Earth's climate system is constantly trying to strike a balance between the cooling and warming effects of clouds.
地球的气候系统不断试图在云层的降温和变暖效应之间取得平衡。
The Arctic sea ice holds a central position in the Earth's climate system and it's deteriorating faster than expected.
北极海冰在地球气候系统中占据中心位置，并且它恶化的速度比预期的更快。
In addition to the internal variability of the global climate system itself, there is the added factor of external influences, such as volcanoes and solar activity.
除了全球气候系统本身的内部变化之外，还有外部影响的附加因素，如火山和太阳活动。
We also know that the global climate system is immensely complicated and that everything is in some way connected, and so the system is capable of fluctuating in unexpected ways.
我们还知道，全球气候系统极其复杂，一切都以某种方式联系在一起，因此，这个系统能够以意想不到的方式波动。
The climate system does not generally do gradual change.
气候系统一般不会逐渐改变。
Clouds play an important role in the global climate system.
云在全球气候系统中扮演着举足轻重的角色。
And what they do is move the climate system to a warmer state.
它们会使气候系统进入一种增温状态。
We are a long way from fully understanding how the climate system works.
人类还没有完全掌握气候系统是如何运作的。
If anything we might have underestimated the rate and the impact of changes in the climate system.
我们甚至可能低估了气候系统变化的速度和影响。
Thorsten Markus: We should not underestimate the importance of sea ice to the global climate system.
托尔·斯滕·马库斯：我们不能低估海冰在全球气候系统中的重要地位。
But this small effect was amplified by events on Earth - apparent tipping points in the climate system.
而地球事件扩大了这种微小的影响——气候系统中明显的临界点。
Such is the inertia of the climate system that far more dramatic changes have already become inevitable.
由于全球气候系统的惯性，我们将不可避免的面临更加富有戏剧性的气候变化。
These models are not perfect, and struggle to simulate some features of the climate system such as clouds.
这些模型并不完美，勉强能模拟气候系统的部分特征，例如云层。
The accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lead to long-term changes in the climate system that will persist for millennia.
大气中累积的二氧化碳将导致气候系统长期变化一直持续千年。
Other research groups have estimated the probabilities of various outcomes, based on variations in the physical response of the climate system itself.
其他研究小组基于气候系统自身不同的物理反应，预测了各种结果的可能性。
Uncertainties over aspects of the Earth's immensely complex climate system, such as melting ice and the behaviour of clouds, could also skew the overall picture.
地球极其复杂的气候系统方面的不确定性，比如融冰和云团的行为等，也可能对总的气温变化结果产生影响。
The oceans have already absorbed more than 80% of the additional heat added to the climate system and about 33% of the carbon dioxide we've emitted into the atmosphere.
海洋已经吸收了曾经附加到气候系统中的额外热量的80%多，还吸收了我们排放到大气中的二氧化碳的33%。
These hexagonal transparent areas not only let in extra light to the Forvision's cabin but also capture the sun's energy to power the car's interior lighting and climate system.
这些六边形的透明区域并不仅仅增加了进入车体的光线，还可以吸收太阳能以维持车内照明和温控系统的正常运作。
The biggest changes have come in features that have been seen as some of the slowest movers in the climate system: the melting of glaciers and the resulting rise in global sea levels.
过去认为是气候系统中不易改变的特征，如今变化最大：冰川融化以及海平面上升。
The biggest changes have come in features that have been seen as some of the slowest movers in the climate system: the melting of glaciers and the resulting rise in global sea levels.
过去认为是气候系统中不易改变的特征，如今变化最大：冰川融化以及海平面上升。
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