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And now the most voracious of the plankton-eaters
現在 最為貪吃的浮游生物捕食者
swim up from the depths...
從深海游了上來
...Arctic cod.
那就是北極鱈魚
The shoals can be enormous, some containing 500 million fish,
魚群十分龐大 有些由五億條魚組成
and predators travel hundreds of miles
而捕食者們遠涉幾百英里
to feast on them.
趕來享受鱈魚的美味
The cod harvest is the annual event
鱈魚盛宴是北極鳥類
for the birds and seals of the far North.
和海豹的年度盛事
For just a short period,
在很短的時間內
the combination of the strengthening sun,
更加強烈的陽光
the newly-flowing rivers
重新開始流動的河流
and the breaking sea ice make the Arctic Ocean teem with life.
和破裂的海冰使得北冰洋生機盎然
The land is also transformed by the sun's heat.
陸地也隨著太陽的熱度而改觀
The small patches of bare ground
逐漸顯現的小塊裸露地表
that appear are darker than the snow
比雪的顏色要深
so they absorb more of the sun's energy.
所以它們會吸收更多太陽能
This accelerates the melt.
從而加速了冰雪融化
