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What were the biggest stories on this earth podcast in 2013? I'm glad I asked:
2013年地球播客節目中最重要的故事是什么？我很榮幸自己可以提出這樣的問題：
We had the new rush for oil in the Arctic and other extreme places.
我們在北極和其它極地發現了新的原油。
Scientists offered new hope for bringing back extinct species like the passenger pigeon.
科學家們對于使像信鴿這樣的滅絕物種復活提出了新希望。
And the new Pope Francis began talking up the environment, just like his saintly namesake.
新的弗蘭西斯大主教開始宣講環境保護，就像和他同名同姓的圣人一樣。
Plastic litter got just about everywhere, while ants stowed away on ships to spread around the globe.
塑料垃圾到處都是，就像螞蟻一樣偷渡進貨輪擴散到地球各個角落。
Cities turn out to follow mathematical rules and our dandruff shampoo turns out to be poisoning plants.
城市開始服從數學定律，并且我們的洗發香波竟然能夠污染植物。
The best places to put wind or solar power are not necessarily the windiest or the sunniest but rather wherever they cut the most pollution.
采集風能或者太陽能的地方竟然不是風力最大或者陽光最充足的地方，而是最沒有污染的地方。
Junk piles of old gadgets, TVs and other electronics remain a large and growing problem.
過時的小玩意兒，電視機和其它電子設備的回收處理仍然沒有妥善解決。
And life persists almost everywhere we look on this planet, from the skies above to the deepest spots in the oceans.
看看我們的整個星球，從天上到海洋中的最深處，所有生命還是在堅持原有的生活。
But the biggest story of 2013 is an ongoing one: climate change.
但是2013之最還得是氣候變化。
This past May, concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere reached levels never before experienced by us, Homo sapiens.
2013年過去的5月，大氣中的二氧化碳濃度達到了人類有史以來的最高峰值，注意我說的是從智人類開始。
We're living in a whole new world.
我們正在一個新世界。
In this new year of 2014 and beyond.
從2014年開始，將一直這樣生活下去。
