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Researchers said it was clear that the world’s oceans play a major role in queuing up rapid climate changes, but that thus far t
Researchers said it was clear that the world’s oceans play a major role in queuing up rapid climate changes, but that thus far t
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2015-09-30
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问题
Researchers said it was clear that the world’s oceans play a major role in queuing up rapid climate changes, but that thus far the mechanics (机制, 结构) of such changes were poorly understood.
"It’s like being blindfolded and walking toward the edge of a cliff," said Wallace Brocker, a professor of environmental sciences at Columbia University. "We don’t understand (the factors) so we don’t really know what to look for. "
Using ice cores drilled from glaciers and other ice sheets, the researchers have developed a model showing world temperatures’ rising and falling with unsettling frequency over the past 110 000 years.
While some of the changes have been slow and steady, such as the end of the last Ice Age some 12 000 years ago, others have been swift and unexpected, such as the rapid warming of the North Atlantic from 1920 to 1930 and the Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s.
The most drastic temperature changes—believed to be as much as 18 degrees Fahrenheit over the space of just a few years—exceed any recorded in human history, they said. This was not intended to alarm the public, but that they hoped it would stimulate policy makers to prepare for the possibility of rapid temperature flux.
Greenhouse gases, emitted by fossil fuels such as oil and coal, have been linked by many researchers to a rise in global temperatures. A 1997 Kyoto Treaty on global warming sought to cut emissions of such gasses by developed nations, but the Bush administration this year spurned (轻蔑或傲慢地拒绝) the treaty, saying pollution controls would be too costly for the U. S. economy.
The NAS panel called for research to identify what it described as "no-regrets" measures that would cost relatively little and would be good policies regardless of the extent of environmental change.
Such measures could include regulations to reduce damage to water, air and land, or slow climate change, or helping societies cope with abrupt climate changes by developing new financial instruments such as weather derivatives (衍生证券) and catastrophe bonds to reflect the risks.
Societies have faced both gradual and abrupt climate changes for millennial and have learned to adapt through various mechanisms, such as moving indoors, developing irrigation for crops, and migrating away from inhospitable (不适宜居住的) regions. It is important not to be fatalistic (宿命论的) about the threats posed by abrupt climate changes.
The passage cites "It’s like being blindfolded and walking toward the edge of a cliff," (Para. 2) in order to show that______.
选项
A、so far we are still almost ignorant of the mechanics of rapid climate changes
B、now we are still causing serious damages to the environment
C、we are still not sure whether ocean plays a role in causing rapid climate changes
D、so far we are still unaware of the possibility of rapid climate changes
答案
A
解析
句子理解+上下文逻辑题。根据文章开头两段,我们很清楚海洋在引起气候快速变化中起着很重要作用,但我们仍不太了解这些变化的原因,因此我们就不知道该采取什么措施。因此,这就像蒙上双眼走向悬崖一样。所以A为正确答案。
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