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Source：科学60秒 Date：2012.11.11 Summary气候并不是全球变暖唯一会改变的东西。 Climate isn''t the only thing global warming will change. Global Warming Means Culture ChangeGlobal warming is bad news for winter sports. But that''s not the only way climate change will mean culture change, too.The meltdownof Arctic sea ice may end traditional hunting and fishing for Arctic peoples. Ocean acidification''simpact on coral reefs may eliminate symbolic species, likeMelanesia''s ''place spirits'' within dolphins, sharks and rays.These changes will be as global in scopeas global warming itself, according to a preliminary analysis published in the journal Nature Climate Change. (Scientific American is part of Nature Publishing Group.) Whether it be cities in the developed world wallopedby superstorms—ahem, New York—or failed crops for subsistence farmers.In fact, climate change may mean migration—and the loss of a sense of place for folks as disparateas Pacific islanders whose homelands drown, to herdersforced to abandon their pastoralways in the Sahel. Such adaptation will be a key cultural challenge of the next century—as will fosteringthe kind of global communication that can connect with the local concerns of individuals and communities to reduce climate risk.Of course, modern culture is responsible for climate change thanks to our insatiable hunger to burn fossil fuels. That fire, as it changes the atmosphere, may consume whole ways of life. AudioWordsmeltdown：[ˈmeltdaʊn] 融化 acidification：[əˌsɪdɪfɪ''keɪʃən] 酸化，成酸性，变酸 Melanesia： [ˌmeləˈni:zjə] 美拉尼西亚（西南太平洋岛群） in scope：范围，活动范围。scope：[skəʊp] 范围，眼界，地域 Nature Climate Change：《自然气候变化》 wallop： [ˈwɒləp] 猛击，击败 ahem： [ə''hem] 啊咳，咳嗽或清嗓子的声音 subsistence farmer：自给自足的农民 disparate： [ˈdɪspərət] 完全不同的 herder：[''hɜ:də] 牧者，牧人 pastoral：[ˈpɑ:stərəl] 牧人的，畜牧的 foster： [ˈfɒstə(r)] 培养，促进，抚育 insatiable：[ɪnˈseɪʃəbl] 贪得无厌的，无法满足的 Knowledge point这种适应变化将是关键的文化挑战，同时也将促进全球关注与交流，以减少气候风险。Such adaptation will be a key cultural challenge of the next century—as will fostering the kind of global communication that can connect with the local concerns of individuals and communities to reduce climate risk. |
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