Few trees remain to protect soil from floods, droughts and severe storms.

没有树木来保护水土流失，防止干旱和暴雨。

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Scientistssay man-made climate change does have the potential to cause more frequent and more severe weather extremes, such as heat waves, storms, floods, droughts and even cold spells.

科学家说，人为的气候变化的确会带来更为频繁和更严重的极端天气，如热浪、暴风雨、洪水、干旱甚至持续的寒冷天气。

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Climate scientists warn that the Australian continent is particularly vulnerable to warming temperatures, which may lead to more severe storms, droughts and rising sea levels.

气候科学研究者警告，澳洲大陆对于持续上升的气温来说，是非常脆弱的。这些可能导致更多剧烈的暴风，干旱以及海平面的上升。

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On the the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, this warming planet we live on is posing serious new challenges to human civilization: increasingly severe droughts, floods,and storms across the globe, and slowly rising ocean levels.

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It predicts harsher droughts for southern Europe and more severe storms hitting U.S. coastal areas.

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