If the seas continue to become less alkaline at the current rate, the time will soon come when reefs will start to lose coral faster through erosion than they gain it through calcification.

如果海洋以现在的速度继续变得碱性更小，那么珊瑚礁将开始通过腐蚀作用，比通过钙化作用得到珊瑚更快地失去它。

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Investors are speculating that the central bank may raise the deposit rate to combat the erosion of savings by inflation, according to analyst Chen Jianbo.

投资者猜测央行可能提高存款利率来抵御通货膨胀，援引分析师陈建波的话。

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Soil erosion in the loess area relates to low vegetation cover rate in this region.

黄土高原地区严重的水土流失与该区植被覆盖率低有密切的关系。

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Dr Cecconi says that between 1950 and 1960, the rate of erosion in the lagoon increased by 20 times.

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Photographer Neil A White's Lost Villages project documents this constant battle between the North Sea and the land in this part of the British Isles, one that endures the highest rate of coastal erosion in Europe.

BBC: Lost villages

We have already experienced a tremendous erosion of our manufacturing industry, a major cause of our depressed economy and high unemployment rate.

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