Record droughts hit the Amazon's rain forests in 2005 and 2010. With climate models projecting more drying with global warming, researchers are keeping close watch for such extreme droughts.

创纪录的干旱在2005和2010年袭击了亚马逊热带雨林，由于气候类型随着全球变暖正变得愈加干旱，研究者们对这种极端的干旱一直进行着严密观察。

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Looking back at the past decade, which was the hottest decade in the historical record, 75 countries set extreme hottest temperature records (33 percent of all countries.)

回顾过去的10年，是历史记录上最热的10年，75个国家刷新了最高气温记录(全球所有国家的33%。)

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Last year, records for extreme weather events were broken a record number of times.

去年，极端天气事件的记录被打破的次数创造了新的纪录。

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However, sentiment for the dollar was at a record extreme of bearishness, and short-selling of the dollar was at near record levels.

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Rapid-fire electronic trading made the former rule obsolete, but given the extreme volatility and record trading volumes of recent weeks, and the significant decline in shares of major financial companies, regulators are reconsidering it.

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Last November Scott Owens of Gilbert, Ariz. set a world record (Extreme class) of 179.6 decibels inside his Ford F-250.

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