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Was the extreme heat and dryness of the summerof 2012 the result of climate change?
"It's the old problem of saying any one event that is result of climate change."
That's James McCarthy, professor of biological oceanography at Harvard andcurrent president of the board of the Union of Concerned Scientists, SpeakingSeptember 21st in the New York City at an eventhosted by the Union.
"We have been locked in a two year now strong LaNina cycle. The La Nina cycle brings a more aridity to the center of continents. Would it have beenfrom previous La Ninas likely to be as dry as it is now setting recordafter record of number of days over hundred degrees, number days without rain. You know this year we actually hit a pointwhere there were 400 parts per million of CO2 in theatmosphere. If it is more like 350 or maybe 280 which is it was in the middleof the 19 century, would this have been as likely? We'd say no.The odds of this would been far less likely. could it have still occurred, but it wouldbeen an extremely rare event ifwe look forward, this is goingto be more common."
生詞：
1)oceanography n.海洋學
2)La Nina cycle n. 拉尼娜週期
3)aridity n. 乾旱；乏味