In late September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that the oceans are warming, seawater is acidifying, and oxygen concentrations are dropping. Last week, another initiative, the International Program on the State of the Ocean, outlined the toll that these and other factors, such as destructive fishing and pollution, are having on marine life.
圣地亚哥—地球的海洋陷入了麻烦。在刚刚过去的9月，政府间气候变化委员会（Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change）报告说海洋正在变暖，海水正在变酸，氧气浓度正在下降。上周，另一个项目国际海洋状态计划（International Program on the State of the Ocean）列出了以上这些因素和其他因素（比如破坏性捕捞和污染）对海洋生物的影响。