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The UK breaks meteorological records as climate extremes rise

英国极端气候变化的加剧导致气象记录频破

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We need to brace ourselves for more heatwaves, because the UK will be seeing many more very hot days and many fewer extremely cold nights, according to this latest assessment of how global warming is reshaping the country's climate.

我们需要为更多的热浪天气做好准备，因为英国将迎来更多个非常炎热的白天和更少的极端寒冷的夜晚，这个结论来自于一份有关全球变暖如何重塑英国气候的最新评估报告。

Justin Rowlatt, BBC Correspondent
The UK is breaking heat and rainfall records increasingly frequently, the Met Office says. Last year we had our second warmest February, our warmest May, our warmest spring, our fifth warmest December, and our fifth warmest winter since records began in 1884. And some of those records have already been surpassed this year.

贾斯汀·罗拉特 BBC 通讯员
英国破纪录的高温和降雨天气正在越来越频繁地出现，这是英国气象局的说法。去年我们经历了有记录以来第二暖的二月、最暖的五月、最暖的春季、第五暖的十二月，以及第五暖的冬季，记录是从 1884 年开始被记载的。而其中一些去年被打破的记录在今年又已经被打破了。

And the country is getting wetter, too. Rainfall patterns are more variable, but last year saw the wettest winter half year in over 250 years, the Met Office says.

而且英国的雨天也越来越多。降雨模式的变化更大，但去年 “冬半年” 的降雨量创下了超过 250 年以来的最高纪录，英国气象局的数据证明了这一点。

Mike Kendon, Lead Author of the State of the UK Climate report
"Every year that goes by is another upward [step] on this warming trajectory that our climate is on. The observations are providing hard evidence that our climate is different now to what it was just a decade or a couple of decades ago."

迈克·肯顿 《英国气候状况报告》第一作者
“每过一年，气温都会向上攀升一步，我们的气候在这条变暖的轨道上又向前推进了一步。观测数据提供了确凿的证据，证明我们现在的气候与仅仅十年或几十年前已经不同了。”

Inevitably, the UK's changing climate is having an impact on the natural world.

不可避免的是，英国不断变化的气候正在对自然界产生影响。

At this Forest Research centre just outside London, they're exploring how our trees and forests can be made more resilient to the country's future climate.

在伦敦郊外英国森林研究所的这个研究中心，他们正在探索如何让我们的树木和森林更能适应国家未来的气候。

Many trees just can't cope at the moment.

许多树木目前根本无法应对当前的气候。

Dr Gail Atkinson, Head, Climate Change Science, Forest Research
"After a drought, you can see reduced growth, so the trees aren't growing as we would expect them to. If you look up in the canopy, you can see the leaves looking a little bit raggedy, and there are other signs of stress as you're walking through the woodland, and extreme examples, you might find that the trees have actually died."

盖尔·阿特金森博士 英国森林研究所气候变化科学部负责人
“干旱过后，你可以看到树木的生长减少，它们没有按照我们预期的那样生长。如果你抬头看树冠，你就可以看到叶子看起来有些破损，你还会看到其它受压的迹象，当你走过林地的时候，你就能看得到，在极端案例下，你可能会发现树木实际上已经死亡。”

Studies by Forest Research show one species that could do well are coastal redwoods from California.

英国森林研究所的研究表明，一种可能能够生存良好的品种是来自加利福尼亚的海岸红杉。

It means that in the decades to come, the world's tallest trees could become a common sight here in the UK.

这意味着在未来几十年里，世界最高大的树种有可能在英国随处可见。