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They trap the water from the monsoons as ice and release it in the summer when the snow melts.
它們冷凝雨季的水變成冰,夏天冰雪溶化時再變回水。
The glaciers of the Himalayas are the source of all the great Asian rivers-the Indus, Ganges, Mekong, Yangtze Kiang.
喜馬拉雅山冰川是亞洲所有大河的源頭,包括印度河,恒河,湄公河,長江。
Two billion people depend on them for drinking water and to irrigate their crops, as in Bangladesh.
二十億人依賴其河水作飲用和灌溉,比如孟加拉國人。
On the delta of the Ganges and Brahmaputra.
位于恒河和雅魯藏布江三角洲。
Bangladesh is directly affected by the phenomena occurring in the Himalayas and at sea level.
孟加拉直接受到喜馬拉雅山的變化和海面上升的影響。
This is one of the most populous and poorest countries in the world.
它是地球上人口最多又最貧困的國家之一。
It is already hit by global warming.
已經因全球變暖遭受打擊。
The combined impact of increasingly dramatic floods and hurricanes could make a third of its landmass disappear.
越來越嚴重的河水泛濫和颶風的蹂躪將令其土地消失三分之一。
When populations are subjected to these devastating phenomena,they eventually move away.
當人們遭受這些災難,最終只能遷移。
Wealthy countries will not be spared.
富裕國家也不能幸免。
Droughts are occurring all over the planet.
全世界都出現旱災。
In Australia, half of farmland is already affected.
在澳大利亞,已有一半農田受影響。
We are in the process of compromising the climatic balance that has allowed us to develop over12,000 years.
我們正在向哺育我們一萬二千多年的氣候平衡作出妥協。
More and more wildfires encroach on major cities.
越來越多的森林大火侵害主要城市。
In turn, they exacerbate global warming.
反過來它們加劇全球變暖。
As the trees burn, they release carbon dioxide.
樹木燃燒時釋出二氧化碳。
The system that controls our climate has been severely disrupted.
調節我們氣候的機制已被嚴重擾亂。
The elements on which it relies have been disrupted.
它所依賴的環境已被破壞。
The clock of climate change is ticking in these magnificent landscapes.
在這壯麗風景背后氣候改變的時鐘正在嘀嗒響。
