East to the Atlantic Ocean, extensive trade networks extended from the Great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico.

往东靠近大西洋，广袤的贸易网覆盖了从五大湖到墨西哥海湾。

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One key finding in the study is that it is not the warming of the ocean alone that reduces cloudiness -- a weakening of the trade winds also appears to play a critical role.

研究中还有一个关键发现就是不仅海洋的变暖会减少云层数量，信风的日益减弱似乎也扮演着关键角色。

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Easterly trade winds blow from the Indian Ocean over the African continent, losing much of their moisture as they go.

东来的信风从印度洋横跨非洲大陆，当它们到达这里时已经失去大部分水分。

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He said San Francisco,some day, would control the trade of all of the Pacific Ocean.

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Mr Morales said the deal would "open the door for Bolivians to have an international port, to use the ocean for global trade and for Bolivian products to have better access to global markets".

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There had long been much more trade in the Indian Ocean than in the Atlantic, moreover, and China or India had never experienced an industrial revolution.

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From then on European merchants and imperialists invaded the Indian Ocean, grabbed much of its trade and began to take over its most valuable centres of production.

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