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A new warning this week from two scientific groups. They say record-breaking ocean temperatures are causing a mass bleaching event that is damaging coral reefs around the world.[qh]
本周，两个科学组织发出了新的警告。他们说，破纪录的海洋温度正在导致大规模的白化事件，破坏世界各地的珊瑚礁。[qh]
Coral bleaching is where coral loses its color and becomes completely white.[qh]
珊瑚白化是指珊瑚失去颜色，变成完全白色。[qh]
That doesn't mean the coral is dead, but it is under significant stress and has a higher chance of dying.[qh]
这并不意味着珊瑚已经死亡，但它承受着巨大的压力，死亡的可能性更高。[qh]
This is happening in large portions of the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, according to two scientific bodies, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, and the International Coral Reef Initiative.[qh]
美国国家海洋和大气管理局和国际珊瑚礁倡议组织这两个科学机构表示，大西洋、太平洋和印度洋的大部分地区正在发生这种情况。[qh]
This would mark the fourth time the world has seen a major bleaching event.[qh]
这将是世界上第四次发生重大白化事件。[qh]
But experts are warning this one could become the worst in recorded history.[qh]
但专家警告说，这次可能会成为有史以来最严重的一次。[qh]
CNN's Zain Asher met one man who noticed his local reef was dying, and he wanted to do something about it.[qh]
CNN的扎因· 亚瑟遇到了一名男子，他注意到当地的珊瑚礁正在死亡，他想为此做点什么。[qh]
Scientists and professors urged him to get a degree to learn more about the issue, but he couldn't wait.[qh]
科学家和教授们敦促他获得一个学位，以便更多地了解这个问题，但他已经迫不及待了。[qh]
At the age of 18, he found a few island brothers and sisters and started Coral Gardeners.[qh]
18岁时，他找到岛上的几个兄弟姐妹，创办了珊瑚园丁。[qh]
Let's travel to an island in French Polynesia to meet his team.[qh]
让我们前往法属波利尼西亚的一个岛屿，见见他的团队。[qh]
This is Tahiti, one of three permanent ocean-based coral nurseries in Mo'orea. As Coral Gardeners, both by company name and by profession, these sites are at the core of what they do on a daily basis.[qh]
这里是塔希提岛，莫奥里亚岛上三个永久性海洋珊瑚培育基地之一。珊瑚园丁，无论是作为公司名称还是职业名称，这些都是他们日常工作的核心。[qh]
Coral gardening is the coolest thing on Earth. You are underwater.[qh]
珊瑚园艺是地球上最酷的事情。你在水下。[qh]
There is nobody talking. You hear the sound of the parrotfish, like the noise of the waves.[qh]
你在水下。没有人说话。你听到鹦嘴鱼的声音，就像海浪的声音。[qh]
You have those thousands of little coral fragments, and you have the fish.[qh]
你有成千上万的小珊瑚碎片，还有鱼。[qh]
They become your co-workers. It's something so tangible.[qh]
他们成了你的同事。这是非常真实的。[qh]
It's such a rewarding feeling to see your tiny coral fragment growing.[qh]
看到你的小珊瑚碎片生长是一种非常有意义的感觉。[qh]
First on the day's to-do list is installing new underwater foundations, a task assigned to Gardeners Loic and Yohan.[qh]
每天要做的第一件事是安装新的水下地基，这是分配给园丁洛伊克和约汉的任务。[qh]
I think that's -- that's the most physical part.[qh]
我认为这是最身体力行的部分。[qh]
Meanwhile, team members Hannah and Salome collect data from the nearly 6,000 pieces growing in this part of the nursery alone.[qh]
与此同时，团队成员汉娜和莎乐美仅在苗圃的这一部分就收集了近6000个珊瑚碎片的数据。[qh]
We're looking at the overall health of each fragment for any signs of predation or disease and bleaching signs as well.[qh]
我们正在观察每个碎片的整体健康状况，看是否有任何被捕食或疾病的迹象，以及白化的迹象。[qh]
And then the last part is out of all the corals that are growing, we have a subsample that we follow and monitor for growth.[qh]
最后一部分是看所有的珊瑚是否正在生长，我们有一个子样本，我们跟踪和监测它们的生长。[qh]
Right now is also outplanting season, meaning there are healthy and heat-resilient coral ready to be relocated back onto the damaged reef.[qh]
现在也是移植的季节，这意味着有健康和耐热的珊瑚准备被重新安置到受损的珊瑚礁上。[qh]
I was with my buddy Maurete, and we were planting those beautiful Pocillopora verrucosa, so the pink coral.[qh]
我和我的朋友莫雷特在一起，我们正在种植那些美丽的紫珊瑚，也就是粉红色的珊瑚。[qh]
We were choosing the right spots, removing the algaes, placing the big mother colony of coral from -- coming from our nurseries.[qh]
我们选择了合适的地点，把藻类移走，把大型的珊瑚母群放在我们的苗圃里。[qh]
And then using the coral clips to attach them, then marine cement. And it's really satisfying.[qh]
然后用珊瑚夹把它们粘在一起，然后是海洋水泥。这真的很令人满意。[qh]
And the cycle continues by refilling the nursery.[qh]
这个循环还在继续。[qh]
