Like coral reefs, they are a nursery for the oceans.

像礁一样它们是海洋的托儿所。

The archipelago is celebrated for its rich marine life and underwater coral reefs.

这个群岛以其丰富的海洋生物水下礁而闻名。

Coral reefs are already appreciated for their beauty.

礁绚丽的外表已备受赞赏。

The coral reefs absolutely need human intervention to help.

礁绝对需要人类的干预来帮助。

At 1. 5 degrees, there would still be some precious rainforests, polar bears, and coral reefs on planet Earth, albeit seriously diminished.

全球变暖 1.5 度，地球上仍然会有一些珍贵的雨林、北极熊礁，尽管数量严重减少。

Clownfish and anemones live on coral reefs where oxygen levels in the water often plunge at night as photosynthesis shuts down.

小丑鱼海葵生活在礁中，由于夜间不再有光合作用，海水在夜间的氧含量常会骤然下降。

Below the waves, coral reefs provide a habitat for teeming life, a life with a kaleidoscope of color.

波涛之下生长着礁，为无数生命提供了栖息环境，让它们的生活五彩缤纷。

Far better, some say, to turn old rigs into coral reefs.

若要全面考虑的话，有些人认为应该把老的钻塔转换成礁。

Both offer stunning views of tropical waters dotted with colourful fish and coral reefs.

这两地都可以欣赏到热带水域的壮丽景色，那里点缀着五颜六色的鱼类礁。

Though small in size, it's one of the most instantly recognizable inhabitants of the world's coral reefs.

尽管它们体型很小，他们是全世界所有礁中最易识别的生物。

Both of these ingredients are used to help protect people from the sun's ultraviolet rays but some scientists believe that when they wash off people's skin, they're harmful to marine ecosystems like coral reefs.

这两种成分都被用来保护人们免受太阳紫外线的伤害，但是一些科家认为，当它们洗掉人们的皮肤时，对海洋生态系统如礁是有害的。

Next, we're talking about coral, Carl? No, coral, specifically coral reefs.

接下来，我们来谈谈吧。我的名字Carl？当然不是，是，具体来说是礁。

Many marine biologists have thus been anxious that climate change may mean an end to coral reefs.

因此许多海洋生物家担心候的变化可能意味着礁的灭绝。

Our airborne programme and our satellite programme have been deployed to understand how our rainforests are changing, how temperate forests are changing, African savannahs and even tropical coral reefs.

通过部署空中项目卫星项目，我们得以了解热带雨林的演变，温带森林的演变，非洲大草原、甚至是热带礁的演变。

Let's go back to the coral reefs.

我们再回到礁的例子上。

My name is Erica Woolsey and I'm a marine biologist with a specialty in coral reef ecology and also leader of the Hydras, a non-profit devoted to ocean understanding.

我叫艾丽卡·伍尔希，是一名海洋生物家，专长是礁生态，也是九头蛇组织的领导人，这是一个致力于海洋研究的非营利组织。

One of the authors of a study recently published in " Natures Communications" , says healthy coral reefs are noisy places.

近期发表在《自然通讯》上某项研究的其中一位作者指出，健康的礁群里会充满嘈杂的声音。

The coral reef in Arecibo is part of the beach.

阿雷西博的礁是海滩的一部分。

Oyster reefs provide much the same function as coral reefs.

牡蛎礁提供了与礁相同的功能。

It's good that our submersible has a powerful floodlight — without it, we wouldn't have been able to see the astonishing beauty of the deep-sea coral reefs located at the depth of 9, 900 ft.

好在我们的潜水器有一个强大的泛光灯，没有它，我们就无法看到位于 9900 英尺深处的深海礁的惊人之美。