extinctions

extinctions

美 [?k?st??k?(?)n] 　英 [?k'st??k?(?)n]

• n.(權利等的)消滅；(火等的)熄滅；(法律等的)廢除；【物】消光
• 網絡滅絕；滅絕了

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"In the case of birds, " he said, "lots of extinctions, no change in total biodiversity. "

他說：“就鳥類來說，一部分的滅絕并沒有改變總體上的生物多樣性。”

Because there was no evidence linking space objects to the remaining mass extinctions scientists began looking back to earth.

由于沒有證據顯示太空天體跟其余的滅絕事件有關，科學家們又開始返回來關注地球。

In the 1980s scientists believed that Earth's regular extinctions could be the result of a distant dark twin of the Sun, called Nemesis.

20世紀80年代時科學家們認為地球周期性的生物滅絕可能是由遙遠太空的涅墨西斯星球造成的，該星球和太陽很相似。

That increase was associated with mass extinctions, which, to put it mildly, probably would not be good for living standards.

這種上升導致了大量物種滅絕，客氣點說，就是不利于我們生活。

An expert said the dating is significant because some researchers have blamed the extinctions on extended droughts that occurred later.

一位專家說，這次年代測定具有重要意義，因為有些研究者把動物絕種歸咎于發生較晚的長期干旱。

She said a major cause of the extinctions are plants and animals not native to Hawaii.

她說非夏威夷本土的動植物引入是促使物種滅絕的主要原因。

The new view of mass extinctions is, yes, we were hit, and, yes, we have to think about the long term, because we will get hit again.

對物種大滅絕，從一個新的角度看，是的，我們被撞擊了，而且，是的，我們不得不從長遠考慮，因為我們會再次被撞擊。

Therefore, some climate change or other environmental factor must have caused the species' extinctions .

因此，一定是一些氣候上的變化或其他環境因素導致了這些物種的滅絕。

The biodiversity of New York today is the result of extinctions, invasions and adaptations.

紐約今天的生物多樣性就是滅絕、入侵和適應的產物。

Debate over the cause of these extinctions has focused on the primacy of humans and climate in driving this dramatic loss of large mammals.

關于造成這些大型哺乳動物滅絕的原因的爭論主要放在了人類及氣候上。

That date marks one of five recognised mass extinctions in history (the end of the Cretaceous was another).

第一個時間點也是史上5次著名的大規模物種滅絕事件之一（另一次發生在白堊紀末期）。

(See " Apocalypse Meow, " below. ) They're also responsible for at least 33 avian extinctions worldwide.

（參考下面”貓的啟示“）對全球至少33種鳥類的滅絕，它們也逃脫不了干系。

Evidence from fossils suggests that in the "Big Five" extinctions, at least 75 percent of all animal species were destroyed.

從化石可以證明，在過去的五次大滅絕中，75%動物物種消失。

The theory of periodic extinctions itself is still debated, with many insisting that more proof is needed.

物種周期性大滅絕的理論本身依然是備受爭議的，需要更多的證據以便進一步地論證。

We're living in a time of mass extinctions that exceeds the fossil record by a factor of 10, 000.

我們現在正處于物種大量滅絕的時代，數據是恐龍滅絕數據的1萬倍。

Yale: I know there've been a few extinctions, Don, but not that many.

唐，我知道地球確實經歷了幾次物種滅絕，但沒你說的那么多。

They have survived at least four planetary mass extinctions.

它們至少經歷了四次地球物種滅絕，一直活到了今天。

As they reported last month in the journal Nature, the current rate of extinctions is far above normal.

上個月發表于《自然》雜志的這份研究報告顯示，目前物種滅絕的速度遠遠高于正常水平。

Compared with nearly all the previous extinctions this would be fast-track.

與之前的五次相比，這次物種滅絕可謂神速。

Though these mass extinctions are deadly events, they open up the planet for new life-forms to emerge.

盡管這些大規模物種滅絕是致命的事件，可是這些事件也打開了地球上新生活方式的出現。

Researchers hope to make a last-ditch effort to stabilize the Yangtze ecosystem and prevent further extinctions.

研究人員希望盡最后的努力來拯救長江的生態系統，同時防止進一步的動物滅絕。

This list looks at some of the more recent, probably lesser known extinctions that humans have lent a helping hand to.

本文列出了一些新近滅絕的物種，可能大家不甚知曉，但在其滅絕的過程中人類卻起了助推作用。

Most paleontologists suspect that abrupt changes in climate led to the mass extinctions.

大部分古生物學家都猜想是氣候的突變導致了生物大滅絕。

This suggests to me that life causing these mass extinctions because it did is inherently anti-Gaian.

這讓我想到導致物種大滅絕的生命，因為它確實本來就與蓋亞假說不相容。

These occasional comet showers could be why the mass extinctions on Earth are so regular, some scientists believe.

一些科學家認為，這些偶然的彗星雨可能就是為什么地球上的大規模物種滅絕如此規律地發生的原因。

Therefore what is said about extinctions -- that constraints caused them -- may be equally true about origins.

所以說，前面關于物種滅絕所說的話——是束縛導致了這種滅絕——也許對于物種的起源也同樣成立。

Massive extinctions are now being seen in many areas of the world, including Mexico, the Amazon Basin, and equatorial Africa.

現在，我們能在世界上許多地區，包括墨西哥、亞馬遜河流域以及赤道周圍的非洲地區，看到蜥蜴正瀕臨大規模滅絕。

That object, named for the Greek goddess "Nemesis, " was proposed to explain periodic mass extinctions on the Earth.

該天體以希臘神話中的“復仇女神（Nemesis）”命名，人們認為它可以解釋地球上的周期性物種大滅絕。

The rates of extinction happening today are as great as the rates during these mass extinctions.

現在的滅亡速率和之前大滅絕的速率旗鼓相當。最后一句

Glaciers melt, sea levels rising global warming, accelerate the species' extinctions.

冰川融化，海平面不斷升高，全球變暖加速了物種的滅絕。

Sheila Conant: We've had twenty more extinctions than New Zealand, and greater than fifty more than North America.

希拉?柯南特：夏威夷的物種滅絕的數目比新西蘭高出20多種，比北美高出50多種。

The model pinpointed exact sites where extinctions should be happening.

這個模型指出了蜥蜴可能發生滅絕的準確地點。

That is not to say there will be no extinctions in a tightly wrapped ecosystem.

這并不是說，在包裹得嚴嚴實實的生態系統中，就沒有什么滅絕的事情發生。

Many such extinctions have been caused or aggravated by rats, cats, and other introduced animal pests.

許多這類滅絕事件是由大老鼠、貓和其他引進的有害動物造成或加劇的。

Giant eruptions have contributed to mass extinctions, including the one that killed off the dinosaurs around 65 million years ago.

巨大的火山爆發導致了大規模的滅絕，包括在6.5千萬年前殺光了恐龍的那一次。

Scientists then began searching the layers of rocks that delineate mass extinctions.

科學家們開始研究詳細記錄了大規模滅絕事件的巖石層。

While our survival is the cost of others' extinctions!

我們的存活造成別人的滅絕！

Originally, Nemesis was suggested as a way to explain a cycle of mass extinctions on Earth.

最初，“復仇者”是用來解釋地球物種大規模周期性的滅絕。

Some thought that the loss of forest and animal extinctions were the result of climate change.

有人認為氣候變化造成森林減少和動物滅絕。

According to this pattern, the study's authors point out, extinctions are likely to eliminate entire branches of the evolutionary tree.

研究指出，照這樣看滅絕方式很可能會波及整個進化樹的分支。