2020.9.8

一、

偽裝的獵手們需要極大的耐心

Disguised hunters need almost endless patience.

二、

但即使在珊瑚三角區(qū)

Sea snakes are increasingly rare,

海蛇也越來越少見了

even here in the Coral Triangle.

它們大多都被制成錢包 皮鞋或手提包

Most have become wallets,shoes or handbags.

三、

珊瑚礁生長需要二氧化碳…

Corals need carbon dioxide to grow…

可我們向大氣層排放了過多的二氧化碳…

but we're putting so much of it into our atmosphere…

結(jié)果導(dǎo)致全球氣溫升高

that it's causing global temperatures to rise.

如果海水溫度過高

If sea water gets too warm,

珊瑚礁就會白化而死

coral reefs bleach white and die.

但更為致命的

But even more deadly

則是海洋酸化

is a new threat called ocean acidification.

過量的二氧化碳

Too much carbon dioxide

會抑制碳酸鈣的形成…

inhibits the formation of calcium carbonate…

而碳酸鈣恰是珊瑚礁

the stuff coral reefs are made of,

腔鸚鵡螺的外殼 海螵蛸…

and the shells of the chambered nautilus…

以及其它數(shù)以萬計的

the cuttlebone,and the skeletons of?

海洋生物的骨骼構(gòu)成成分

thousands of other species.

許多海洋生物會因缺乏碳酸鈣而滅絕

Many animals could become extinct.

珊瑚礁也會漸漸溶解

Coral reefs could begin to dissolve.

——海底世界