Wind and water are constantly crashing into these plants.
风和水不断地冲击着这些植物。
In the long run, electricity from large wind farms in remote areas might be used to make hydrogen gas from water during periods when there is less than peak demand for electricity.
从长远来看，在电力需求低于峰值的时期，偏远地区的大型风力发电场的电力可能会被用于电解水，以产生氢气。
AbuBakr Bahaj, in charge of the Southampton research, said: The prospects for energy from tidal currents are far better than from wind because the flows of water are predictable and constant.
负责南安普顿研究的AbuBakr Bahaj说：潮汐流的能源前景比风能要好得多，因为水流是可预测和恒定的。
You can do other things too, like look at the wind or water that brought the grains to their location and figure out which way it was flowing.
你也可以做其他事，比如观察把沙粒带到它们位置上的风和水，并找出它们的流向。
For thousands of years, people have used the wind to sail boats and move water.
几千年来，人们利用风来驾驶船只和移动水。
Increased efficiency in the use of water and wind helped with such tasks as pumping, milling, or sailing.
提高水和风的利用效率有助于抽水、碾磨或航行等工作。
Sediment as you know, is material like sand, gravel, fossil fragments that is transported by natural processes like wind, water flow or the movement of glaciers.
如你所知，沉积物是通过风、水流或冰川运动等自然过程输送的物质，如沙子、砾石、化石碎片等。
Desertification is accomplished primarily through the loss of stabilizing natural vegetation and the subsequent accelerated erosion of the soil by wind and water.
起到稳定作用的自然植被不断减少，随后土壤受风雨的侵蚀加速，就成为了沙漠化的主要成因。
Their seed heads raised just high enough above the ground to catch the wind, the plants are no bigger than they need be, their stems are hollow, and all the rigidity comes from their water content.
它们的种子的顶端向上生长，其距离地面的高度刚好可以接触到风；它们的体型大小也刚好是生长所需的尺寸；它们的茎是空心的，且仅仅是通过体内的含水量来保持自身的坚挺。
An interacting—and complicating—phenomenon is wind-to-water transfer of momentum that occurs when waves are formed.
一种相互作用且复杂的现象是波浪形成时发生的风向水的动量传递。
There is no wind and the water is as smooth as glass.
没有风，水面像玻璃一样光滑。
Private insurance will cover some of that, but many homeowners are finding that they were covered only against damage by wind, not water.
私人保险将弥补一部分损失，但是许多家庭发现他们的保险只负责由风造成的损失，水造成的不管。
A fleet of sensors allows growers to monitor wind, water and soil and air temperature.
一系列的传感器让种植者们可以监测风向、水分、土壤和气温。
During the Late Carboniferous, sedimentary rocks—rocks eroded by wind and water and deposited as fine sediments—carpeted much of the region, which might have been partially flooded from time to time.
晚石炭纪，沉积岩（整块岩石经风、水的外力侵蚀，然后均匀沉淀而形成）广泛分布于那些有可能反复被洪水侵袭的地区；
About 90% of the plastic in the sea has been carried there by wind or water from land.
在海洋上的塑料中，有90%是被风或水从陆地上带过去的。
The actions of glaciers and rivers scrape away fine sediment, which is carried away by water and wind.
山体细粒沉淀物在冰川与河流活动的作用下被冲刷下来，接着被风吹走或水流带走。
About 90% of the plastic in the sea has been carried there by wind or water from land. It takes decades to decompose or sink.
海里大约90%的塑料由风或水从陆地带来，它们分解或下沉需要几十年的时间。
Environmentalists dream of the day when all of America's electricity will come from the sun, wind, water and other truly renewable sources.
环保主义者梦想有一天美国所有的电力将来自于太阳、风和其他真正可再生来源。
Also aiding in the reliability of a system running completely on wind, water, and solar power, the authors say, is that it would need about a third less energy than a fossil-fired system.
另外，作者提到，为了维护完全依靠风能、水能和太阳能系统运营的稳定性，要借助第三个较少的能源，而不是靠化石燃烧的系统。
Wind and water currents patterns have modified the oil spill's original shape into streamers and elongated masses.
海风和水流已将浮油原本的形状改变为飘带状和拉长的片状。
The bridge had already been closed for all sorts of traffic due to the dangers posed by wind and water.
由于大风和湖水构成危险，这座桥已经完全关闭。
The very best options were wind, solar, geothermal, tidal and hydroelectric power—all of which are driven by wind, water or sunlight (referred to as WWS).
最佳选择是风能、太阳能、地热能、潮汐能和水力发电——这些能源都来自于风力、水力和阳光（被称为WWS——wind，water，sunlight）。
"Obviously, this is a roundabout way of generating electricity instead of converting wind or water flow energy directly into electricity using stationary windmills or hydroturbines, " Platzer says.
“当然，这是间接产生电力的方法，不是用固定风车或水轮机把风能量流或水能量流直接转换成电力。”Platzer说。
The wind and the water were carrying on their perpetual quarrel.
风和海水在进行它们那永无休止的争吵。
Other factors influence phytoplankton growth rates, including water temperature and salinity, water depth, wind, and what kinds of predators are grazing on them.
还有其他的因素影响着浮游植物的生长率，包括水温、盐度、水深、风，以及猎食它们的天敌的种类。
The buoys carry sensor arrays that measure over 35 different parameters, from wind to water chemistry, that are vital for reporting and predicting weather, sea conditions, and water quality.
浮标所携带的传感器组可以测量35种以上的参数，从风力到水的化学成分(对于预测和报告天气非常重要)、海洋状况和水质。
Our plan calls for millions of wind turbines, water machines and solar installations.
我们的计划需要数以百万记的风力涡轮机，抽水机和太阳能装置。
When a hole forms, a strong tendency to equalize creates a rushing tunnel of wind, like water flowing through a hose.
当一个洞形成的时候，平衡内外气压的强烈趋势会生成一个通风的隧道，就像水流过管子一样。
Wear an outer layer of breathable, wind-resistant, water-resistant material.
穿一件抗风防水材料制成的透气的外套。
Inside there are four distinct thematic gardens named, "Earth", "Wind", "Fire", and "Water", which represent the four elements.
在其内部有四个不同主题的花园，即“风”、“火”、“水”、“土”，分别代表四种元素。
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