【英语时差8,16】极地海洋并非生态沙漠
时间：2019-02-26 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
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The polar oceans are not biological deserts after all.
A marine 1 census 2 released recently documented 7,500 species living in the Antarctic and 5,500 in the Arctic, including several hundred that researchers believe could be new to science.
Most of the discoveries were simpler life forms known as invertebrates 3, or animals without backbones 4.
Researchers, for example, doubled the number of jellyfish-like Arctic ctenophore known to science from five to 10. One of those was the size and color of an orange, had bungee cord-like tentacles 5 streaming off it and was living at a depth of two kilometers.
"The textbooks have said there is less diversity at the poles than the tropics but we found astonishing richness of marine life in the Antarctic and Arctic oceans," said Victoria Wadley, a researcher from the Australian Antarctic Division who took part in the Antarctic survey. "We are rewriting the textbooks."
The survey－which included over 500 polar researchers from 25 countries－took place during International Polar Year which ran in 2007-2008.
New technology helped make the expeditions more efficient and productive than in the past.
Researchers used cell-phone-like tracking devices, for example, to record the Arctic migration 6 of narwhals, a whale with a long twisted tooth, and remotely operated submersibles to reach several kilometers down into the oceans to study delicate marine animals that are impossible to collect.
A marine 1 census 2 released recently documented 7,500 species living in the Antarctic and 5,500 in the Arctic, including several hundred that researchers believe could be new to science.
Most of the discoveries were simpler life forms known as invertebrates 3, or animals without backbones 4.
Researchers, for example, doubled the number of jellyfish-like Arctic ctenophore known to science from five to 10. One of those was the size and color of an orange, had bungee cord-like tentacles 5 streaming off it and was living at a depth of two kilometers.
"The textbooks have said there is less diversity at the poles than the tropics but we found astonishing richness of marine life in the Antarctic and Arctic oceans," said Victoria Wadley, a researcher from the Australian Antarctic Division who took part in the Antarctic survey. "We are rewriting the textbooks."
The survey－which included over 500 polar researchers from 25 countries－took place during International Polar Year which ran in 2007-2008.
New technology helped make the expeditions more efficient and productive than in the past.
Researchers used cell-phone-like tracking devices, for example, to record the Arctic migration 6 of narwhals, a whale with a long twisted tooth, and remotely operated submersibles to reach several kilometers down into the oceans to study delicate marine animals that are impossible to collect.
adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵
- Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
- When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查
- A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
- The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。
n.无脊椎动物( invertebrate的名词复数 )
- Insects and worms are all invertebrates. 昆虫和蠕虫都是无脊椎动物。 来自辞典例句
- In the earthworm and many other invertebrates, these excretory structures are called nephridia. 在蚯蚓和许多其它无脊椎动物中，这些排泄结构称为肾管。 来自辞典例句
n.骨干( backbone的名词复数 )；脊骨；骨气；脊骨状物
- Why do hummingbirds and gorillas both have backbones? 为什么蜂鸟和大猩猩都有脊骨？ 来自辞典例句
- Simply adding bandwidth to the Internet backbones is not an answer. 只是简单的在互联网骨架上增加带宽是应付不了的。 来自互联网
n.触手( tentacle的名词复数 )；触角；触须；触毛
- Tentacles of fear closed around her body. 恐惧的阴影笼罩着她。
- Many molluscs have tentacles. 很多软体动物有触角。 来自《简明英汉词典》