They noted at that timethat only two of the bogs contained palsas, whereas aerial photos takenin 1957 showed palsas present in all of the bogs.
他们注意到那时只有两个沼泽有泥炭丘,而1957年空中拍摄的该地区照片显示所有沼泽都有泥炭丘。
For the last fifteen years, Ellison and University of Vermont biologist Nicholas Gotelli have slogged through the bogs of New England, studying the life that exists in each pool.
在过去的十五年,埃利森和佛蒙特大学生物学家尼古拉斯(nicholas Gotelli)艰难地穿越新英格兰的沼泽,研究每个水塘中存在的生命。
The poor soil of bogs, for example, offers little nitrogen and phosphorus, so carnivorous plants enjoy an advantage over plants that obtain these nutrients by more conventional means.
例如,沼泽贫瘠的土壤提供的氮和磷很少,所以肉食植物比那些通过更传统的方式获得这些营养的植物更有优势。
But the purple pitcher plant, which lives in bogs and infertile sandy soils in North America, enlists other organisms to process its food.
但是这种紫色的猪笼草,生活在北美的沼泽和贫瘠的沙质土壤中,吸收其他生物来作为它的食物。
The Scottish Highlands were once the site of extensive forests, but these forests have mostly disappeared and been replaced by peat bogs.
苏格兰高地曾经是大片森林的所在地,但这些森林大部分已经消失,取而代之的是泥炭沼泽。
The area was full of streams and bogs and other natural obstacles.
此地遍布小溪、泥潭和其他天然障碍。
Cranberry bogs consume lots of space in the marshland.
蔓越莓沼泽湿地占据了大量沼泽的空间。
There is probably some double-counting in the two sets of figures, because many peat bogs are found in forests, and are thus drained as those forests are cleared.
在这两组数据中很可能出现了重复计算,因为许多泥炭湿地都是在森林里,因此在森林被砍伐的同时它们也被排干了。
Ribbon lakes and bogs are present throughout the area, created by depressions left by receding glaciers.
Ribbons地区湖泊和沼泽遍布,它们都是冰川融化之后的遗留的洼地。
Carbon monoxide pollution has risen to 10 times above the maximum permitted levels, he says, in large part due to burning organic matter in dried-out peat bogs.
一氧化碳含量已经达到最大允许含量的十倍,他说,很大程度上是因为干涸的泥炭沼泽中有机物的燃烧。
Scottish peat bogs hold three-quarters of all the carbon in British ecosystems - equivalent to around a century of emissions from fossil fuel burning.
苏格兰泥潭沼泽地吸收了英国生态系统中四分之三的泥炭——这相当于化石燃料燃烧一个世纪所排放的碳量。
One of the big risks for any construction on peat bogs is that the disrupted drainage will cause whole hillsides of waterlogged or dried out peat to slide and eventually oxidise.
不管在泥炭沼泽上进行何种施工,最大的风险是扰乱排水后将会造成整个山坡被水淹没,或导致泥炭干涸而崩塌滑坡,且最终氧化。
Some of the most beautiful areas of England are releasing millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year because of damage to peat bogs, environment watchdogs have warned.
环境监测人员警告因为泥炭沼泽地受到破坏,英国的一些最美丽的地区每年正在向大气排放数百万吨的二氧化碳。
Plenty of travelers perished accidentally crossing the murky bogs of northern Europe, but at least some individuals, especially in the Middle Ages, were buried there carefully and on purpose.
大量的旅行者在穿越黑暗的伯格斯欧洲北部时死亡意外,但至少有一些人,特别是在中世纪时,是被小心有意地埋葬在这里的。
Still modern archaeology, by applying appropriate techniques and comparative methods, aided by a few lucky finds from peat-bogs, deserts, and frozen soils, is able to fill up a good deal of the gap.
然而,现代考古学通过运用适当的技术和比较的方法,在从泥炭、沙漠和冻土中所获得的一些幸运发现的辅助下,能够填充这个空缺的很大部分。
The researchers measured the retreat of the permafrost border byobserving hummocks known as "palsas, " which form naturally over icecontained in the soil of northern peat bogs.
研究人员通过观测被称为泥炭丘的小丘来测量永冻带边界北退的程度,泥炭丘是在北部泥炭沼泽含冰的土壤上自然形成的。
Burning in dry peat bogs and forests, the fires produced a dense plume of smoke that reached across hundreds of kilometers.
大火席卷了很多泥炭和森林地区,由大火产生的滚滚浓烟也蔓延到了数千公里之外。
This figure does not include the effect of fire on dried-up bogs, which can double the amount.
该数据不包括干枯沼泽燃烧的影响,否则总量肯定加倍。
But green groups say that hardly helps, since peat bogs have varying depths, and draining a shallow part will erode the rest.
但是环保团体说,这基本没什么用,泥炭沼泽深度不一,排干浅层将破坏其它部分。
The RSPB also claims now that installation of the turbines could release significant carbon dioxide from the peat bogs affected, undermining the turbines' potential to combat global warming.
RSPB现在还声称,风力涡轮机的安装会从受到影响的泥炭沼泽中释放出大量的二氧化碳,这样就会削弱并破坏涡轮机解决全球变暖问题的潜力。
Cranberry bogs consume lots of space in the marshland. According to statistics, yearly output yield of cranberries is something around 600 kilos per hectare.
蔓越莓沼泽湿地占据了大量的空间。据统计,蔓越莓年产量每公顷大约600公斤。
Nor does this figure include the effect of fire on dried-up bogs. That can double the amount of CO2 released in a year, in those places it affects.
上述数据还不包括燃烧干涸湿地的二氧化碳排放,如果再加上这一数据,在那些受到影响的地方,二氧化碳的年排放量将翻倍。
Both will suffer far more if the marriage bogs down in monotony and indifference.
假如婚姻陷入了单调和平淡,那孩子和家庭受到的损失会更大。
The central area is characterized by many lakes, bogs and low ridges.
中部的平原地带以众多的湖泊,沼泽和低岭为特点。
The condition was much more complex in river and bogs.
沼泽坑和河流情况较为复杂。
The washability of coal deposited in high peat bogs is better than that deposited in low peat moors.
高位泥炭沼泽形成的煤可选性好,而低位泥炭沼泽形成的煤可选性差。
Nevertheless, the coincident publication of these studies suggests a change of emphasis may be needed, and that efforts should be made to preserve not just forests, but also bogs.
然而,这些研究都一致认为我们应该转移重心,不仅仅要保护森林不被砍伐,也要保护湿地不再流失。
Nevertheless, the coincident publication of these studies suggests a change of emphasis may be needed, and that efforts should be made to preserve not just forests, but also bogs.
然而,这些研究都一致认为我们应该转移重心,不仅仅要保护森林不被砍伐,也要保护湿地不再流失。
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