These grasslands make up the largest biome in North America.

这些草原构成了北美最大的。

That's essentially a semi-arid steppe biome and an extension of the vast American Great Plains.

这基本上半干旱的草原，广阔的美国大平原的延伸。

That came at a price, however. Almost half of the original biome has been destroyed.

然而，这要付出代价的。几乎一半的原始已经被摧毁。

So this is now a really significant biome on earth, and it's largely unknown.

因此，这地球上非常重要的，而且大多数未知的。

And plants are a major part of nearly every single biome.

植几乎每一个的主要组成部分。

Temperate grasslands have the lowest level of protection of the world's 14 recognised “biomes”, or habitats.

在世界14个受保护的和栖息地中，温带草地的保护水平最低。

On the bad side, the presence of mountains only amplifies the previous negatives with developing desert and jungle biomes.

从不利的一面来看，山脉的存在只会扩大之前发展沙漠和丛的不利因素。

The nodules are a core part of a biome roughly the size of the Amazon rain forest, she notes.

她指出，这些结核一个大致相当于亚马逊雨大小的的核心部分。

Each biome contains multiple ecosystems, and all but the most frigid arctic regions are supported by plants.

每个都包含多个态系统，除了最寒冷的北极地区外，所有地区都由植支撑。

Okay, that's better — with biomes, the largest units that ecologists use to describe the plant life of different locations.

好吧，这就更好了——，态学家用来描述不同地区植命的最大单位。

But no matter how many biomes there are, plants have important roles to fill in them.

但无论有多少系，植都扮演着重要的角色。

Like, think about an aquatic — or water-based — biome.

比如，想想水或水基。

This is a huge biome that we carry in our bellies every single day.

这我们每天肚子里都携带着的一个巨大的。

There's something stable and healthy about this biome.

这个稳定而健康。

If we look broader than that, the next one would be biome.

如果我们把视野放得更广一些，下一个层级就系。

We've got a number of biomes on our planet.

我们星球上有许多。

To discover new blocks, new biomes, new ways of looking at the world.

发现新的方块， 新的， 新的看待世界的方式。

We have a whole episode on the gut biome that we'll link for you.

我们有一期关于肠道菌的完整节目，会为你提供链接。

The desert is the driest biome on Earth.

沙漠地球上最干燥的。

The Atlantic rainforest is one of the planet's most threatened biomes, more than 90 percent of it was deforested and destroyed.

大西洋雨地球上受威胁最严重的之一，有超过百分之九十的森被砍伐和破坏。