Climate Action What is climate change?

氣候行動 什麼是氣候變化？

Meet Tom Tom is a college professor that teaches weather and climate.

認識湯姆 湯姆是一位教授天氣和氣候的大學教授。

During one of his lectures, one of his students asked why there are so many natural disasters happening in the world recently, specifically hurricanes and wildfires.

在一次講座中，他的一個學生問到，為什麼最近世界上發生了這麼多自然災害，特別是颶風和野火。

Tom tells them that many factors can contribute to the increasing storms, but the main causes climate change.

湯姆告訴他們，很多因素都會導致風暴的增加，但主要原因是氣候變化。

Tom explains to them that climate change is the change of weather patterns over an extended period of time.

湯姆向他們解釋說，氣候變化是天氣模式在較長時期內的變化。

He uses the example of the rising sea levels because of the melting ice caps, thes areas that have been frozen for hundreds of years, air starting to melt because the area around them is getting too hot as faras hurricanes, they're becoming stronger and appearing more frequently because of the increase in the temperature around large bodies of water, droughts and wildfires.

他舉例說，海平面上升是因為冰蓋融化，冰封了幾百年的地區，空氣開始融化，因為周圍的地區變得太熱了，就像颶風一樣，它們變得越來越強，出現的頻率也越來越高，因為大水體周圍的溫度上升，乾旱和野火。

Air also becoming more common and have begun to destroy large parts of the western United States.

空氣也變得更加普遍，並已開始摧毀美國西部的大部分地區。

Tom also tells his students that humans play a large role in climate change.

湯姆還告訴他的學生，人類在氣候變化中起著很大的作用。

Driving cars, processing, food and smoking are all factors that contribute to the growing epidemic.

開車、加工、食品、吸菸等都是導致疫情日益嚴重的因素。

Burning fossil fuels is one of the biggest factors of climate change, and it's doing lasting damage to the Earth.

燃燒化石燃料是氣候變化的最大因素之一，它對地球造成了持久的傷害。

Once these resource is air gone, there is no getting them back in.

一旦這些資源消失了，就再也回不來了。

Their effects on the Earth are mostly permanent.

它們對地球的影響大多是永久性的。

Tom students are in luck, though, because there are many ways that humans can fight back against the harmful effects of climate change.

不過湯姆同學是幸運的，因為人類有很多方法可以反擊氣候變化的有害影響。

Reducing climate change is possible by making minor changes to daily routines and through advocating clean energy.

通過在日常工作中稍作改變和倡導清潔能源，減少氣候變化是可能的。

Reducing our carbon footprint is one of the easiest ways to do this.

減少我們的碳足跡是最簡單的方法之一。

Tom suggested that his students that live off campus, walk where, bike to class or even start carpooling so there are fewer cars on the road.

湯姆建議住在校外的同學，走到哪裡，騎自行車去上課，甚至開始拼車，這樣路上的車就少了。

He also tells them the importance of renewable energy such as solar energy, and that they should petition to get solar panels installed in school and other nearby areas.

他還告訴他們太陽能等可再生能源的重要性，並告訴他們應該上訪，在學校和其他附近地區安裝太陽能電池板。