假如气候如预期变暖，到2100 年，南极帝企鹅将面临真的的困难。专家说，这类鸟在海冰上养育它们的后代，所以假如它们赖以存活的这个 平台 像气候模型所预测的那样大幅消失，帝企鹅的数目则大概急剧降低。Emperors are the biggest of the penguins1, and in many ways the most resilient. They breed right in the middle of the ferocious2 Antarctic winter, but their need for nine months of stable sea-ice on which to bring up their young means they face an uncertain future.帝企鹅是企鹅中体型最大的，在方方面面，适应能力也是最强的。它们在南极区域凶险的严冬时节繁殖，但它们需要九个月稳定的海冰来养育幼鸟，这意味着帝企鹅的前途未卜。Climate models project large sea ice losses, and with them, perhaps, a 50% reduction in the Emperor population by 2100. Scientists who study the birds believe its time their particular vulnerability was formally recognised, and they want to see measures taken to ease other pressures faced by Emperors, such as the fishing activities that impinge on their food supply.气候模型预测海冰会很多降低，帝企鹅的数目或许会在 2100 年前随之降低一半。研究该鸟类的科学家们觉得，现应严肃认识到这一特定物种的脆弱性，他们也期望能看到大家采取手段，以缓解帝企鹅所面临的其它重压，譬如影响它们食物提供的捕鱼活动。The scientists are pressing the International Union for Conservation of Nature to lift Emperors higher up on its list of Earths endangered species.科学家们敦促世界自然保护网盟在地球濒危物种名单中把帝企鹅所处的地方提升。
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1 penguins n.企鹅 参考例句： Why can penguins live in cold environment 为何企鹅能生活在寒冷的环境中？ 来自《简明英汉词典》 Whales, seals, penguins, and turtles have flippers. 鲸、海豹，企鹅和海龟均有鳍形肢。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
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