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1·According to a study in Nature Climate Change, the number of most polar bears will fall rapidly by 2080.

据《自然气候变化》的一项研究显示，到2080年，几乎大多数北极熊的数量都将急剧减少。

2·Climate change has already had documented effects on species living across the globe, from polar bears in the Arctic to coral reefs in the tropical seas.

从北冰洋的极地熊到热带海域的珊瑚礁，气候变化已经被证明对全球范围内的生物都产生了影响。

3·Polar bears were listed as threatened last year, the first time any species had been given protection primarily because of climate change.

北极熊在去年被列进濒临物种名单，此为首例因气候变迁而引起的保护行为。

4·Scientists say that barrier may soon fall, as global climate change continues to impact wildlife at the polar regions.

科学家称随着全球气候变化继续影响极地区域的野生动物，这一屏障可能很快就会消失。

5·Leading UK polar scientists say the Times Atlas of the World was wrong to assert that it has had to re-draw its map of Greenland due to climate change.

英国著名的极地科学家们说，泰晤士报的世界地图册名不副实，并肯定地说，由于气候变化，泰晤士报必须重新绘制其格陵兰岛的地图。

6·But when it comes to convincing people of the need for action on climate change, the threat to the polar bear doesn't come close to representing the urgency of the situation.

但是要想让人们意识到必须对气候变化采取行动，北极熊受到的威胁并不能进一步的表现形势的紧迫性。

7·Such research, Dr. Untersteiner said, promised to promote understanding of the fundamental forces at work in global climate change, including the endless whorls and gyres of polar ice.

昂特斯坦纳博士表示，这样的研究有望加深我们对影响全球气候变化主要因素的认识，包括对北极冰面出现的无数旋涡和环流的了解。

8·Little has been said in the media about climate change and health - usually what we hear about is polar bears, loss of the ice cap, dying species and flood risks.

媒体总是把注意力放在北极熊、冰盖融化、濒危物种和洪水的危险上，极少提及气候变化对人类健康的影响。

9·Climate change is usually characterized as an environmental threat, but it wasn't melting icebergs or endangered polar bears that made Warner change his mind.

气候变化通常被认为是环境威胁的特征，但是无论是融化的冰山，还是生存受到威胁的北极熊都不能使华纳改变他的想法。

10·With increased competition and less food, the polar bear has become the poster child for extinction threats caused by climate change.

随着竞争的加剧和食物的减少，北极熊已经成为气候变化所导致的濒临灭绝物种的典范。