Australian climatologist will Steffens argued that climate change caused by human activity will fundamentally alter the air, land and oceans for tens of thousands of years.

澳大利亚气候学家威尔·斯蒂芬斯辩称，由人类活动引起的气候变化将完全地改变数万年的空气、土壤和海洋。

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Theysoon grew so large in numbers because of reproduction that they were beingcrowded in the oceans and the air.

由于繁殖，他们不久便大规模地快速成长，直至海洋与天空都显得太拥挤。

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This is because the oceans are currently soaking up a lot of the planet's excess heat - and a lot of the carbon dioxide put into the air.

这是因为海洋目前吸纳了这个星球上的大量多余热量和排放到空气中的大量二氧化碳。

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He said the amount should be even higher, but the world's oceans are absorbing quite a bit, keeping it out of the air.

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Forty million years ago, when the earth was warmer because there was more carbon dioxide in the air as a result of volcanic eruptions, the oceans are thought to have been 70 meters (or 229 feet) higher.

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When the oceans ran out of iron, the oxygen was free to accumulate in the air.

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