sometime this century they may become acidified to the point that corals can no longer construct reefs, which would register in the geologic record as a 「reef gap.
在本世纪的某些时刻,这种酸化海水可能会使得珊瑚虫无法建筑一座珊瑚礁,在地质记录上被称为「礁石中断」。
it’s a new name for a new geologic epoch—one defined by our own massive impact on the planet. that mark will endure in the geologic record long after our cities have crumbled.
这是一个对于新的地质时代的一个新名词,人类对自己居住的星球所给予的巨大的影响极好的诠释这个名称,即使是在我们的大小城镇灰飞烟灭之后很长一段时间里,这一标记也会在地质记录中持久长存
at the same 65-million-year depth, the geologic record reveals that a thin layer of iridium was deposited pretty much everywhere in the world.
地质记录显示,在65万年前地球上同一深度的地层,世界各地都有一层薄薄的铱层存在。
」the geologic record suggests that climate ought not to concern us too much when we gaze into the future, 「 he says, 」not because it「s unimportant but because it」s beyond our power to control."
「地质记录告诉我们,当我们展望未来时,不需要为气候问题担心太多,」他说,「这并不是因为它不重要,而是因为这是我们力所不能及的。」
the geologic record dates the final explosion of santorini with remarkable accuracy.
圣多里尼最后爆发的地质学上记录日期是惊人地精确。
instead, it interprets the geologic record largely as a result of a global flood.
相反,它解释了很大程度上因为一场全球大洪水的地质记录。