In the golden years of Tang, China was a splendid and gorgeous land.

大唐繁盛之时，中国是一个流光溢彩、绚丽多姿的大地。

What, then, were the conditions which enabled the blooming of life on Earth?

那么，使地球上生命繁盛的条件是什么呢？

Guge flourished at the geographical crossroads to some of the greatest civilizations of the time.

朝的繁盛得利于其位居通往当时几大文明的交叉路口。

At sea, though, the most abundant reptiles were the ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs.

但是在海里，最繁盛的爬行动物要属鱼龙和蛇颈龙了。

Saturn's profusion of satellites also has implications for Jupiter.

土星卫星的繁盛也引发了对木星的思考。

The Osage orange glory days are long gone.

桑橙树繁盛的时代已经过去。

Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals.

再看看线虫，它们是所有动物家族当中最为繁盛的。

Some sites had a lot of buckthorn. Some did not.

一些丛林鼠李属植物繁盛，一些则不然。

Maybe the pandemic will persuade even the skeptics how crucial scientific discovery is to human flourishing.

这场全球大流行或许甚至能让怀疑论者相信，科学发现对人类的繁盛有多重要。

In any body of water that receives sufficient sunlight, plant-like organisms such as algae and cyanobacteria thrive.

在有足够阳光的水体中，类似植物的生物，例如水藻和蓝绿细菌会很繁盛。

That’s how we will all succeed and thrive together – as one team, one people, and one American Family.

这就是我们全体将共同成功与繁盛的方式——作为一个团队、一个民族和一个美国家庭来行动。

But in 2010, all the white spruces in the region cranked their cone-making way up, producing

但2010年，该地区的白云杉却异常繁盛。

Changing ocean conditions keep this algae blooming year round, causing more and more sea lions to wash up on beaches.

不断变化的海洋环境使这种藻类终年繁盛，导致越来越多的海狮死亡，被冲到海滩上。

But what you remember most is this tree, huge, with fat arms and mighty families of squirrels in the higher branches.

不过，你记得最清的应该是那棵树，巨大，枝干肥硕，高高的枝桠上栖息着繁盛的松鼠家族。

Though the Cretaceous asteroid cleared the stage, mammals did not really get going until 10m years later, in the Eocene epoch.

尽管白垩纪时期的小行星灭绝了居统治地位的恐龙，但哺乳动物却一直到1000万年后的始新世才真正兴起繁盛起来。

Wetlands like this are a bustling metropolis of flora and fauna.

这样的湿地是植物和动物繁盛的都市。

After thriving on Madagascar for millions of years, what put an end to their reign?

在马达加斯加繁盛了数百万年后，是什么结束了它们的统治？

Looks aside, our kitty companions flourished and ended up on every continent except Antarctica.

撇开外表不谈，我们的猫咪伙伴繁盛起来，最终遍布除了南极洲以外的每个大陆。

It thrived quietly, unobserved, in the wild places beyond the castle walls.

它在城堡围墙之外的荒野深处悄然繁盛，无人察觉。

That's how life will evolve and flourish.

这便是生命得以演进与繁盛之道。