1.The boreal forest is the largest terrestrial biome in the world.

北方针叶林是世界上面积最大态群。

2.The boreal forest, also known as Taiga, is the largest terrestrial biome on the planet.

北方针叶林也被称为泰加林，是球上面积最大态群。

3.These grasslands make up the largest biome in North America.

这些草原构成了北美最大物群落。

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

因此，这是球上非常重要物群落，而且大多数是未知。

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

在世界14个受保护物群落和栖息中，温带草保护水平最低。

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

比如，想想水或水基物群落。

7.The boreal forest is the largest terrestrial biome in the world. It covers 14 percent of the land on earth.

北方森林是世界上最大物群落。 它占球面积14%。

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

从不利一面来看，山脉存在只会扩大之前发展沙漠和丛林物群落不利因素。

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

大西洋雨林是球上受威胁最严重物群落之一，有超过百分之九十森林被砍伐和破坏。

10.It's made up of different ecological regions, or biomes, where communities of organisms are adapted to specific climate conditions.

它由不同态区域或物群落组成，物群落适应特定气候条件。

11.Take the savanna, for example — a transitional biome between forests and grasslands.

以稀树草原为例，它是森林和草原之间过渡物群落。

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

但无论有多少物群，植物都扮演着重要角色。

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

然而，这是要付出代价。几乎一半原始物群已经被摧毁。

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

这基本上是半干旱草原物群落，是广阔美国大平原延伸。

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

植物几乎是每一个物群落主要组成部分。

16.And along the way, they're disrupting grassland biomes that aren't used to so many trees.

在此过程中，它们破坏了不习惯这么多树木草物群落。

17.The more diverse our biomes are, the more security they have against species extinction and threats to their food webs.

我们物群落越多样化，它们就越能抵御物种灭绝和食物网受到威胁。

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

每个物群落都包含多个态统，除了最寒冷北极区外，所有区都由植物支撑。

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

她指出，这些结核是一个大致相当于亚马逊雨林大小物群落核心部分。

20.The desert is the driest biome on Earth.

沙漠是球上最干燥物群落。机翻