Small ocean changes can also influence volcanic eruptions, says David Pyle of the University of Oxford.
海洋的细微变化同样也能诱火山喷发，牛津大学的大卫·派尔介绍说。
Sea life can get sucked into desalination plants, killing small ocean creatures like baby fish and plankton, upsetting the food chain.
海洋生物随着海水进入淡化厂后将被消灭殆尽，一些海洋生物比如小鱼和浮游生物被消灭后会扰乱海洋里的食物链。
The fossils buried in Pleistocene and earlier ocean sediments were of foraminifera—small, single-celled marine organisms that secrete shells of calcium carbonate, or calcite.
在更新世和更早的海洋沉积物中埋藏的化石生物属于孔虫类生物，它们是微小的单细胞海洋生物，其分泌的硬壳由碳酸钙和方解石组成。
I'm going to talk today about research into a particular species of bird—the New Caledonian crow, whose natural habitat is small islands in the Pacific Ocean.
我今天要讲的是对一种特殊鸟类的研究——新喀里多尼亚乌鸦，它的自然栖息地是太平洋上的小岛。
The plover lives by the ocean and feeds on small shellfish, insects and plants.
它们生活在海边，以小贝类海鲜、昆虫和植物为食。
Tristan da Cunha is the main populated island in a small archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about 1,750 miles away from South Africa.
特里斯坦 达库尼亚是主要的居住的小岛，该岛位于南大西洋，距离南非约1 750英里群岛中的很小一个。
Egevang was surprised to find that the birds often stop for a month in the open North Atlantic Ocean, probably to "fuel up" on fish and small crustaceans before setting off to cross the tropics.
艾治汪惊奇地发现，燕鸥经常在北大西洋可以停留近一个月。 他推测燕鸥可能在这段时间捕捉一些鱼类和小型的甲壳类海洋生物，能量得到充足补充后再动身穿越热带地区。
When they first looked at the paleoclimatic data, the researchers only found very small differences in ocean temperatures then compared to now.
研究人员第一次看到古气候数据，仅仅发现海洋气温变化的细微的不同，然后跟现在比较。
The idea that trace amounts of water in planetesimals could give rise to vast oceans may seem far-fetched until one considers how small an ocean can be relative to the size and mass of a planet.
星子中微量的水造就了宽阔的海洋这一观点也许看起来不切实际，直到人们认识到相对于一颗行星的质量和体积，浩瀚的海洋是多么的渺小。
The idea that trace amounts of water in planetesimals could give rise to vast oceans may seem far-fetched until one considers how small an ocean can be relative to the size and mass of a planet.
星子中微量的水造就了宽阔的海洋这一观点也许看起来不切实际直到人们认识到相对于一颗行星的质量和体积，浩瀚的海洋是多么的渺小。
In addition to an increase in flooding, sea-level rise could also result in the permanent flooding of low-lying small island states in the Caribbean, the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.
除了增大发生洪灾的可能性以外，海平面的上升也可能导致加勒比海、印度洋以及太平洋的一些低洼的小岛国永久的被淹没。
A small, dark plume along the edge of the slick, not far from the original location of the Deepwater Horizon rig, indicates a possible controlled burn of oil on the ocean surface.
距离深海钻塔的原始位置不远处，一缕小而黑的油膜痕迹，显示海面上石油有可能被控制燃烧。
And yet despite the incredible odds, one of history's longest chains of virus transmission, dating back at least 3,000 years, was broken in a small harbour on the Indian Ocean more than 30 years ago.
然而，尽管机会微乎其微，可由此上溯至少3000余年的历史上最长的病毒传播链条之一，却在30多年前，在印度洋的某个小小码头上一朝崩解。
The stained specimens are a small part of Scripps’ Marine Vertebrate Collection, which originates mostly from eastern Pacific Ocean collection events (green dots, image below).
染色标本在克里普斯海洋脊椎动物藏品中只占据了一小部分，这些藏品大多是从东太平洋海域中收集而来的（下图中的绿点即为收集地）。
The stained specimens are a small part of Scripps' Marine Vertebrate collection, which originates mostly from eastern Pacific Ocean collection events (green dots, image below).
染色标本在克里普斯海洋脊椎动物藏品中只占据了一小部分，这些藏品大多是从东太平洋海域中收集而来的(下图中的绿点即为收集地)。
"I saw that my life in America... all of it was connected with this small plot of earth an ocean away," he wrote later.
“我看到我在美国的生活……所有在美国的生活，都与这远隔重洋的一小片土地联系了起来，”他后来写道。
If the salinity of ocean waters is analyzed, it is found to vary only slightly from place to place.Nevertheless, some of these small changes are important.
如果我们分析海水的盐度，会发现地区间只有轻微的变化，然而有些小的变化是重要的。
If the salinity of ocean waters is analyzed, it is found to vary only slightly from place to place. Nevertheless, some of these small changes are important.
海水盐度如果我们分析海水的盐度，会发现地区间只有轻微的变化，然而有些小的变化是重要的。
Much like the larger Emperors, King Penguins rely on Krill and small crustaceans for food, but an increase in surface ocean temperatures is reducing the supply in the winter months.
像更大的帝企鹅一样，王企鹅依靠海里的磷虾和贝壳类为生，但是不断上升的海洋表面温度减少了冬季的食物供给。
There have been small signs of progress in recent years, including agreements to jointly monitor glaciers and study the interaction between the atmosphere and the ocean.
近几年以来，这一进程已经出现一些细微迹象，包括联合检测冰川，以及研究气候与海洋的相互作用的协议。
She felt like she was crossing the ocean, looking downwards from way high to some small island that looked like his body.
她感觉自己正在穿越海洋，从高高的俯视某个小岛，而这岛就像他的身体。
Phytoplankton might be too small to see with the naked eye, but they are the foundations of the ocean food chain, ultimately capturing the energy that sustains the seas' great beasts such as whales.
尽管浮游植物的个头小得无法用肉眼进行观察，但它们却是整个海洋食物链的基础。 鲸鱼等大型海洋生物的生存归根结底都要依赖于它们所捕获的能量。
Socotra is a small Yemeni archipelago of four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Horn of Africa, about 350 kilometers south of the Arabian peninsula.
索科特拉岛是也门群岛四个岛屿中的一个小岛，它们是远离非洲角海岸的印度洋中的一些小岛，大约在阿拉伯半岛以南350公里。
Though such a change appears small, incremental differences can, for example, add to the ferocity of storms by evaporating more steam off the ocean.
这一气温变化看似微小，但是，举个例子说，渐增的温差可能会加剧海面水汽的蒸发，从而使暴风雨愈演愈烈。
Unlike manganese nodules, which are like golf balls scattered across the seabed, these deep-ocean deposits occur in small areas around extinct hydrothermal vents.
与锰结核像高尔夫球洞一样分散在海底不同的是，这些深海矿物层则在熄灭了的海底烟囱附近小范围内存在。
Each nuclear reactor that would go on the ocean bed is pretty small, generating as little as 50 megawatts, enough energy to power about 37,000 American homes.
每个建在海床上的反应堆尺寸都很小，可以产生50兆瓦的电力，满足37,000个美国家庭使用。
Earlier this week, Southall was getting off a Jet Ski in the ocean when he felt "a small bee-like sting" on his arm.
本周早些时候，索撒尔从海上的水上摩托艇下来后，突然觉得一只胳膊“像被蜜蜂蜇了一下”。
A more talented anchor would be great for, say, small submarines that move around constantly to test ocean temperatures and currents.
如果能设计出一种智能型锚的话，这对那些需要经常移动以便测试海洋温度和水流的潜水艇来说就再好不过了。
The ocean is a hike from the community, and a small rural town is just a mile-and-a-half away.
大海远远地与社区相望，一个乡村小镇就在一公里半之外的地方。
The place chosen for the testing was a group of small islands well away from most everything except the Pacific Ocean.
试验地选择在太平洋中远离大部分其他地方的一群小岛上。
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