With warming of 3.5C, 4C and 6C respectively, Asian glacier losses could amount to 49%, 51% or 65% by the end of the century, according to the team’s modeling study.
根据该团队的模拟研究,当气温升高幅度分别为3.5摄氏度、4摄氏度和6摄氏度时,亚洲冰川的流失量到本世纪末将相应达到49%、51%、65%。
The high mountains of Asia comprise a geographical region surrounding the Tibetan plateau, holding the biggest store of frozen water outside the poles.
亚洲地区的高山环绕西藏高原构成了一片地理区域,这里蕴藏了除南北极以外面积最大的冰川。
It feeds many of the world’s great rivers, including the Ganges, the Indus and the Yarlung Zangbo River, on which hundreds of millions of people depend.
这片冰川灌溉了世界上许多伟大河流,包括养育了数亿人的恒河、印度河和以及雅鲁藏布江。
Nearly 200 nations adopted the Paris agreement in 2017, which sets the goal of limiting warming to a level “well below” 2C, while “pursuing efforts” to achieve a lower ceiling of 1.5C.
近200个国家2017年达成《巴黎协议》,该协议设定的目标是将升温幅度限制在2摄氏度以下,并为把升温控制在1.5摄氏度之内而努力。
Earth’s surface has already warmed by about 1C, according to scientists.
据科学家称,地球表面温度已经上升1摄氏度左右。
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