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热炸了:北极圈内小镇气温达到38度
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周六,坐落在北极圈内约6英里的一个西伯利亚小镇记录到了100.4华氏度(38摄氏度)的气温,很可能创下了有记录以来最高气温的新纪录。
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The milestone comes as Siberia — and the Asian continent as a whole — have experienced unusually warm conditions since the start of 2020. And while it’s tricky to know the impact of climate change on individual records or temperatures in any given season, experts say the developments are part of a broader warming trend that has been documented across the globe.
这一里程碑事件发生时正值西伯利亚——乃至整个亚洲大陆——自2020年初以来经历了异常温暖的情况。虽然很难知道气候变化对单个记录或任何特定季节的温度的影响,但专家表示,这些事件是全球范围内更广泛的变暖趋势的一部分。
Siberia has been in the grips of a heat wave in recent weeks that has contributed to devastating wildfires and has exacerbated the melting permafrost.
最近几周,西伯利亚一直受到热浪的控制,这场热浪造成了毁灭性的野火,并加剧了永久冻土的融化。
“The whole region has been off-the-charts warm lately,” said Brian Brettschneider, a climate researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The blast of heat is being caused by a high-pressure ridge of air