地区的生态系统。
Synthetic fertilisers eventually run into rivers and oceans, creating "dead zones".
人造化肥农药最终流入河流和大海,富集成为死亡区域。
"Dead zones" with almost no oxygen already make up around 2 per cent of the oceans by area, and they could expand seven-fold.
几乎已经没有氧气的“死亡区”,现占到海洋总面积的百分之二,这个数字可能会扩大七倍。
Some lakes are called "seas, " although they are not connected to the oceans. The Caspian Sea in Russia, and the Dead Sea between Israel and Jordan are saltwater lakes.
有一些湖泊叫“海”,虽然它们并不与海洋相连。俄罗斯的里海和位于以色列和约旦之间的死海,是咸水湖。
But reports that Lake Erie and the oceans would be dead by now were surely greatly exaggerated.
但是像伊利湖和海洋到今天会干涸的报道肯定是危言耸听。
Manmade pollution has created more than 400 oxygen-starved dead zones in the world's oceans, with disastrous consequences for marine life.
人为因素造成的污染已使全球海洋中出现了400多个缺氧死亡区。
Manmade pollution has created more than 400 oxygen-starved dead zones in the world's oceans, with disastrous consequences for marine life.
人为因素造成的污染已使全球海洋中出现了400多个缺氧死亡区。
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