Those high, wispy clouds actually keep Earth warm, like a blanket, by preventing heat from escaping into space.

实际上，那些高空的束状云是为地球保暖的，它们的作用很像地毯，阻止了热量流失到太空中。

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If you thicken the Earth's CO2 blanket, the Earth gets warmer.

如果你使地球的二氧化碳覆盖层变厚，地球会变得更暖。

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The atmosphere surrounds the earth like a blanket.

大气层像毯子一样包裹着地球。

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It's as if humans have turned the dial on Earth's blanket, and we'll feel the heat only in a matter of time.

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Low-level clouds are thought to matter more than high-level ones because they are more prevalent and because they are better at reflecting solar heat away from the Earth than they are at trapping it, blanket-like, as high clouds do.

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The moors that winter were often under a crust of snow not enough to blanket them in white, but a mean, dirty frosting on the hard earth and wilted shrubs.

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