Why is 1.5 degrees such a big deal? | Kristen Bell + Giant Ant

Transcriber: TED Translators Admin Reviewer: Rhonda Jacobs

翻译人员: TED Translators Admin 校对人员: Yanyan Hong

Why is 1.5 degrees such a big deal?

为什么 1.5 摄氏度如此重要？

Because to warm our entire planet up by 1.5 degrees Celsius

因为要让我们的整个地球 升温 1.5 摄氏度

requires a lot of heat.

需要大量的热量。

All this extra heat melts glaciers, which raise sea levels.

所有这些额外的热量 会融化冰川，使海平面上升。

If the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland melt completely,

如果南极洲和格陵兰岛的 冰层完全融化，

millions of people's homes will be under water.

数百万人的家园将被淹没在水下。

The extra heat also intensifies weather,

额外的热量也加剧了天气的变化，

making wet places wetter, dry places drier

使潮湿的地方更潮湿，

and increasing the ferocity of storms.

干燥的地方更干燥， 并增加了风暴的强度，

That 1.5-degree increase also won't be distributed evenly.

那 1.5 摄氏度的增幅也不会均匀分布。

The coldest nights in the Arctic might get 10 degrees warmer.

北极最冷的夜晚可能会暖和 10 度，

The warmest days in Mumbai might get five degrees hotter.

孟买最热的日子可能会再高 5 度。

Over the past 10,000 years, we've been lucky.

在过去的一万年里，我们很幸运。

Earth's climate was stable and our civilizations flourished.

地球的气候是稳定的， 而我们的文明也随之繁荣起来。

But as our climate gets more unstable, so will our economies and our societies.

但当我们的气候越来越不稳定，

我们的经济和社会 也会变得越来越不稳定。

We'll all suffer,

除非我们现在就采取行动，

and the vulnerable will be hit hardest,

否则我们都将遭受痛苦，

unless we act now.

而弱势群体将受到最严重的打击。

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