Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs in the ocean.
海上溢油对海洋里的珊瑚礁有着毁灭性影响。
It successfully caught and collected a large amount of plastic rubbish floating in the ocean.
它成功地捕获并收集了漂浮在海洋中的大量塑料垃圾。
In the ocean，we fished for top predators such as cod.
在海洋中，我们捕捞像鳕鱼这样的顶级食肉动物。
The quantities of phytoplankton in the ocean are changing.
海洋中浮游植物的数量在变化。
Some propose storing the CO2 in coal mines or liquid storage in the ocean.
一些人建议将二氧化碳储存在煤矿中，或以液体状态储存在海洋中。
In the ocean where food is easier to find, a blue whale, for instance, can eat up to 8,000 pounds of food a day.
例如，在更容易找到食物的海洋中，一只蓝鲸一天可以吃多达8000磅的食物。
This focusing is the main reason that even relatively weak sounds in the ocean, especially low-frequency ones, can often travel thousands of miles.
正是由于这种集声，即使是海洋中相对微弱的声音，尤其是低频声音，也能传播数千英里。
Way up north in the Canadian Arctic, seabirds are picking up dangerous chemical in the ocean and delivering them to ponds near where the birds live.
在加拿大北极的北方地区，海鸟在海洋中捡起危险的化学物质，并将它们运送到鸟类生活的池塘附近。
Way up north in the Canadian Arctic, seabirds are picking up dangerous chemicals in the ocean and delivering them to ponds near where the birds live.
在加拿大北极的北方地区，海鸟在海洋中衔起危险的化学物质，并将它们运送到鸟类生活的池塘附近。
Tourists sunbathe and frolic in the ocean.
游客们晒日光浴，在海水中嬉戏。
It's sad to learn that a whale has died in the ocean.
听说海洋里有一头鲸鱼死了，真令人难过。
I had a great time in the ocean park the day before yesterday.
前天我在海洋公园玩得很开心。
If we didn't act now, there would be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050.
如果我们现在不采取行动，到2050年，海洋中的塑料将比鱼还多。
Wind farms can be found near farmland, in narrow mountain passes, and even in the ocean, where there are stronger winds.
风力发电站存在于这些地方：农田的附近、狭窄的山路上，甚至是有较强风的海洋中。
Phytoplankton are microscopic plants that grow in the ocean.
浮游植物是生长在海里的微小植物。
Sharks mainly eat fish, other sharks and plants in the ocean.
鲨鱼主要吃鱼、其他鲨鱼和海洋中的植物。
I guess I should have asked, "Why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?"
我想我本来应该问的是，“你为什么要把海星扔进海里呢？”
Thus, more of the heavy isotope is left behind in the ocean and absorbed by marine organisms.
因此，更多的重氧同位素留在了海洋里，并被海洋有机物吸收。
According to scientists, more than eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year.
据科学家称，每年有超过800万吨的塑料最终流入海洋。
An estimate of the age of the ocean was obtained by diving the total salt in the ocean by the rate of salt added each year.
对海洋年龄的估计是通过以海洋中的总含盐量除以每年盐的增长率得出的。
Online shopping for the holiday season remained just a drop in the ocean of the estimated US$450 billion spent by US consumers.
在美国消费者估计花费的4500亿美元中，假日网购只是沧海一粟。
As the result of his work, Ebbesmeyer has become known as the scientist to call with questions about any unusual objects found floating in the ocean.
由于他的工作，埃比斯梅尔已经成为众所周知的对任何在海洋上漂着的不寻常的物体提出问题的科学家。
But daily vertical movements by zooplankton in the ocean—upward by night to seek food, downward by day to escape predators—can also be considered migration.
但是海洋中浮游动物每天的垂直运动——夜里上浮以寻找食物，白天下潜以躲避捕食者——也可以被视作迁徒。
Larval CoT starfish eat phytoplankton in their first month of life, so more fertilizer in the ocean means more phytoplankton, which means more starfish, bad for the reefs.
年幼的刺冠海星在出生后的第一个月就以浮游植物为食，所以海洋中肥料越多，浮游植物就越多，也意味着海星越多，这对珊瑚礁非常不利。
The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past.
这种观点认为，人们之所以没有察觉到海洋中发生的巨大变化，是因为他们用于回顾过去的时间相对较短。
The strength of an individual, as compared with that of the masses, is but a drop in the ocean.
个人的力量和群众的力量相比，不过是沧海一粟。
Jake: It takes hours to find objects in the ocean.
杰克：在海里找到东西得花数小时。
The dispute boils down to where lines can be drawn in the ocean for commercial use.
这一争端可归结为如何在海洋上划定作为商业用途的范围。
However, most of the ash is falling on the ground and in the ocean near Iceland.
不过，大多数火山灰都落到了冰岛地面和附近的海域里。
Along with nitrogen and iron, phosphorous is a key limiting nutrient in the ocean.
磷和氮、铁都是海洋有限的重要营养元素。
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