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Our energy requirements are constantly increasing.
我們對能源的需求不斷增加。
We try to power growth like a bottomless oven that demands more and more fuel.
我們的需求像無底的爐子需要越來越多的燃料。
It's all about carbon.
說來說去仍是碳。
In a few decades, the carbon that made our atmosphere a furnace, and that nature captured over millions of years.
數(shù)十年中令大氣層變成火爐。數(shù)百萬年來大自然捕獲。
Allowing life to develop,will have largely been pumped back out.
生命賴以生存的碳將被大量釋出。
The atmosphere is heating up.
大氣層變熱了。
It would have been inconceivable for a boat to be here just a few years ago.
數(shù)年前在這找到一艘船是不可思議的。
Transport, industry, deforestation, agriculture-Our activities release gigantic quantities of carbon dioxide.
運(yùn)輸 工業(yè) 森林砍伐 農(nóng)業(yè)。這些活動釋放巨量的二氧化碳。
Without realizing it, molecule by molecule,we have upset the Earth's climatic balance.
不知不覺中那些分子破壞了地球的氣候平衡。
All eyes are on the poles,where the effects of global warming are most visible.
全部目光都集中于南北兩極,這里地球暖化的影響最明顯。
It's happening fast very fast.
一切來得太快。
The Northwest Passage that connects America, Europe and Asia via the pole is opening up.
經(jīng)由北極連接美歐亞的西北航道打開了。
The Arctic ice cap is melting.
北極的冰冠開始融化。
Under the effect of global warming,the ice cap has lost 40% of its thickness in 40 years.
在全球變暖的影響下四十年來冰冠的厚度減少了40%。
Its surface area in the summer shrinks year by year.
它在夏天的表面積逐年下降。
