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天气专家们正在寻求导致全球变暖的“温室效应”起因及其影响。现在,已是认真讨论这种全球变暖将如何影响我们未来生活的时候了。 1987年,南极冰域一座两倍于罗德岛的巨大冰山崩裂溅入大海。 1988年8月,在非洲西海岸外海刚刚孕育形成的“吉尔伯特”号飓风,时速已超过200英里。它的高峰,是迄今西半球所遭遇最具破坏力的一次飓风。 1988年夏季,袭击美国许多城市的热浪打破了有史以来的高温纪录。该年8月1日,以“火炉”著称的弗尼斯克里克和加利福尼亚名符其实地创下了新的纪录,最高气温达46.7℃(或116°F)。
Weather experts are looking for the cause of the “greenhouse effect” that causes global warming and its effects. Now it is time to seriously discuss how this global warming will affect our future lives. In 1987, a huge iceberg twice as large as Rhode Island was cracked and splashed into the sea in Antarctic ice. In August 1988, the hurricane Gilbert, which had just been formed on the off-sea coast of Africa, had exceeded 200 miles per hour. Its peak is one of the most destructive hurricanes ever encountered in the Western Hemisphere. In the summer of 1988, the heat waves that struck many cities in the United States broke the record of high temperatures. On August 1st of that year, Funes Creek and California, famous for their “fireplace,” set a new record. The maximum temperature reached 46.7°C (or 116°F).