of all the fresh water accessible in lakes, rivers and aquifers —what scientists call 「blue water」 —humankind uses about one-third every year.
所有的淡水都来自于湖水、河水以及地下水,这些被科学家们称为「蓝水」径流淡水人类每年要消耗约三分之一。
of all the fresh water accessible in lakes, rivers and aquifers — what scientists call 「blue water」 — humankind uses about one-third every year.
科学家把地球上可饮用的淡水——包括湖泊、河流和蓄水层的水统称为「深海」,人类每一年能够使用大约三分之一的「深海」。
the name oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks which grow for the most part in marine or brackish water (water that is saltier than fresh water but not as salty as sea water).
牡蛎这个名字被用在许多不同种类的软体动物上,这些软体动物大多数是生长在海里和盐水(比淡水咸,比海水淡)中。
water pollution reduces the amount of pure, fresh water that is available for such necessities as drinking and cleaning, and for such activities as swimming and fishing.
水污染使得我们用来饮用和清洗的纯凈新鲜的水资源不断减少,用于游泳、垂钓的水源也在减少。
systems like these are becoming more attractive as fresh water is becoming more scarce and expensive.
在新鲜水变得越来越少越来越贵的情况下,这样的系统越发引人注目。
we cross lake figtree, its mixture of brackish and fresh water replete with floating lotus and purple saltwater lilies.
我们穿过无花果树湖,在这片微咸的新鲜海水中满满得漂浮着荷花和盐水紫百合。
having fresh water to drink is wonderful too.
有新鲜的水可以喝也是美好的。
i like fresh water fishing.
我喜欢在淡水湖里钓鱼。
at the same time, however, these new technologies hardly free humanity from, for example, the need for the fresh water provided by natural systems.
同时,无论如何,这些新的科技也很难让人们停止对于自然系统所提供的新鲜水资源的需求。
fresh water is essential for life, with no substitute.
淡水是生命的必需品,而且无可替代。
the world's top environmental analysts gave climate change only four paragraphs in an eight-page essay – little more than malaria, trade, air pollution, population, fresh water or food supplies.
在长达八页的论文中,这些世界顶级分析家留给气候变化的篇幅只有四个段落——略高于疟疾、贸易、空气污染、人口、淡水或粮食。
of course, our fresh water comes mainly by evaporation from the sea.
当然,我们所使用的淡水主要从海水蒸发而来。
fresh water is likely to be a major issue.
洁凈的水可能是一个主要问题。
forests protect watersheds which supply fresh water to rivers.
森林保护向江河供应淡水的流域。
cities there function like space stations, importing every ounce of fresh water from distant rivers or fossil aquifers.
那里的城市似乎成了空间站,从遥远的河流或者「化石」蓄水层提取每一滴淡水。