The Sierra Leone-flagged dry cargo vessel New Star began to sink in the Sea of Japan near Russia's far-eastern port of Nakhodka on Sunday morning, the report said.

报道称，塞拉利昂“新星”号货船在濒临日本海的俄罗斯纳霍德卡港附近沉没。

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About 90% of the plastic in the sea has been carried there by wind or water from land. It takes decades to decompose or sink.

海里大约90%的塑料由风或水从陆地带来，它们分解或下沉需要几十年的时间。

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They keep the oil away from shore - but the cost is paid in clogged wads of crude that sink to the sea floor.

它们将原油拦在海岸之外，但代价却是一团团的原油沉到海床上。

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To the east of Bethlehem, chalky hills sink below sea level towards the Dead Sea and the ancient city of Jericho, immortalized in the Bible for its walls that tumbled under the blasts of trumpets (Joshua 6:20).

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In that sea of startups, some will undoubtedly sink but many more will swim and the ones that do find dry land will want to begin establishing a rapport, and eventually a partnership, with other like-minded businesses in their industry.

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But Banjul, capital of Gambia in West Africa, is likely to sink entirely into the ocean due to a combination of erosion and rising sea levels, according to a 2002 World Bank discussion paper on cities and climate change.

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