It is now understood to have far wider effects, leading to characteristic patterns of temperature, rainfall and drought around much of the world.

如今人们已经认识到它的巨大影响力，它会导致世界很多地区气温、降雨和干旱程度的显著变化。

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Modified organisms may interbreed with natural organisms and out-compete them, leading to extinction of the original organism or to other unpredictable environmental effects.

被改造过的生物体和自然生物体混配，从而更具竞争力，使原有物种走向灭绝，或给环境带来未知的影响。

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Poor fiscal policy choices made leading up to the global financial crisis have been magnified as the ripple effects of the meltdown continue to radiate through markets around the world.

而经济崩溃产生的一系列连锁反应继续辐射着全球市场，一步步导致全球金融危机的那些不当财政政策的影响已经被不断放大。

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As TIME has reported previously, MIT psychologist Sherry Turkle is one of the leading researchers looking into the effects of texting on interpersonal development.

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Should gadget lovers revolt at this prospect, the economics of leading-edge wafer manufacturing will certainly feel the knock-on effects.

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Mr Dykstra is one of Hollywood's leading lights in the area of visual effects, with films like Star Wars, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, and Stuart Little to his credit.

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