纪录片《非洲》 第101期:非洲的未来(20)(在线收听

Africa's climate is certainly changing.

非洲的气候无疑是在变化

Some parts of the continent have become

非洲大陆有些地方的气温

3.5 degrees centigrade hotter in the past 20 years.

在过去20年里升高了3.5摄氏度

At the summit of Africa's most famous mountain, Kilimanjaro,

在非洲最著名的乞力马扎罗山山顶

80% of its permanent ice fields have disappeared.

80%的永久冰川已消失无踪

Soon, it will be free of ice altogether.

很快 那些冰川都会融化殆尽

All over Africa, the mountainous regions

对于整个非洲 山区地带

are often the first indicators of climate change.

往往最先显示出气候变化的征兆

Here, in the Ethiopian highlands

在这片埃塞俄比亚高地里

live very unusual-looking creatures.

生活着一种长相独特的动物

Gelada baboons.

杰拉达狒狒

Climate change refugees.

气候变化的逃难者

Although this region of Ethiopia lies in the tropics,

尽管埃塞俄比亚的这片区域属于热带

up at 4,000 metres, it doesn't feel like it.

但在海拔4000米的地方则是另一片天地

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