What the proxy records make abundantly clear is that there have been significant natural changes in the climate over timescales longer than a few thousand years.
代理记录充分表明的是，气候在比几千年更长的时间跨度内发生了重大的自然变化。
The climate continues to warm for a while because there is a lag effect.
由于滞后效应，气候会持续变暖一段时间。
There is a good reason why the UK is dominated by animal husbandry: most of its terrain doesn't have the right soil or climate to grow crops on a commercial basis.
英国畜牧业占大头是有充分理由的：其大部分地区的土壤或气候不适宜农作物商业化种植。
There is a growing body of opinion that both these physical variations have a measurable impact on the climate.
越来越多的人认为这两种物理变化对气候都有可测的影响。
But we do not believe that climate change is a certainty. There are no certainties in science.
但是气候变化是否明确我们无从而知，科学领域没有确定性。
Half of Americans now believe there is a scientific consensus on climate change.
现在有半数美国人相信在气候变化方面存在科学共识。
There is no better way to do this than through a global climate agreement, which would establish the predictability and certainty that investors require.
最好的办法就是，依靠能确立投资者所需的可预测性和确定性的全球气候协议。
Instead, there is a massive gap between the pledges made so far by the rich and the actions that science says are needed to avoid the worst of climate change.
相反，富裕国家迄今做出的承诺与科学家提出的避免气候变化恶化所需要采取的行动之间有巨大的差距。
I moved to a completely different climate than I lived in before, where there is new plant life. My body doesn't understand it.
我迁居到了新的地方，气候条件迥异，生长着以前未见过的植物，但是我的身体不能理解这一点。
While the science of climate change will never be settled to the satisfaction of every observer, we know enough to say there is a significant risk that global warming will cause dire consequences.
尽管气候变化这门学科无法让每一位观察家满意，但仅就我们所知已经可以得出“全球变暖极可能会招致非常严重后果”这样的结论。
Without a new global agreement, there is not much chance of averting serious climate change.
没有新的全球协议，就没有多少机会来避免这非同小可的气候变化。
There is a growing danger that this bill will not be passed through the Senate and reconciled with the House version in time for the Copenhagen summit on climate change in December.
这个方案不会在参议院通过的危险越来越大，而且在12月的哥本哈根气候变化峰会即将到来之际也会与众议院的版本妥协。
Nevertheless, while there is a lot of scepticism in, around and about climate science, none of it is aimed at the first law of thermodynamics, which says that energy cannot be created or destroyed.
不过，尽管气候学界内部和周围存在众多质疑，却没有一个是针对热力学第一定律的。 热力学第一定律认为，人类既不能创造能量，也不能消灭能量。
Moreover, there is a simple way more or less to abolish the effect of climate change on yield to date.
此外，有一个简单的方法或多或少能够消除迄今为止气候变化对农作物产量的影响。
Is there a definitive link between climate change and more earthquakes?
气候变化和更多的地震中有没有明确的联系？
'Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simplistic solutions being proposed,' he said.
他还说：“环境变化是一个新兴的科学，我们的观点是有许多简单化的解决方案将会被提出。”
They say if recent trends in Pacific climate patterns persist, there is a strong chance that an El Nino pattern will emerge in the coming months.
他们说，如果最近的太平洋气候模式一直持续下去，在未来几个月里就极有可能出现厄尔尼诺现象。
However, whatever the mechanism, there is a large body of evidence to suggest that climate change increases the number of heatwaves and make them longer.
然而，无论其原理如何，有大量证据证明，气候变化增加了热浪的数量，并使热浪持续的时间更长。
So, to put it another way, there is a 95 per cent chance that climate change is the fault of mankind and our activities.
所以，从另一个方面而言，有95%的可能性是人类和我们活动的原因造成了气候变化。
There is something compelling, in a ghoulish sort of way, about the notion that earth's climate may be headed toward a tipping point.
有一种你不得不信，甚至还有点恐怖的观点，那就是地球气候可能正走向一个崩溃的边缘。
The climate out there is beautiful, especially if you feel that on a winter's day like today, you might wish you were in--some of you might wish you were there.
那里的气候宜人,尤其是在像今天一样的冬天里,你可能会希望...,你们当中的一些人也许会对它心存向往
“There is a whole transportation infrastructure that is developed on the climate of the past, ” said Tom Karl, head of NOAA’s National Climactic Data Center.
国家海洋和大气管理局国家气象数据中心主管汤姆卡尔说，“有一个根据过去气候情况所建的完整运输基础设施。”
This is because there are a slew of different climate change prediction scenarios.
这是因为有许多不同的气象变化预测情景。
But there is a lot of climate data the NCDC and other public databases don't have.
但在美国国家气候资料中心和其他公用数据库中，还是缺乏大量的气候数据。
Is there a need for better transparency in climate science?
气候科学是否需要更大的透明度？
Is there a need for better transparency in climate science?
气候科学是否需要更大的透明度？
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