As the capacity of the atmosphere to absorb infrared radiation increases, the radiating level and the temperature of the surface must rise.

随着大气吸收红外辐射的能力增加，地面的辐射水平和温度必须上升。

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Mark Serreze, director of the American National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Colorado, thinks that sea level rise is going to be a bigger and bigger problem, as we move through the 21st century.

美国国家冰雪数据中心（NSIDC）位于科罗拉多州，其主任马克·塞雷泽（Mark Serreze）认为，随着我们进入21世纪，海平面上升将成为一个越来越大的问题。

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Experts think it might be able to handle the incremental sea level rise as far out as 2100.

专家们认为，这些基础设施或许能够处理一直到2100年期间不断上升的海平面。

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Environmental factors already influence investment decisions to some degree, as corporations and indeed individuals have to take projections of things such as sea level rise and water availability into account.

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Earlier this month, the City of Boston recently released a report showing potential flood regions in the city that have expanded as a result of sea level rise over the next few decades due to climate change.

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By feeding into his model both some recent science on the increased risks of dramatic climate change, and the possibility of such catastrophes as a rise in sea level big enough to flood London and New York, he calculates that the range of possible outcomes lies somewhere between 5% and 20% of global output over the next century or two.

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