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1、ASunshadeforthePlanet地球防晒霜 Evenwiththebestwill1intheworld,reducingourcarbonemissionsisnotgoingpreventglobalwarming.Ithasbecomeclearthatevenifwetakethemoststrongmeasurestocontrolemissions,theuncertaintiesinourclimatemodelsstillleaveopenthepossibilityofextremewarmingandrisesinsealevel.Atthesametim
2、e,resistancebygovernmentsandspecialinterestgroupsmakesitquitepossiblethattheactionssuggestedbyclimatescientistsmightnotbeimplementedsoonenough. Fortunately,iftheworstcomestotheworse2,scientistsstillhaveafewtricksuptheirsleeves3.Forthemostparttheyhavestronglyresisteddiscussingtheseoptionsforfearo
3、finvitingasenseofcomplacencythatmightthwarteffortstotackletherootoftheproblem.Untilnow,thatis.Agrowingnumberofresearchersaretakingafreshlookatlarge-scale“geoengineering”projectsthatmightbeusedtocounteractglobalwarming.“Iusetheanalogyofmethadone4,”saysStephenSchneider,aclimateresearcheratStanfordU
4、niversityinCaliforniawhowasamongthefirsttodrawattentiontoglobalwarming.“Ifyouhaveaheroinaddict,thecorrecttreatmentishospitalization,andalongrehab.Butiftheyabsolutelyrefuse,methadoneisbetterthanheroin. Basicallytheideaistoapply“sunscreen”tothewholeplanet.Oneastronomerhascomeupwitharadicalplantoco
5、olEarth:launchtrillionsoffeather-lightdiscsintospace,wheretheywouldformavastcloudthatwouldblockthesun’srays.It’scontroversial,butrecentstudiessuggesttherearewaystodeflectjustenoughofthesunlightreachingtheEarth’ssurfacetocounteractthewarmingproducedbythegreenhouseeffect.Globalclimatemodelsshowthat
6、blockingjust1.8percentoftheincidentenergyinthesun’srayswouldcanceloutthewarmingeffectsproducedbyadoublingofgreenhousegasesintheatmosphere.Thatcouldbecrucial,becauseeventhemostsevereemissions-controlmeasuresbeingproposedwouldleaveuswithadoublingofcarbondioxidebytheendofthiscentury,andthatwouldlast
7、foratleastacenturymore.ASunshadeforthePlanet地球防晒霜 就算怀着最美好的愿望,仅仅减少二氧化碳的排放量还是不能制止全球变暖。很明显,即便采取最强硬的措施来控制排放,气候的变化无常仍能导致极速变暖和海平面上升。另一方面,受到政府和特殊利益群体的阻挠,气候学家往往不能将措施很快实施彻底。 ’ 幸好,如果被逼上绝路,科学家们还有最后几招。在大多数情况下,他们拒绝讨论这些施,害怕人们会因此沾
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