Where does all the carbon we release go? | Kristen Bell + Giant Ant

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翻译人员: TED Translators Admin 校对人员: Yolanda Zhang

Where does all the carbon we release go?

我们释放的碳都去哪儿了？

Carbon works in a natural cycle, present in all living things:

碳在自然循环中发挥着重要作用， 它存在于万物之中：

in the soil, in the oceans, in the atmosphere

土壤、海洋、大气，

and in rocks deep underground.

也存在于地下深处的岩石中。

When plants and other living things die,

当植物和其他生物死亡时，

much of their stored carbon makes its way back to the atmosphere

它们所储存的大部分碳 会回到大气中，

until new plants grow and reabsorb the carbon.

直到新的植物生长出来， 并重新吸收这些碳。

But over millions of years,

但是经过数百万年，

some of the carbon stored in ancient trees and sea life becomes rock

一些储存在古树 和海洋生物中的碳变成了岩石，

and some becomes fossil fuels:

另一些则变成了化石燃料：

coal, oil and natural gas.

比如煤、石油和天然气。

Natural events like volcanic eruptions

像火山爆发这样的自然事件

release some of the carbon trapped in rock.

会释放一些固定在岩石中的碳。

And human activities, like burning fossil fuels,

人类活动，如燃烧化石燃料，

also release some of that prehistoric carbon.

也会释放一些史前积累的碳。

Today, humans release around 60 times more carbon

如今，人类每年释放的碳

是地球上所有因火山喷发 导致的碳排放量的 60 多倍。

than all the volcanoes on the planet each year.

That overloads Earth's carbon cycle

这使得地球的碳循环严重超载，

and builds up in the atmosphere

并开始在大气

and oceans.

和海洋中积累。

Planting more trees will help, but trees alone can't get us to net zero.

种植更多的树会有所帮助， 但并不能实现净零排放。

There's only one sure way to stop global warming.

阻止全球变暖 只有一个明确的方法：

We must stop releasing this excess carbon into our air.

我们必须停止向空气中 释放额外的碳。

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