韦恩斯的研究被发表在《公共科学图书馆•生物学》期刊上,他查阅了全球976个不同物种的相关学术论文。这些物种至少都被研究过两次,一次是在约50年前,另一次是在近10年内。
"In almost half the species looked at, there have been local extinctions already," he said.
他说,“接近一半的被观察物种已经局部灭绝。”
"What it shows is species cannot change fast enough to keep up with a small change in climate. That's the big implication - even a small change in temperature and they cannot handle it."
“这说明生物的进化速度跟不上轻微的气候变化。这背后的重大寓意是——气温即使发生一点变化这些生物也无法适应。”
The study looked at 716 different kinds of animals and 260 plants from Asia, Europe, North and South America, and elsewhere.
该研究观察了来自亚洲、欧洲、北美、南美以及其他地区的716种不同动物和260种不同植物。
There were few areas of the planet that were unaffected.
地球上很少有未受影响的地区。
The current rate of global extinction of animals and plants is believed to be faster than some of the five great extinction events in the Earth's history, but so far the total number lost does not compare to the species lost when the dinosaurs were wiped out about 65 million years ago.
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