It might seem unreasonable that expectations about possible events can drive prices up, but consider the situation of people in a lifeboat on the open ocean.

对可能发生事件的预测会驱使价格上涨看起来很不切实际，但考虑下在宽阔的海洋上，人们在救生艇中这样一个情况。

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complete system failure — catastrophic events in a plane that was likely already plunging toward the ocean.

11点14分——最后一条讯息显示机舱失压和整个系统瘫痪——对于飞机来说这是一个灾难性的事故。 此时飞机很有可能正在坠向大海。

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Phytoplankton require nutrients to reproduce, and phytoplankton blooms are often tied to events that bring nutrients to the ocean surface, such as dust plumes.

浮游植物需要养分进行繁殖，而藻华的出现往往与给洋面带来营养物质的事件相联系，譬如灰尘羽流。

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Real La Nina events have been linked with cooler than normal temperatures on the surface waters of the Pacific Ocean.

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Events in another group of Pacific Ocean islands affected American foreign policy in the late eighteen hundreds.

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Scientists say small changes in the sun's brightness can produce effects on Earth similar to two weather events in warm waters of the Pacific Ocean.

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With Argo, Affleck has taken a somewhat different approach, leaving the streets of Boston and the criminals and blue collar workers and cop drama all behind him and traveling not only back in time but across the ocean to the events surrounding the Iranian hostage crisis.

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Youth are also invited to take action for the ocean through the UNESCO Youth Forum as part of the closing events of the Expo 2012 Yeosu Korea for the Living Ocean and Coasts.

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While it doesn't garner as much attention as modern events such as the Volvo Ocean Race, classic yacht racing is good for promotional opportunities.

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