Barrier islands are important to the Gulf ecosystem: They protect the marshes from ocean storms and erosion.

障壁岛群对海湾生态系统很重要：它们保护沼泽地免除海洋风暴的袭击和侵蚀。

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NOAA statement said the greater detail will help improve the agency's study of ocean storms, as well as "the prediction and warnings of severe weather."

国家海洋和大气管理局发布的一份声明表示，更详尽信息将有助于提高该机构对“海洋风暴”以及“恶劣天气预报和示警”的研究。

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Ocean storms develop when the air temperature in one area is different from the temperature nearby.

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Experts believe this early warning system has helped reduce deaths from ocean storms in recent years.

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The Ocean of Storms was about two thousand kilometers west of the place where Apollo Eleven had landed.

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But in one, a formation known as Cobrahead, on the Aristarchus Plateau at the edge of the Ocean of Storms, Clementine's cameras saw a definite reddening of a sinuous feature called a rille.

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And the unusual sea temperatures will continue to create a clear corridor in the Atlantic Ocean for more storms to come.

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For the Atlantic Ocean, a normal season would produce 12 named storms, including six hurricanes and three major ones.

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