地球的力量 第4集 海洋(23):潜入海洋深处

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

它给南美洲带来倾盆大雨 淹没曾经干涸的沙漠

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

而在太平洋另一边却是完全相反

Australia and Indonesia, without their normal warmcurrents,

在澳大利亚和印度尼西亚没有温暖的海流

are starved of moistureand suffer terrible drought.

它们缺少湿气，遭遇严重旱灾

Just by altering the flow of this single ocean current,

仅仅改变着一个洋流

weather across the planet is thrown into disarray for months.

地球气候就要遭遇几个月的无序

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

即使这样，也不能说明

of ocean currents on our planet.

洋流对我们地球的影响

To understand the greatest power of ocean currents,

为了全面了解洋流的强大能量

you need to travel to the depths of the seas.

你需要潜入海洋深处

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

最近科学家才得以探索这个奇特陌生的世界

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

他们发现了在海洋深处另一个洋流系统

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

它和表面温暖的洋流联合起来 共同形成了一个巨大的系统