Tiger sharks still turn up in Hawaiian waters, 虎鲨仍在夏威夷的水域出现 drawn here by another great ocean wanderer. 被另外一种伟大的大海流浪者吸引至此 These black-footed albatross are certainly an endangered species, 这些...
Sharks have been top dog in the Pacific for millions of years. 鲨鱼已经主宰了太平洋数百万年 They control the numbers of other fish, 它们控制其他鱼类的数量 and so play a vital role in keeping the underwater ecosystem healthy a...
Out in the open ocean, it's another story. 出到公海 又是另一回事 There is no protection here, and yet this is where most fish are now being caught. 这里没有保护措施 而且大多数的鱼正在这些地方被捕捞 These may look lik...
The coral heads are broken down once more. 珊瑚枝再次被剪下 In the space of two years, a single finger of coral has multiplied into 50 or more. 在二年内 一支珊瑚生长了50倍或更多 Some of these will be re-planted on fresh discs, 其...
In Fiji, biologists are working with fishermen 在斐济 生物学家正在与渔民合作 to bring the fish back by replanting the reefs. 通过重新种植珊瑚礁把鱼群带回来 This is a coral nursery. 这是一个珊瑚苗圃 But with wild c...
A leading group of ecologists recently predicted that in just 40 years, seafood will be off the menu. 一个生态学者领导小组最近预测 仅40年内 海鲜就将会从人们的菜单上消失 The problem has a lot to do with fishing. 问题的造...
The world's oceans have absorbed about half of all the carbon dioxide released so far into the atmosphere by industry, 全世界的海洋吸收了工业排放到 大气层中几乎一半的二氧化碳 significantly reducing the greenhouse effect. 显着...
It's no secret that the world is getting warmer. 全球暖化已经不是一个秘密 And the low-lying islands of the South Pacific are on the front line, 而当全球暖化导致海平面上升时 as global warming causes sea levels to rise. 地势低...
Some of its residents have been through crisis before. 有些定居者从前就经历过危机 Humpback whales were hunted so relentlessly during the last century that their numbers crashed by 90%. 在上个世纪里大翅鲸被大肆捕猎 它们的数...
The South Pacific is, on the face of it, still a healthy ocean. 从表面上判断南太平洋仍是一个健康的海洋 We depend on it. 我们靠它维生 Over 60% of the world's fish catch comes from the Pacific. 世界60%的捕鱼量来自太平洋...
