欧洲气候机构：2024年可能成为有记录以来最热的一年
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A recent report by the European climate service Copernicus says that November was the second-warmest November for which the agency has records.
欧洲气候服务机构哥白尼最近的一份报告称，11月是该机构有记录以来第二热的11月。
The finding means that Copernicus will likely declare 2024 the hottest year ever measured using its sets of data.
这一发现意味着哥白尼计划很可能会宣布2024年是其数据集有记录以来最热的一年。
Copernicus called last year the hottest on record.
哥白尼称去年是有记录以来最热的一年。
But after this summer, scientists involved in the effort were expecting that 2024 would set a new record.
但在今年夏天之后，参与这项工作的科学家预计2024年将创下新纪录。
In November, the global temperature average was 14.10 Celsius.
11月，全球平均气温为14.10摄氏度。
Through November, this year’s average global temperature is 0.14 Celsius above the same period last year.
截至11月，今年全球平均气温比去年同期高出0.14摄氏度。
Jennifer Francis is a climate scientist at the Woodwell Climate Research Center in the northeastern U.S. state of Massachusetts.
詹妮弗·弗朗西斯是美国东北部马萨诸塞州伍德韦尔气候研究中心的一名气候科学家。
Francis, who was not involved in the report, said the big story about November is that “like 2023, it beat out previous Novembers by a large margin.”
弗朗西斯没有参与该报告，他表示关于11月的重要新闻是，“与2023年一样，它大幅超越了以往的11月。”
The report said 2024 will likely be the first year in which the average temperature was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times.
报告称，2024年很可能成为平均气温比工业化前水平高出1.5摄氏度以上的第一年。
In earlier publications, Copernicus calls pre-industrial times the period between 1850 and 1900.
在较早的出版物中，哥白尼将前工业时代称为1850年至1900年之间的时期。
The 2015 Paris Agreement says human-caused warming should be limited to 2 degrees Celsius.
2015年《巴黎协定》规定，人为造成的升温应限制在2摄氏度以内。
In the years following 2015, the world’s top climate scientist said it was important to limit the rise in temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius to prevent the worst effects of climate change.
在2015年之后的几年里，世界顶尖气候科学家表示，将气温升幅限制在1.5摄氏度以内对于防止气候变化的最严重影响至关重要。
The scientists said these effects could include increasingly destructive and frequent extreme weather events.
科学家表示，这些影响可能包括破坏性越来越强、发生越来越频繁的极端天气事件。
Copernicus Deputy Director Samantha Burgess said in a news release that “ambitious climate action is more urgent than ever.”
哥白尼项目副主任萨曼莎·伯吉斯在新闻稿中表示，“雄心勃勃的气候行动比以往任何时候都更加紧迫。”
Many scientists say the main cause of climate change is the burning of fuels like coal, oil and natural gas.
许多科学家表示，气候变化的主要原因是燃烧煤炭、石油和天然气等燃料。
Francis said the new records are “terrible news for people and ecosystems.”
弗朗西斯表示，这些新纪录对“人类和生态系统来说是个可怕的消息”。
Francis predicted bad effects from the quickly changing climate.
弗朗西斯预测快速变化的气候会带来不良影响。
These include the possibility of animals dying off and changes to the natural food webs that the animals are part of.
这些包括动物灭绝的可能性以及动物所参与的自然食物网的变化。
She added that coastal communities may face problems because of rising sea levels.
她补充说，沿海社区可能因海平面上升而面临问题。
Experts said heat waves over the oceans and a loss of sea ice and snow cover probably played a part in the temperature increase this year.
专家表示，海洋热浪以及海冰和积雪覆盖的减少，可能是今年气温上升的部分原因。
Copernicus, the European agency, said the area of Antarctic sea ice in November was 10 percent below average, a record.
欧洲机构哥白尼表示，11月南极海冰面积比平均水平低10%，创下纪录。
The Associated Press reports that oceans absorb about 90 percent of the heat trapped by greenhouse gases.
美联社报道称，海洋吸收了温室气体所困住的约90%的热量。
They then release heat and water vapor back into the atmosphere.
然后它们将热量和水蒸气释放回大气中。
Last year’s record heat was caused partly by an El Niño — a temporary natural warming of parts of the central Pacific that affects weather worldwide.
去年的创纪录高温部分是由厄尔尼诺现象造成的——这是太平洋中部部分地区暂时性的自然变暖现象，会影响全球天气。
But that ended earlier this year and an effect that often follows, called La Niña, failed to take place.
但这一现象在今年早些时候结束，而通常随之而来的拉尼娜效应却并未出现。
This left the scientific community “a little perplexed by what’s going on here...why temperatures are staying high,” said Jonathan Overpeck.
乔纳森·奥弗佩克表示，这让科学界“对这里发生的情况感到有些困惑……为什么气温一直居高不下”。
Overpeck is a climate scientist at the University of Michigan.
奥弗佩克是密歇根大学的气候科学家。
One theory is that an El Niño releases more heat to the atmosphere because of warmer ocean waters.
有一种理论认为，厄尔尼诺现象会因海水变暖而向大气释放更多热量。
Overpeck said, “we’re not getting the cooling effect that often in decades gone by helps bring the temperature back down.”
奥弗佩克说：“我们不再像过去几十年那样经常获得有助于降温的冷却效应。”
This year, he said, “is such a big jump following yet another jump...”
他说，今年“是在又一次跃升之后的又一次大幅跃升……”
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Tammy Webber reported on this story for the Associated Press.
塔米·韦伯为美联社报道了这一事件。
John Russell adapted it for VOA Learning English.
约翰·拉塞尔为VOA英语学习频道改编了它。
