首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Can humans prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades? This is the question asked by J
Can humans prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades? This is the question asked by J
admin
2016-11-09
60
问题
Can humans prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades? This is the question asked by James Lovelock, the globally respected environmental thinker and independent scientist who developed the Gaia theory, after public opinion on efforts to tackle climate change has been weakened by events such as the climate scientists’ e-mails leaked from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Summit.
One obstacle to meaningful action is "modern democracy," he said. "Even the best democracies agree that when a major war approaches, democracy must be put on hold for the time being. I have a feeling that climate change may be an issue as severe as a war. It may be necessary to put democracy on hold for a while."
Lovelock doesn’t believe in human wisdom to stop climate change, insisting that the world’s best hope is to invest in adaptation measures, such as building sea defences around cities most vulnerable to sea-level rises. He thinks only a disastrous event would now persuade humanity to take the threat of climate change seriously enough, such as the collapse of a giant glacier in Antarctica that would immediately push up sea level.
"That would be the sort of event that would change public opinion," he said. "Another Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report won’t be enough. We’ll just argue over it like now." The IPCC’s 2007 report concluded that there was a 90% chance that greenhouse gas emissions are causing global warming, but the panel has been criticized over a mistaken claim that all Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2030.
Lovelock says the events of the recent months have seen him warming to the efforts of the "good" climate skeptics: "What I like about skeptics is that in good science you need critics that make you think. If you don’t have that continuously, you really are in trouble. The good skeptics have done a good service, but some of the mad ones have not done anyone any favors."
Lovelock, who 40 years ago originated the idea that the planet is a giant, self-regulating organism—the so-called Gaia theory—added that he has little sympathy for the climate scientists involved in the UEA e-mail scandal. He said he had not read the original emails, but that their reported content had left him feeling "utterly disgusted." "Cheating the data in any way is quite literally a crime against the holy ghost of science," he said.
This passage implies that the UEA e-mail scandal might have________.
选项
A、involved data-cheating by some climate scientists
B、never happened at all over the past few months
C、contributed to efforts towards climate change
D、been a pleasant surprise to Lovelock
答案
A
解析
最后一段与UEA email scandal有关。尽管Lovelock没有看到原始的电子邮件,但他说cheating the data(数据造假)无异于犯罪。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/0UHO777K
0
研究生英语学位课统考(GET)
相关试题推荐
Negotiationislimitedtothecorporateboardroomortohigh-stakesbusinesssettings.Bybecomingfamiliarwithsimplenegotia
TheUnitedStatesisacountrymadeupofmanydifferentraces.Usuallytheyaremixedtogetherandcan’tbetoldfromoneanoth
TheUnitedStatesisacountrymadeupofmanydifferentraces.Usuallytheyaremixedtogetherandcan’tbetoldfromoneanoth
Tousitseemssonaturaltoputupanumbrellatokeepthewateroffwhenitrains.Butactuallytheumbrellawasnotinvented
Tousitseemssonaturaltoputupanumbrellatokeepthewateroffwhenitrains.Butactuallytheumbrellawasnotinvented
Tousitseemssonaturaltoputupanumbrellatokeepthewateroffwhenitrains.Butactuallytheumbrellawasnotinvented
Femaleapplicantstopostdoctoralpositionsingeosciencewerenearlyhalfaslikelytoreceiveexcellentlettersofrecommendat
Language,culture,andpersonalitymaybeconsidered______ofeachotherinthought,buttheyareinseparableinfact.
Mr.Greenreceivedan______letterthreateningtoexposeherprivatelifeifsherefusedtopay$10,000.
Prisonersintheconcentrationcampsenduredmiseryandmaltreatmentthat________description.
随机试题
在二元溶液的x-y图中,平衡线与对角线的距离越远,则该容易就越易分离。()
供应链优化
A.异烟肼、吡嗪酰胺B.左旋氧氟沙星C.链霉素D.糖皮质激素E.利福平
我国城乡规划技术标准体系框架是由()构成的。
某企业用银行存款5万元偿还以前欠其他单位的货款4万元和1个月前从银行取得的借款1万元。在借贷记账法下,这笔经济业务涉及到()等账户。
应用对比分析法进行对比分析时需要注意的事项有()。
2007年4月20日,上证综指早盘高开11点,以3460.90点开盘后,随即逐波上扬,至终盘报收于3584.20点,较上一个交易日上涨了()。
在1--50这50个自然数中,任取三个不同的数,其中能组成公比为正整数的等比数列的概率是:
TheFoodandDrugAdministrationsaidWednesdaythatitistryingtotrackdownasmanyas386pigletsthatmayhavebeengeneti
一个表单需要4个命令按钮,可以使用两种方式:分别建4个命令按钮或建一个命令按钮组。如果采用建一个命令按钮组的方式,首先应设置的属性为【】。
最新回复
(
0
)