Biological hypotheses include ecological changes brought about by the evolution of cooperation between insects and flowering plants or of bottom-feeding predators in the oceans.

生物学上的假设包括生态变化，这些变化是由昆虫和开花植物之间的共同进化，或海洋中以海底生物为食的捕食者的进化所带来的。

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It can move from the land or from the oceans to the atmosphere, and vice versa.

它可以从陆地或海洋转移到大气，反之亦然。

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To make calculations manageable even by computers, most of the models suppose either that the oceans are a motionless swamp or that they don't exist at all.

为了使计算机也能进行计算，大多数模型要么假设海洋是一个静止的沼泽，要么假设它们根本不存在。

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The program pays for water research at universities that border either the oceans or the Great Lakes.

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Walsh applauds those advances in technology, but laments that most of the world's deep oceans remain unexplored and that only a handful of vessels - manned or unmanned - exist to do the job.

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Variations in the sogginess of the soil or the saltiness of the oceans will modify this signal.

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The planet would then meet an icy, rather than a fiery end, since after a million years or so the oceans would freeze solid.

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"National governments that stand in the way of reform, like Spain and France, will find it increasingly hard to act as proxies for a handful of powerful companies, with no concern for the long-term wellbeing of the oceans or the majority of fishermen, " she said.

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