2018年夏天，因为北极圈个别站点瞬时温度超过30℃，北极高温和北极熊的生存状况引起大家热烈讨论。
“北极并不热！
”其实整个北极圈内的平均温度，6月至今的状况和历史上相差不大。
北极圈外，以瑞典、挪威、芬兰为主的北欧东北部地区，这个夏天的确经受了不寻常的极端天气。
大多数中国人没有到过北极，对它的印象停留于常年冰雪覆盖的银色世界，这一次热浪，显然颠覆了大家的传统印象。
而北极熊在过去几十年，整体数量的稳定得益于各国禁止商业捕猎的决策，但在捕杀越来越少的21世纪，气候变化仍然是影响北极熊数量的重要原因。
无论是间接影响海冰从而影响北极熊的数量，还是直接影响北欧东北部甚至全球的极端天气，科学家们普遍认为气候变暖正在加速。
夏天的极端热浪和冬季的极端变暖在未来10到25年还会多次发生，造成对自然、对人类健康的危害。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 年 | nián | year |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 北极 | běi jí | the North Pole / the north magnetic pole |
| 圈 | quān | circle; ring; loop |
| 个别 | gè bié | just one or two; exceptional; rare |
| 站点 | zhàn diǎn | a place set up to serve a specific function (train station, bus stop, toll plaza, bike rental station, meteorological station etc) / (Internet) site (website, FTP site etc) |
| 瞬时 | shùn shí | instantaneous |
| 温度 | wēn dù | temperature |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 高温 | gāo wēn | high temperature |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 熊 | xióng | bear |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 生存 | shēng cún | to exist / to survive |
| 状况 | zhuàng kuàng | condition; state; situation |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 热烈 | rè liè | enthusiastic / ardent / warm |
| 讨论 | tǎo lùn | to discuss; to talk over |
| 并 | bìng | (not) at all |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 整个 | zhěng gè | whole / entire / total |
| 内 | nèi | within |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 至 | zhì | to / until |
| 今 | jīn | now / the present time |
| 历史 | lì shǐ | history |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 相差 | xiāng chà | to differ |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too / not often; infrequently |
| 外 | wài | outside / external |
| 以 | yǐ | by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at |
| 瑞典 | Ruì diǎn | Sweden |
| 挪威 | Nuó wēi | Norway |
| 芬兰 | Fēn lán | Finland |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 主 | zhǔ | main |
| 北欧 | Běi Ōu | north Europe / Scandinavia |
| 东北 | dōng běi | northeast |
| 部 | bù | ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board |
| 地区 | dì qū | region; area (informal or geographical term) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 的确 | dí què | really / indeed |
| 经受 | jīng shòu | to undergo (hardship) / to endure / to withstand |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 寻常 | xún cháng | usual; common; ordinary |
| 极端 | jí duān | extreme |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 大多数 | dà duō shù | (great) majority |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 印象 | yìn xiàng | impression (sth that stays in one's mind) / a memory |
| 停留 | tíng liú | to stay somewhere temporarily / to stop over |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 常年 | cháng nián | all year round / for years on end |
| 冰雪 | bīng xuě | ice and snow |
| 覆盖 | fù gài | to cover |
| 银色 | yín sè | silver (color) |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 热浪 | rè làng | heat wave |
| 显然 | xiǎn rán | clearly; evidently; obviously |
| 颠覆 | diān fù | to topple (i.e. knock over) / to capsize / to undermine / to subvert |
| 传统 | chuán tǒng | traditional / conventional |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 过去 | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous |
| 几十 | jǐ shí | dozens; several tens; an approximate number in the tens |
| 整体 | zhěng tǐ | as a whole / integral / holistic / whole |
| 数量 | shù liàng | amount; quantity / (math.) scalar quantity |
| 稳定 | wěn dìng | stability |
| 得益 | dé yì | to derive benefit |
| 各国 | gè guó | each country / every country / various countries |
| 禁止 | jìn zhǐ | to prohibit / to forbid / to ban |
| 商业 | shāng yè | business / trade / commerce |
| 捕猎 | bǔ liè | to catch (wild animals); to hunt |
| 决策 | jué cè | strategic decision / decision-making / policy decision |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 捕杀 | bǔ shā | to hunt and kill |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 世纪 | shì jì | century |
| 气候 | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 变化 | biàn huà | change; variation |
| 仍然 | réng rán | still; as before; yet |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 影响 | yǐng xiǎng | to influence / to affect / to disturb |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause / origin / root cause / reason |
| 无论 | wú lùn | no matter what or how / regardless of whether... |
| 间接 | jiàn jiē | indirect |
| 海冰 | hǎi bīng | sea ice; ice formed on the surface of the sea |
| 从而 | cóng ér | thus; thereby |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 直接 | zhí jiē | direct / immediate / straightforward |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 全球 | quán qiú | worldwide; global |
| 科学家 | kē xué jiā | scientist |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 普遍 | pǔ biàn | universal / general / widespread / common |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 暖 | nuǎn | warm |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 加速 | jiā sù | to accelerate; to speed up; to expedite |
| 浪 | làng | wave / breaker |
| 冬季 | dōng jì | winter |
| 未来 | wèi lái | approaching / coming / pending |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 发生 | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about; to create; to cause |
| 自然 | zì rán | nature |
| 人类 | rén lèi | humanity / human race / mankind |
| 健康 | jiàn kāng | health |
| 危害 | wēi hài | harmful effect; damage |