Plastic threatens coral reefs 海洋塑料垃圾威胁珊瑚礁的生存
<p><span word="Plastic">Plastic</span> <span word="threatens">threatens</span> <span word="coral">coral</span> <span word="reefs">reefs</span> 海洋塑料垃圾威胁珊瑚礁的生存</p><p> 一组科学家称，继海洋变暖后，塑料已成为危及珊瑚礁生存最大的威胁之一。研究人员发现亚太海域中有三分之一的珊瑚礁被超过110亿件塑料垃圾所覆盖。</p><p><span word="Discarded">Discarded</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="bags">bags</span>, <span word="water">water</span> <span word="bottles">bottles</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="wrappers">wrappers</span>: <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="saddened">saddened</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="tangled">tangled</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="delicate">delicate</span> <span word="corals">corals</span>.</p><p>（海洋中有）被人们丢弃的塑料袋、水瓶和食品包装：研究人员们说，他们非常伤心地发现，在脆弱的珊瑚周围竟缠结了这么多塑料。</p><p><span word="After">After</span> <span word="surveying">surveying</span> 159 <span word="coral">coral</span> <span word="reefs">reefs</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Asia">Asia</span> <span word="Pacific">Pacific</span> <span word="region">region</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> <span word="that">that</span> 11 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="items">items</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="polluting">polluting</span> <span word="coral">coral</span> <span word="reefs">reefs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="reach">reach</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 15 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="by">by</span> 2025.</p><p>在对亚太地区的159座珊瑚礁进行检测后，研究人员估计现已有110亿件塑料垃圾对此地珊瑚礁的生态环境带来了严重的污染，而且这些塑料垃圾的数量有可能在2025年前升至150亿件。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="there">there</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="link">link</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="kill">kill</span> <span word="coral">coral</span>. <span word="Outbreaks">Outbreaks</span> <span word="are">are</span> 20 <span word="times">times</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="plastic">plastic</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="present">present</span>.</p><p>这些科学家还表示，该状况与可导致珊瑚死亡的一系列疾病之间有关联。当珊瑚附近有塑料存在时，疾病暴发的可能性要高于无塑料环境的20倍。</p><p>1. 词汇表 <span word="discarded">discarded</span> 被丢弃的</p>
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