02 June 2011
Ocean acid may make fish deaf
酸性の海水は魚の耳を聞こえなくさせるかも知れない
Summary
Scientists in the UK have published a report suggesting acidic sea water could be turning fish deaf.
This could be very damaging to many fish species as they rely on their hearing for survival.
UKの科学者が酸性の海水が魚の耳を不自由にすることが有り得るとの報告をしている。
魚達は聴力に頼って生き抜いているので、これは多くの魚種にとても打撃を与えかねない。
Vocabulary
forage for： search for あちこち探しまわる 中期英語、古期仏語かららしい
predators： animals that hunt and eat other animals 捕食動物
lurking： hiding and waiting to do something bad 待ち伏せする
piping in： sending audio through wires and cables from one place to another
mocked-up： artificially recreated, copied ”モックアップ”ってそういう意味だったのか
emit： release into the atmosphere
absorb： take in
potentially devastating conseqences：possibly very dangerous conditions
to adapt：to change and be able to deal with different conditions
tolerate：live in difficult conditions without being damaged
＜爺追加＞
clownfish：クマノミ
coral reef：さんご礁
crucially：決定的に