气候系统中一个可预期的异常可能足以导致这个村庄的崩溃。
An expectable aberration in the climatic regime may have been enough to cause the collapse of the village.
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。
Earth's climate system is constantly trying to strike a balance between the cooling and warming effects of clouds.
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。
The Arctic sea ice holds a central position in the Earth's climate system and it's deteriorating faster than expected.
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。
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.
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。
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.
全球气候系统不是那样运转的。
气候系统一般不会逐渐改变。
它们会使气候系统进入一种增温状态。
And what they do is move the climate system to a warmer state.
约翰彻勅：海洋是气候系统的核心部分。
JOHN CHURCH: the oceans are a central part of the climate system.
云在全球气候系统中扮演着举足轻重的角色。
人类还没有完全掌握气候系统是如何运作的。
We are a long way from fully understanding how the climate system works.
我们甚至可能低估了气候系统变化的速度和影响。
If anything we might have underestimated the rate and the impact of changes in the climate system.
但历史证明了气候系统的本质不喜欢简单的回答。
The history reveals how the nature of the climate system inevitably betrays a lover of simple answers.
这样就更容易甄别气候系统对板块活动的影响力。
This makes it easier to distinguish changes in the plate caused by climate systems from those triggered by regional rumbles.
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。
The accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will lead to long-term changes in the climate system that will persist for millennia.
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。
These models are not perfect, and struggle to simulate some features of the climate system such as clouds.
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。
But this small effect was amplified by events on Earth - apparent tipping points in the climate system.
我们使用能源的方法破坏了气候系统并会在今后几十年造成可怕威胁。
The ways we use energy are disrupting the climate system and threaten terrifying disruptions in decades to come.
这种气候系统的循环每2到7年发生一次，上次抬头是在2007年。
This cyclic weather system normally occurs once every two to seven years, and last reared its head in 2007.
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。
Thorsten Markus: We should not underestimate the importance of sea ice to the global climate system.
约翰彻勅：相对于大气层和气候系统的其他部分，对海洋的观测明显不够。
JOHN CHURCH: the ocean compared to the atmosphere and other parts of the climate system are very much under observed.
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。
Other research groups have estimated the probabilities of various outcomes, based on variations in the physical response of the climate system itself.
这些所谓的温室气体，对气候系统施加强迫性，这一点已经得到了很好的理解。
And this so-called greenhouse gas forcing on the climate system is well-understood.
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。
Such is the inertia of the climate system that far more dramatic changes have already become inevitable.
问题在于我们真的不知道将会发生什么，因为气候系统实在是太复杂了。
'the problem is that we don't really know what would happen and weather systems are incredibly complex.
问题在于我们真的不知道将会发生什么，因为气候系统实在是太复杂了。
'the problem is that we don't really know what would happen and weather systems are incredibly complex.
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