One extreme heat wave or drought, of course, is not definitive proof of climate change.

一次异常的热浪或者干旱，当然了，不能作为气候变化的决定性证据。

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"This study provides proof that barrier islands exist in every climate and in every tide-wave combination," said Pilkey, a coastal geologist.

“这项研究证明障壁岛存在于每种气候环境和每种潮汐波组合，”海岸地理学家Pilkey说。

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They conflict with the mainstream understanding of climate change to the point where the standard of proof is quite high.

它们与气候变化的主流看法存在冲突，要想证明的话举证标准很高。

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Over the next 12-24 months, the project's researchers hope to build up a comprehensive profile of the various "climate-proof" traits and in which crops they are found.

BBC: 'Climate-proof' crop hunt begins

The positive side of the Tearfund report is that simple measures to "climate-proof" water problems, both drought and flood, have proven to be very effective in some areas.

BBC: Man with dead camel in desert. Image: Jim Loring/Tearfund

Which is something of a body blow to those telling us that we must cease economic growth if calamity is to be averted: the very assumptions built into the whole proof that climate change is something we should worry about say exactly the opposite.

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