[00:00.300] | During big spring tides, seawater simply bubbles up through the ground. |
[00:04.904] | In 2006, the islanders experienced their highest tides ever. |
[00:10.546] | These islands could soon become uninhabitable. |
[00:14.353] | The seawater is poisoning the soil and groundwater. |
[00:17.475] | Eventually, the islands may have to be evacuated. |
[00:20.041] | This would be an unprecedented move, an entire nation relocated. |
[00:24.661] | So the ocean is threatening its islands, thanks to global warming. |
[00:29.219] | And yet, the Pacific is playing a massive part in slowing down climate change. |
[00:35.537] | The world's oceans have absorbed about half of all the carbon dioxide released so far into the atmosphere by industry, |
[00:42.537] | significantly reducing the greenhouse effect. |
[00:46.481] | But there's a catch. |
[00:48.483] | For the fish, all that extra carbon dioxide in the water can have some,unwanted side effects. |
[00:53.776] | All life in the Pacific is dependent on the tiniest of creatures, the plankton that floats freely in the currents. |
[01:01.523] | One of the most plentiful is the sea butterfly, a tiny marine snail, which uses its enlarged foot to fly through,the water. |
[00:00.300] | During big spring tides, seawater simply bubbles up through the ground. |
[00:04.904] | In 2006, the islanders experienced their highest tides ever. |
[00:10.546] | These islands could soon become uninhabitable. |
[00:14.353] | The seawater is poisoning the soil and groundwater. |
[00:17.475] | Eventually, the islands may have to be evacuated. |
[00:20.041] | This would be an unprecedented move, an entire nation relocated. |
[00:24.661] | So the ocean is threatening its islands, thanks to global warming. |
[00:29.219] | And yet, the Pacific is playing a massive part in slowing down climate change. |
[00:35.537] | The world' s oceans have absorbed about half of all the carbon dioxide released so far into the atmosphere by industry, |
[00:42.537] | significantly reducing the greenhouse effect. |
[00:46.481] | But there' s a catch. |
[00:48.483] | For the fish, all that extra carbon dioxide in the water can have some, unwanted side effects. |
[00:53.776] | All life in the Pacific is dependent on the tiniest of creatures, the plankton that floats freely in the currents. |
[01:01.523] | One of the most plentiful is the sea butterfly, a tiny marine snail, which uses its enlarged foot to fly through, the water. |
[00:00.300] | During big spring tides, seawater simply bubbles up through the ground. |
[00:04.904] | In 2006, the islanders experienced their highest tides ever. |
[00:10.546] | These islands could soon become uninhabitable. |
[00:14.353] | The seawater is poisoning the soil and groundwater. |
[00:17.475] | Eventually, the islands may have to be evacuated. |
[00:20.041] | This would be an unprecedented move, an entire nation relocated. |
[00:24.661] | So the ocean is threatening its islands, thanks to global warming. |
[00:29.219] | And yet, the Pacific is playing a massive part in slowing down climate change. |
[00:35.537] | The world' s oceans have absorbed about half of all the carbon dioxide released so far into the atmosphere by industry, |
[00:42.537] | significantly reducing the greenhouse effect. |
[00:46.481] | But there' s a catch. |
[00:48.483] | For the fish, all that extra carbon dioxide in the water can have some, unwanted side effects. |
[00:53.776] | All life in the Pacific is dependent on the tiniest of creatures, the plankton that floats freely in the currents. |
[01:01.523] | One of the most plentiful is the sea butterfly, a tiny marine snail, which uses its enlarged foot to fly through, the water. |
[00:00.300] | 春天的潮汐开涨时,海水会渗出地面往外冒。 |
[00:04.904] | 2006年,岛上居民们经历了空前的大潮。 |
[00:10.546] | 这些岛屿很快就不能居住了。 |
[00:14.353] | 海水污染了土壤和地下水。 |
[00:17.475] | 最终,岛民们势必要撤离。 |
[00:20.041] | 这将是个前所未有的动作——举国大搬迁。 |
[00:24.661] | 由于全球变暖,海洋威胁着岛屿(的生态/存亡)。 |
[00:29.219] | 然而,太平洋在减缓气候变化方面又发挥着重要作用。 |
[00:35.537] | 工业生产至今排入大气层的二氧化碳,世界各大海洋就吸收了近一半之多, |
[00:42.537] | 这大大减少了温室效应。 |
[00:46.481] | 但是,有利必有弊。 |
[00:48.483] | 对海里的鱼来说,水里面过多的二氧化碳会造成不利的影响。 |
[00:53.776] | 太平洋中所有生物的生存都仰赖一种微小的生物,这就是随着,海流四处漂浮的浮游生物。 |
[01:01.523] | 海蝶是为数较多的一种。这是一种小小的海蜗牛,它们会运用特大的足部在海中“翱翔”。 |