True, some countries are beginning to deal with this problem, but it is vital we find rational ways of fishing before every ocean becomes a dead sea.

诚然，一些国家已经开始着手解决这个问题，但在所有海洋都变成死海之前，我们必须找到合理的捕鱼方式，这一点至关重要。

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Australian scientists fear the planet is on the brink of another mass extinction as ocean dead zones continue to grow in size and number.

澳大利亚科学家担心，随着海洋死区范围和数量不断加大，地球已到了另一次大灭绝的边缘。

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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。

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If a ship was sailing in the middle of the ocean, a navigator could make mistakes using dead reckoning and no harm would be done.

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Weep no more, woeful Shepherds weep no more For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the wat'ry floor, So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head.

诗歌大意：，悲伤的牧羊人们不要再哭泣,利西亚斯并没有死去，虽然他被海水吞没，启明星也会沉入海底，不久便会修复他疲惫的头颅。

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Few countries have adopted legislation to reduce land-based marine pollution, leading to an increase in the number of dead ocean areas.

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Floating in the ocean or dead.

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While the wood in the study was placed there by scientists, wood naturally finds its way into the ocean as dead trees fall into rivers and are swept out to sea, when storm debris is taken by surging waters and even from shipwrecks.

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