Billions projected to suffer nearly unlivable heat in 2070
在2070年，數十億人料將活在幾乎不宜居住的高溫環境
精英翻譯社轉自https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1404689
◎孫宇青
In just 50 years, 2 billion to 3.5 billion people will be living in a climate that historically has been too hot to handle.
50年內，有20億至35億人將活在難以忍受的歷史性高溫氣候中。
Under the worst-case scenarios, the study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences predicts about 3.5 billion people will live in extremely hot areas. That’s a third of the projected 2070 population.
《美國國家科學院院刊》一項研究推測，在最糟糕的情況下，約35億人將活在極端高溫地區，相當於2070年預估人口的3分之1。
In an unusual way to look at climate change, a team of international scientists studied humans like they do bears, birds and bees to find the "climate niche" where people and civilizations flourish.
一個從特殊方式看待氣候變遷的國際科學家團隊，像研究熊、鳥、蜜蜂一樣研究人類，找出人類及其文明繁盛的「氣候利基」。
They looked back 6,000 years to come up with a sweet spot of temperatures for humanity：Average annual temperatures between 11 to 15 degrees Celsius.（AP）
他們回溯過去6000年，發現人類的「溫度舒適帶」為年均溫攝氏11度至15度之間。
（美聯社）
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