Its surface, new measurements reveal, is as black as the blackest material known-the result of an abyssal arms race.

最新测量数据表明其表和最黑暗的已知物质一样黑—这是海军备竞赛的结果。

From the atmosphere to the abyssal zone, we are polluted.

从大气层到海区， 我们都被污染了。

The abyssal zones account for about 70 percent of the planet.

海区约占地的 70%。

The abyssal zone technically are depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters.

从技术，海区的度在 3,000 至 6,000 米之间。

Sea cucumbers are found everywhere from shallow shores to abyssal trenches 6,000 meters below sea level.

从浅滩到海平以下 6000 米的海海沟，海参随处可见。

Ford decided to provide accommodation and food for those engineers who were absorbed in this abyssal problem.

福特决定为那些专心于这个不可测的问题的工程师提供设备和食物。

And not " the abyss" like they say on TV.The abyssal zone technically are depths between 3,000 and 6,000 meters.

而不是他们在电视所说的“渊”。从技术，渊区的度在 3,000 到 6,000 米之间。

So these animals are essentially gardening because if they didn't do that, these big, vast abyssal plains of the planet would become big, stagnant, horrible cesspits.

所以这些动物本质是在园艺，因为如果它们不这样做，地这些广阔无垠的海平原将变成巨大、停滞、 可怕的污水坑。

Barron, who has invested millions of dollars in preliminary environmentalimpact assessments, describes the abyssal plain where the nodules are located as a " lifeless desert" where the impact of mining is likely to be minimal, if felt at all.

巴伦在初步环境影响评估中投入了数百万美元，他将结核所在的海平原描述为一个 “无生命的沙漠”，采矿的影响可能是极其微小的。