One consequence for coral reefs is that the symbiosis between the corals and algae that constitute a living reef is breaking down.
珊瑚礁面临的一个后果是，构成活珊瑚礁的珊瑚和藻类之间的共生关系正在瓦解。
I dived as a fish among the corals of Persia Gulf.
我像一条小鱼潜翔在波斯湾的珊瑚丛。
But some of the corals died off after a few months.
但有些珊瑚短短几个月之后就相继死去。
The corals are now listed as threatened under America's Endangered Species Act.
珊瑚已经被列入受威胁的美国灭绝物种法。
The corals familiar to most of us are colonies of small polyps that build calcium carbonate branches.
我们所熟知的珊瑚都是由群集的微小水螅分泌的分枝状碳酸钙外骨骼。
Corals grow very slowly and some of the corals being damaged, sometimes irreparably, are hundreds of years old.
珊瑚生长非常缓慢，有些被损害的珊瑚年龄过百，被损害的珊瑚甚至无法复原。
Those ratios provide clues about the temperature and salinity of the water in which the corals were immersed, Watanabe says.
渡边刚表示，这些同位素比例为珊瑚生长环境的海水温度及盐度情况提供了线索。
They looked at how the ratios of oxygen isotopes locked in the corals' carbonate skeletons varied month by month as the colonies grew.
他们研究了珊瑚碳酸盐骨骼中留存的氧同位素比例随珊瑚的生长逐月发生变化的情况。
Global warming means warmer seas, which causes the corals to to bleach, where the creatures lose the symbiotic algae they need to survive.
随着全球气候变暖，海洋温度升高，珊瑚失去了赖以生存的共生藻类，褪色变白。
The vertical reef wall allows the viewing window to be situated close to the corals so visitors can see and appreciate their intricate beauty.
模拟的垂直礁壁，使观景窗位于接近珊瑚的位置，这样可以让游客观看和欣赏它们错综复杂的美。
Against this gloomy backdrop stand two separate reports in the journal Nature revealing signs that the corals are beginning to evolve their way out of trouble.
根据《自然》杂志上这两篇令人沮丧但是内容不同的报告，我们可以发现珊瑚虫正在进化自己去面对危险。
And it's famous because it's actually out in the middle of the sea but you can stand out there because the corals have risen to such a height that it's close to the water.
那里非常著名，尼龙池位于海中央，你可以站在上面，那里珊瑚的高度离海面很近。
The quest to explore life, the thrill of being 100 feet in the sky, the joy of savoring the red wine in a vineyard, the scuba diving experience with the corals and sea creatures.
想要寻求刺激，想要在100英尺的高空尖叫，想要感受在葡萄园里品味美酒的喜悦，想要在有珊瑚，有海洋生物的大海体验潜水的感觉。
He has performed experiments to see whether those regular, but brief, exposures to temperature stress have "cross-trained" the corals to withstand high temperatures for even longer periods.
他还做了实验，验证在经受了定期但短暂的高温曝露训练之后，珊瑚是否能够承受更长时间的高温曝晒。
The seas around Bermuda are full of colourful corals and fantastic fish.
百慕大周围的海域中到处都是五彩的珊瑚虫和奇异的鱼类。
The question now is whether reef-building corals have the capacity to adapt to those changes.
现在的问题是造礁珊瑚是否有能力适应这些变化。
We think that when reefs are damaged, after a few years, the fastest-growing corals repopulate the areas.
我们认为，如果珊瑚礁遭到破坏，几年之后，生长最快的珊瑚就会重新在该地区繁衍生息。
He points out that climate data obtained from slow-growing corals around the Pacific indicate a series of unusually frequent El Ninos around the time of the Lapita expansion.
他指出，从环太平洋缓慢生长的珊瑚中获得的气候数据表明，在拉皮塔扩张时期，厄尔尼诺现象曾频繁爆发，这很不寻常。
Now, we have evidence that corals in these locations are able to escape the destructive bleaching that affects portions of the reef in shallower or warmer water.
现在，我们有证据显示，在这些位置的珊瑚能躲过破坏性漂白这一劫，但在水位更浅和水温更高处生长的珊瑚则会受到影响。
Sea stars, crabs, shrimp and worms live in the limbs of these corals as birds and insects do in the branches of trees in a rainforest.
其他诸如海星、蟹类、虾类以及蠕虫等也像雨林中的鸟类和昆虫栖息在树木的枝叶间一样生活在这些珊瑚的枝杈间。
Most scientists rank overfishing, pollution, and warming oceans among the biggest overall contributors. But corals may suffer from other nasty tricks played by seaweed.
大部分科学家认为过度捕捞、污染、海洋变暖是最大的杀手，但是珊瑚可以从海藻的其他致命手段中生存下来。
According to Andrew Knoll, of Harvard University, many of the species most at risk are corals.
哈佛大学安德鲁•脑尔博士认为，最危险的物种是珊瑚。
Top of the list was ecosystem collapse, such as deforestation and the demise of corals; second were health and diseases, such as Sars and Aids; and third was global poverty.
高居榜首的是生态系统的崩溃，如滥砍滥伐和珊瑚死亡；第二是健康与疾病，如非典和艾滋病；第三是全球性贫困。
Along the reefs dotting Fiji, overfishing has pitted corals against algae in a battle royale.
在珊瑚群包围的斐济，过度捕捞已经激起了海藻-珊瑚大战。
So far, the rising sea levels, dying corals and spreading algal blooms are only minor distractions for most people.
迄今为止，对大多数人而言，海平面升高、奄奄一息的珊瑚虫、蔓延的藻花水华只不过是次要的烦恼。
So far, the rising sea levels, dying corals and spreading algal blooms are only minor distractions for most people.
迄今为止，对大多数人而言，海平面升高、奄奄一息的珊瑚虫、蔓延的藻花水华只不过是次要的烦恼。
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