It's these storms, or lack of them,正是這些風(fēng)暴，或缺少這些風(fēng)暴

lack of缺乏
Perhaps the only good news was the lack of any new bad news.
也許唯一的好消息就是沒(méi)有任何新的壞消息。
Within the Bank itself, there seems to be a lack of unanimity.
在銀行自身內(nèi)部，這似乎缺少一致的觀點(diǎn)。

As the Earth struggles for climate stability,the weather begins to get extreme.地球努力維持氣候穩(wěn)定的同時(shí)，天氣開(kāi)始極端化

struggle for為…而斗爭(zhēng)；為…奮斗；為……斗爭(zhēng)

They struggled for national independence.
他們?yōu)槊褡濯?dú)立而斗爭(zhēng)。
He struggled for a moment and then died.
他掙扎了一會(huì)，然后便死去了。

But it's the small change in average temperature that's behind the predicted increase in some extreme weather events.但平均氣溫的微小變化，才是增加極端氣候發(fā)生頻率的始作俑者
increase in在…方面增長(zhǎng)
Rainfall has increased in some areas in recent days.

最近幾天，有些地區(qū)的降雨量開(kāi)始有所增加。
As we made money together, the conversations increased in frequency.
在共同賺錢(qián)的過(guò)程中，我們之間的溝通頻率也不斷增加。