Climate change is about much more than just dirty air, but finding ways of making climate change more visible is critical.
气候变化的含义不仅仅是浑浊的空气,找到使“天气变化”这一概念更视觉化的方式也非常重要。
More than 90% of the human and economic losses from climate change are occurring in poor countries, according to the report.
报告指出,气候变化造成的百分之九十以上的人员和经济损失正发生在贫穷国家。
More than that, supporters see the GM opposition of many environmentalists as fundamentally anti-science, no different than those who question the basics of man-made climate change.
更重要的是,支持者认为许多环保主义者对转基因的反对根本就是反科学的,与那些质疑人为气候变化基本原理的人没有什么不同。
NASA used the term "climate change" because it more accurately reflects the wide range of changes to the planet caused by increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
美国国家航空航天局之所以使用“气候变化”这个词,是因为这个词更准确地反映出由于大气中温室气体总量增多而对地球造成的大范围变化。
One of the effects of climate change in New Zealand is that there will be more extreme weather.
气候变化在新西兰的影响之一是会有更多的极端天气。
Actually, it has to translate into more urgency to deal with the climate change problem and reduce emissions.
事实上,这也就是说必须更紧迫地处理气候变化问题并减少排放。
By the end of the next decade both words were used more frequently, and climate change was used nearly twice as often as global warming.
在下一个十年结束之际,这两个词的使用变得更加频繁,而气候变化这一词的使用频率几乎是全球变暖的两倍。
Most of the science of climate change, particularly that to do with global warming, is simply a fact. But other aspects of the science are less certain or at least more disputed.
大多数关于气候变化的科学,尤其是有关全球变暖的科学,都只是事实。但科学的其他方面就不那么确定无疑了,或者至少争议更大。
A Google Ngram Viewer chart shows that by 1993 climate change was already more commonly used in books than global warming.
一张谷歌词频统计图显示,到1993年时,在各类书中,气候变化这一词的使用频率就已经超过全球变暖。
The climate change we are hastening could one day leave us with forests that emit more carbon than they absorb.
因人类而不断加剧的气候变化或许终有一日让森林的碳排放量超过其吸收量。
"We are starting to see much more clearly where the effects of climate change on agriculture could intensify hunger and poverty," said research leader Patti Kristjanson.
“我们开始更加清楚地看到气候变化对农业的影响可能会加剧饥饿和贫困。”研究负责人Patti Kristjanson说。
Most of the science of climate change, particularly that to do with global warming, is simply fact. But other aspects of the science are less certain or at least more disputed.
大多数关于气候变化的科学,尤其是有关全球变暖的科学,都只是事实。但其他方面的科学就不那么确定了,或者至少争议更大。
Many scientists believe that El Nino events, caused by warming in the Pacific, are becoming more intense as a result of climate change.
许多科学家认为,由于气候变化,太平洋变暖引起的厄尔尼诺现象正愈演愈烈。
The influence is greater elsewhere, especially in sub-Saharan African countries including Sudan, Burkina Faso and Niger, where climate change has driven the average income more than 20% lower.
这种影响对其他地区更大,尤其是撒哈拉以南的非洲国家,包括苏丹、布基纳法索和尼日尔,气候变化使这些国家的平均收入下降了20%以上。
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?
Of course, we know that these things happen anyway, even without climate change - they may happen more often under a warmer climate, but it is wrong to blame climate change for every single event.
当然,我们知道这些事迟早要发生,即使没有气候变化——他们在更暖和的气候中发生得更频繁,但每一个气象事件都归咎于此是错误的。
Any country serious about tackling climate change will therefore want more fossil-fuel-free generation elsewhere in the system.
因此,任何一个认真应对气候变化的国家,都将会希望系统中存在更多的非化石燃料发电。
The costs of fighting climate change would fall mainly on today's more affluent nations.
防止气候变化的成本,主要将由现今世界上比较富有的国家承担。
What's more, climate change is expected to make some regions drier or hotter, which may send crop yields plummeting.
更有甚者,气候的变化很可能使这些地区或越来越干燥,越来越炎热,致使农作物歉收,产量直线下降。
But meeting a challenge as big as climate change will require more than just enlightened public policy.
但应对气候变化这样一个巨大挑战,仅有开明的公共政策是不够的。
The more you fear climate change, the more stringent the tax or quota should be.
你越害怕气候变化,税收或配额的力度就应越强。
Climate change is currently contributing more to losses than technology is to gains.
气候变化目前导致的损失超过技术获得的成就。
But we can say that climate change means more Katrinas.
但可以说气候变化意味着有更多的卡特里娜那样的飓风。
Climate change could increase rainfall and cause more frequent flooding and monsoons.
气候的变化以及降雨的增加导致这里遭受更加频繁的洪水和季风。
Climate change and distorted markets make it more compelling.
气候变化和扭曲的市场使这个论点更加具有说服力。
Climate change and distorted markets make it more compelling.
气候变化和扭曲的市场使这个论点更加具有说服力。
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