"The idea of deliberately manipulating Earth's energy balance to offset human-driven climate change strikes many as dangerous hubris," they wrote.

“审慎地操纵地球能量平衡，抵消人为气候变化的想法打击了许多具有危险狂妄野心的人。”他们写道。

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The problem, said the report, is that offset schemes are delivering much lower greenhouse gas cuts than the science says are needed to avoid catstrophic climate change.

报告指出，碳抵消计划的问题在于，它减少的温室气体比科学家所说的避免灾难性气候变化所需的量要小的多。

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Increase in muscle can offset decreases in fat so the scale doesn't change even if your body is.

即使你的身体发生了变化，体重却不一定也会变化，因为增加的肌肉重量会抵消减少的脂肪重量。

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While the data from these sites will enable scientists to draw a more accurate picture of global climate change, they may also help to offset catastrophes when hazardous conditions develop.

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This could be offset by higher salaries, but that would require a major change to teacher compensation practices.

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The real, emerging science, as the Heartland publications indicate, is that the feedbacks are more likely to be offset by negative feedbacks, resulting in a much smaller net temperature change.

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