icelandic police on june 17 shot dead a threatening polar bear that drifted with an iceberg to the island country from greenland when it was attacking a group of journalists.
冰岛警方于当地时间17日射杀了一头从格陵兰岛随冰川漂流数百公里来到该国的北极熊。 当时,它正在攻击一群记者。
yet, while not wanting to begrudge the polar bear his ice, we should be at least somewhat concerned at this recent shift in thinking.
然而,虽然我们并不想希望北极熊失去它的冰,我们至少应该对近期的这些意识上的转变有一点担心。
but there「s no way to designate the same for disappearing sea ice;and besides, all the existing protections of polar bear habitat would stillapply, and couldn」t be extended much further anyway.
但这样的办法没法照搬到消失的冰盖上;另外,所有现有的保护北极熊栖息地的措施仍会延续,而且这些措施也没什么可以增加的了。
just as they were leaving the tunnel i went to one of the windows and saw the polar bear just coming towards me.
就在他们垂头丧气地离开后,我走到一处玻璃窗那,发现这只北极熊正朝我游来。
but before we all turn our thermostats down or consider joining the polar bear club, can brown fat actually cause weight loss?
但在我们把所有恒温关掉或考虑加入北极熊俱乐部之前,棕色脂肪实际上真正能让体重减轻吗?
while a polar bear sleeping on an ice berg with its paws clutched around it like a toddler holding their teddy bear is truly cute.
当北极熊在冰山上睡觉时,爪子抓住周围,就像一个蹒跚学步的婴儿抓着他们的泰迪熊一样,那是真的非常可爱!
the most beautiful place on earth was everywhere - a raft in the wilderness of space, precarious, unlikely, our polar bear home.
地球上最美丽的地方是任何一个地方——太空荒野中的一只木筏,危险的、不太可能的、我们北极熊的家。
knut was the first polar bear to be born and raised at the berlin zoo in 33 years.
他是33年内首只在柏林动物园出生并长大的北极熊。
up to now, the polar bear has been the poster child for climate change.
到现在,北极熊一直是针对气候变化问题宣传画的宠物。
we may even catch sight of a polar bear on the ice.
我们甚至可能突然看到一只北极熊在冰面上。
polar bear sightings are becoming increasingly common – with the bears apparently venturing south from their far-northern habitat in search of food.
北极熊越来越常见—这些熊明显是从它们远在北方的栖息地为寻找食物冒险来到南方的。
in the second picture, a homeless polar bear is staying on an isolated big block of ice.
在图二中,一只无家可归的北极熊呆在一块孤立的大冰块上。
food onshore is very limited and there is simply nothing comparable to a seal that provides a polar bear with fat and energy.
陆上食物是非常有限的,与提供了北极熊脂肪和能量的大海根本没有可比性。
for the people involved, and for their family and friends, a polar bear attack is of course an unspeakable horror, and one's heart goes out to those involved.
对于受袭者和他们的家庭,朋友,北极熊袭击事件当然是难以言喻的恐怖。 在这种情况下,受袭者的心都要跳出来了。
with increased competition and less food, the polar bear has become the poster child for extinction threats caused by climate change.
随着竞争的加剧和食物的减少,北极熊已经成为气候变化所导致的濒临灭绝物种的典范。
another is that the number of humans who venture into polar bear territory remains somewhat low.
另一个理由则是,冒险进入北极熊领地的人还是少之又少的。
one athletic polar bear solved his dilemma by rolling in the snow... but he was so enthusiastic he ended up toppling head over heels.
如图所示,一只北极熊通过在雪地打滚的方式在困境中找到了办法......但是他用劲太猛,结果一下子来了个「倒栽葱」。