Like humans, killer whales have colonized a range of different habitats across the globe, occupying every ocean basin on the planet, with an empire that extends from pole to pole.

像人类一样，虎鲸也在全球范围内开拓了一系列不同的栖息地，占据了地球上的每一个海洋流域，拥有一个从一极延伸到另一极的帝国。

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The models show more warming near the equator and on the western side of the ocean basin.

气候模型显示在赤道和海洋的西面会有更多的热量。

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Near-freezing temperatures and large glaciers would prevent phyllosilicates from forming and depositing in a lowland ocean basin.

接近零度的温度以及大面积的冰川使层状硅酸盐难以在海盆中成型和沉淀。

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"Since the European Union Naval Force arrived in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin in the Indian Ocean back in December 2008, this is the farthest hijacking that we're aware of.

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The mapping was primarily done along the continental slope, where the North American continent ends and drops into the Atlantic Ocean basin.

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We now know that the hot-springs that sustain these "vent" ecosystems occur in every ocean basin and are host to hundreds of previously unknown animal species.

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The amount of reserves in the pre-salt (Santos Basin, Atlantic Ocean) are impressive, but the matter is when and how these new oil prospects will materialize.

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