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。
Until that happens, inhabitants of low-lying islands shouldn't count on the wind to keep them dry.
在这之前,低海拔的岛屿上的居民可不能指望风能阻止海平面的上升。
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。
Up to 500,000 lost their lives, primarily as a result of the storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta.
在这场灾难中有50万丧生。丧生的原因主要是由于风暴潮淹没了大多数恒河三角洲低洼的岛屿。
Up to 500, 000 lost their lives, primarily as a result of the storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta.
丧生的原因主要是由于风暴潮淹没了大多数恒河三角洲低洼的岛屿。
This rugged, remote land was shaped by volcanoes and many of its low-lying islands are ringed by flawless beaches and protected by coral reefs.
火山活动培育了偏远的大溪地地形波折,众多低洼海岛浅滩缭绕、珊瑚礁成群,完美无瑕。
Up to 500,000 people lost their lives in the storm, primarily as a result of the storm surge that flooded much of the low-lying islands of the Ganges Delta.
在这次暴风雨中死亡人数达到了500,000人,起初暴风雨大浪的结果是淹没了许多恒河三角洲地势低的岛屿。
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。
Small low-lying islands, humans would naturally migrate to new homes, and the climate change would likely make some previously minimally habitable regions more hospitable.
在这期间有一些地区会渐渐的不适合居住(例如:低于海平面的小岛),人们自然而然的移居到新家里,气候变迁使得一些濒临消失的居住地的人们更加友好。
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。
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 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。
These snails do not occur on low-lying coral islands.
这些蜗牛不会出现在低洼的珊瑚岛上。
Unlike the sandbars of the eastern US coast, low-lying Pacific islands are made of coral debris.
不同于美国东海岸的沙洲,太平洋低地势岛屿是由珊瑚残骸构成的。
Kench says that while the 27 islands in his study are just a small portion of the thousands of low-lying Pacific islands, it shows that they are naturally resilient to rising sea levels.
肯奇认为虽然他所研究的这27个岛屿仅占太平洋几千个低地势岛屿中的很小一部分,但这显示了它们对海平面上升的天然抵抗力。
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。
That is a question about which the Republic of the Marshall Islands - a Micronesian nation of 29 low-lying coral atolls - is now seeking expert legal advice.
这对马绍尔群岛共和国,一个由29块低珊瑚环礁组成的密克罗尼西亚人的国家来说,就是一个现实的难题了。
Like low-lying natural islands, sometimes the water gets the best of an artificial island.
就像地势低的自然岛屿一样,人工岛也会被海水淹没。
Earlier this year, people living on the low-lying Carteret Islands, part of Papua New Guinea, had to relocate.
今年初,居住在巴布亚新几内亚加特利群岛上的居民不得不进行迁移。
And the Kurile Islands, lying to the north of and including Uruppu, shall belong to Russia.
千岛群岛,位于得抚岛以北且包括得抚岛,属于俄罗斯。
If lying on the beach is your thing, head for one of the many hundreds of beautiful islands that rest along Thailand's lengthy coastline.
如果躺在沙滩上享受日光浴是你的最爱,那就去一个小岛吧!沿着泰国绵长的海岸线,有上百个美丽的小岛。
In the Outer Islands that lie between 130 miles and 630 miles from mahe, navigating is more difficult due to the presence of low-lying coral reefs and other hazards.
在130英里和630英里从马埃谎言之间的外岛,航行更加困难,由于低洼的珊瑚礁和其他危险的存在。
Low-lying Pacific Islands are suffering coastal erosion and crop failures.
地势低洼的太平洋岛屿正面临着海岸侵蚀和作物歉收的困境。
Fresh vegetables used to be hard to come by in the low-lying Pacific islands of Kiribati. Most people could not afford the food that we all take for granted.
在太平洋的的低漥岛吉里·巴斯,蔬菜很难取得,大部分的居民怎么买得起这样的价格?
Fresh vegetables used to be hard to come by in the low-lying Pacific islands of Kiribati. Most people could not afford the food that we all take for granted.
在太平洋的的低漥岛吉里·巴斯,蔬菜很难取得,大部分的居民怎么买得起这样的价格?
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