Researchers suggest that the base of Pine Island Glacier once sat on the ridge, but recently became detached from the feature.

Aboard HMS Beagle, he called in at Ascension. En route from another remote volcanic island, St Helena, Darwin wasn't expecting much.

达尔文乘坐小猎犬号勘察船，在去另一个遥远的火山岛-圣赫勒拿岛途中造访了阿森松岛，当时并没有多大期望能发现什么。

Pine Island Glacier is rapidly retreating, accounting for a large part of West Antarctica's ice loss.

由于南极洲西面失去大块的冰，松岛冰正在快速地退缩。

One sign that the Antarctic Plate is moving is a recent huge crack across the Pine Island Glacier there.

南极洲板块在运动的一个迹象是最近横穿松岛冰川的巨大裂缝。

In the case of the Pine Island Glacier it may already be occurring.

在松岛冰川，这种情况可能已经发生了。

In Higashi-Matsushima, a coastal town in Miyagi Prefecture that was hit hard by the tsunami, fishermen are doing more than just rebuilding.

在东松岛市，石卷市管辖下一个被海啸沉重打击的港口市，渔民正在做的绝不仅是重建而已。

As the 19th century waned, steam and the Suez Canal meant that there was less and less call on Ascension for services to shipping.

伴随着19世纪的结束，蒸汽机和苏伊士运河相续出现，这意味着停靠阿森松岛进行补给和维修的船舶数量越来越少。

This is the unio mystic and the ascension sought by Christian mystics and saints ever since the resurrection of the Master Jesus.

这是联盟的阿森松岛神秘和基督教神秘主义者所追求和圣人以来复活的主耶稣。

Birthing large icebergs is nothing new for the Pine Island Glacier.

对松岛冰川来说，巨大冰山的形成并不是新鲜事儿。

Pine Island glacier (PIG) is one of many at the fringes of the West Antarctic ice sheet.

松岛冰川是位于南极西陲冰原上众多冰川中的一个。

Like an alien planet rearranged for human life, he wrote, Ascension Island had been "terraformed" .

他说，就如同重新改造一个外行星以使之适于人类生存一样，阿森松岛已经“仿地成形”了。

Near this town's decimated waterfront, Shigenobu Kimura pushed thick sludge out the front door of his funeral home.

就在东松岛市遭受重创的海边附近，木村重信（ShigenobuKimura）将厚厚的淤泥从他经营的殡仪馆前门拉出去。

The fact that Ascension has always found new uses to replace old ones does not mean the trick can be carried on indefinitely.

一种作用失去后，人们总是能为阿森松岛找到新的用途，但这并不意味这种状况可以永远进行下去。

With the help of Kew Gardens - where Hooker's father was director - shipments of trees were to be sent to Ascension.

在英国皇家植物园的帮助下-胡克的父亲是该植物园的主管-开始向阿森松岛发送树木。

"We know we live on a rock, but the poor people of Ascension live on a cinder, " the residents of St Helena had joked before his departure.

“我们知道我们生活在岩石上，但阿森松岛可怜的人们是生活在火山灰渣上，”圣赫勒拿岛的居民在他离开之前曾开玩笑说。

In Higashi-Matsushima, oyster fishermen set bamboo sticks on the bottom of the sea to build sites for oyster cultivation.

在东松岛市，牡蛎渔民把竹棍插在海底作为牡蛎培育的基地。

The Pine Island Glacier flows out of Antarctica's Hudson Mountains and floats over the ocean.

松岛冰川从南极的哈德逊山脉流出浮在海面上。

the idea of using perceptual learning for vision difficulties has scientific merit, says peter j. bex, a neuroscientist at schepens eye research institute in boston, part of massachusetts eye and ear infirmary.

波士顿舍彭斯眼科研究所（Schepens Eye Research Institute，属于马萨诸塞州眼科和耳科医院（Massachusetts Eye and Ear Institute））神经学家彼得・J.贝克斯（Peter J.Bex）称，通过知觉学习来缓解视觉困难这一做法是有科学道理的。

mass general and its swedish licensee, aga, then launched actions for infringement in the netherlands, france and germany.

马萨诸塞州总医院凭借瑞典的专利认证（AGA），在荷兰，法国以及德国，采取了一些维护专利的措施。

dell's headquarters will remain in round rock, tex., and the headquarters of the combined enterprise systems business will be in emc's hometown, hopkinton, mass.

戴尔公司的总部仍将留在德克萨斯州朗德罗克，合并后的企业系统业务总部将位于EMC的家乡，即马萨诸塞州霍普金顿。

so at 13 i was sent to concord academy in massachusetts. it was 1960, and for the first time i was living independently from my family.

所以1960年我13岁的时候，被送往马萨诸塞州康科德学院（Concord Academy），这是平生第一次我离家独立生活。