The Antarctic is often described as a place of superlatives. It is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and its land and surrounding Southern Ocean are the most comparatively undisturbed wilderness areas remaining on our planet. For centuries, the region has attracted scientists and ...
It is almost entirely(全部地) south of the Antarctic Circle(南极圈). Around Antarctica is theSouthern Ocean(洋). Antarctica is 14,000,000 km2 in size. It is the fifth-largest continent(洲) in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and SouthAmerica.Antarctica is the coldest continent and...
OnWorld Oceans Day, the National Geographic Society announced that from now on, there would be fiveoceans: the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, and the Southern Ocean.The new ocean will include most of the waters around Antarctica out to 60 degrees south latitude....
Antarctica (南极洲) is a great, icy land, surrounded by the huge Southern Ocean. The ice in Antarctica doesn’t just cover the land. There’s also a large area of sea ice, which floats (漂浮) on the ocean’s surface. Scientists have been measuring the area of the sea ice in Antarct...
Antarctica and the Southern Ocean environments are special outdoor laboratories that provide a barometer against which the rate and effects of climate change and global heating can be measured, said Creecy. In mitigating the risks to food security, South Africa plans to utilize its established Antarc...
Antarctica (南极洲) is a great, icy land mass, surrounded by the huge Southern Ocean. The ice in Antarctica doesn’t just cover the land. There’s also a huge area of sea ice which floats (漂浮) on the ocean’s surface. However, scientists have reported that Antarctica’s sea ice is...
由文章第三段最后一句“This change was taking the last step and saying we want to recognize it because of its ecological separation.(这个改变担起了最后一步,在说因为它的生态学上的分隔我们想要承认它)”可知,Southern Ocean被承认是因为生态学上的分隔。故选C项。 (2)题详解: 细节理解题。由文章第...
Located at the South Pole, Antarctica has no permanent population and no countries. It is reserved for use as a scientific base. Antarctica is the fifth largest continent by land area, and the least populated continent. Antarctica is anisland, and is completely surrounded by the Southern Ocean...
An up-to-date and authoritative one-volume reference offeringcomprehensive coverage of the biology, climatology, oceanography,geology, history and current legal, political and human aspects ofthe Antarctic continent and the surrounding ocean andislands. * Edited by Dr Bernard Stonehouse - a research sc...
Risingtemperatures in coming years would lead to less sea ice in theSouthern Ocean that surrounds Antarctica and fewer habitats andfeeding grounds for penguins, says the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) inits report 2Degrees is Too Much. Antarcticaand the Arctic are the most threatened regions from clim...