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全球暖化推波助瀾 本世紀乾旱將加倍惡化

2006年10月10日
ENS英格蘭,伯恩茅斯報導;蘇家億編譯;莫聞審校

照片來源:聯合國;攝影:Evan Schneider英國氣候變遷科學家指出,在本世紀末之前,全球乾旱情況將加倍惡化,進而威脅地球上數百萬人口的生存。科學家警告說,這還只是最保守的估計而已,因為他們尚未考量大氣系統中碳循環可能加速暖化速率的回饋作用。

Global Warming Could Spread Extreme Drought
BOURNEMOUTH, England, October 5, 2006 (ENS)

Drought could double by century's end because of global warming, threatening the survival of millions of people around the world, according to new research by British climate scientists. The researchers warn that this estimate may actually be too conservative, as it do not take into account the potential for carbon feedbacks in the climate system that are likely to accelerate warming across the planet.