地球的力量 第4集 海洋(23):潛入海洋深處

It brings torrential rain to South America,floodingthe normally dry deserts.

它給南美洲帶來傾盆大雨 淹沒曾經(jīng)干涸的沙漠

And on the other side of the Pacific, the opposite istrue.

而在太平洋另一邊卻是完全相反

Australia and Indonesia, without their normal warmcurrents,

在澳大利亞和印度尼西亞沒有溫暖的海流

are starved of moistureand suffer terrible drought.

它們?nèi)鄙贊駳猓庥鰢?yán)重旱災(zāi)

Just by altering the flow of this single ocean current,

僅僅改變著一個(gè)洋流

weather across the planet is thrown into disarray for months.

地球氣候就要遭遇幾個(gè)月的無序

Vet even this isn't the full extent of the influence

即使這樣，也不能說明

of ocean currents on our planet.

洋流對(duì)我們地球的影響

To understand the greatest power of ocean currents,

為了全面了解洋流的強(qiáng)大能量

you need to travel to the depths of the seas.

你需要潛入海洋深處

Only recently have scientists been able to explore this strange and alien world.

最近科學(xué)家才得以探索這個(gè)奇特陌生的世界

They've discovered another system of currents that travel in the deep ocean.

他們發(fā)現(xiàn)了在海洋深處另一個(gè)洋流系統(tǒng)

These deep currents join up with the surface currents to form one great network.

它和表面溫暖的洋流聯(lián)合起來 共同形成了一個(gè)巨大的系統(tǒng)