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海平面上升与滥伐森林。《科学》周刊一篇社论说，“在过去一百年，海平面上升了10至20厘米，而且看来还会继续上升”。这跟全球气温上升有什么关系呢？研究人员指出有两方面可能跟全球气温上升有关。第一，两极的冰层和冰川溶解，导致海洋的水增加。第二，热膨胀，即海水变暖，体积增加。属于太平洋群岛的图瓦卢，可能正受着水位上升的影响。《史密森尼学会》月刊说，在图瓦卢首都富纳富提这个珊瑚岛收集到的数据显示，该处的水位在过去十年“平均每年上升5.6毫米”。在世上许多地方，人口增加意味着市郊城市化、临时搭盖的房子激增和环境素质下降。这些发展也许会令天灾发生时伤亡人数增加。请看看以下的例子。海地是个岛国，人口甚多，滥伐森林的情况由来已久。最近有一则新闻报道谈到，海地虽然经济不佳、政治动荡、社会问题严重，但对国家存亡造成最大威胁的，是滥伐森林。2004年的一场悲剧，暴露了不断砍伐森林的危险。该年，连续多场暴雨导致山泥倾泻（土石流），夺去了几千人的性命。《时代》杂志（亚洲版）指出，南亚遭遇天灾时灾情之所以会那么严重，原因是“全球气温上升，及人们建造水坝、滥伐森林和采用刀耕火种的耕种法”。另一方面，砍伐森林也会加速土壤中的水分流失，导致旱灾日益严重。近年，印度尼西亚和巴西都闹旱灾，结果出现山林大火，规模之大前所未见，而那些森林本来是很潮湿，不容易发生火灾的。然而，异常的天气绝不是天灾的惟一成因。深藏地底的能量一旦爆发，也会造成灾害，使不少地方遭殃。

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Rising Sea Levels and Deforestation. According to an editorial in the journal Science, "sea levels have risen 10 to 20 centimeters [four to eight inches] in the past century, and more is in store for us." How might this be related to global warming? Researchers point to two possible mechanisms. One is the prospect of the melting of land-based polar ice and glaciers, which would add to the volume of the oceans. The other factor is thermal expansion—as oceans become warmer, their volume increases. The tiny Pacific islands of Tuvalu may already be experiencing the effects of rising sea levels. Smithsonian magazine notes that data collected on the atoll of Funafuti shows that the sea level there has risen "an average of 0.22 inches [5.6 mm] annually over the past decade." In many parts of the world, population growth means more urban sprawl, more shantytowns, and more environmental degradation. These developments may tend to magnify the severity of natural disasters. Consider some examples. Haiti is an island nation with a high population and a history of deforestation. A recent news report suggested that as bad as Haiti’s economic, political, and social problems may be, nothing threatens the country’s existence more than deforestation. This threat became tragically evident in 2004, when torrential rains caused mud slides that claimed thousands of lives. Time Asia points to "global warming, dams, deforestation and slash-and-burn farming" as exacerbating factors in the natural disasters that have plagued South Asia. At the other extreme, deforestation can worsen drought by causing soil to dry out more quickly. In recent years, droughts in Indonesia and Brazil have paved the way for record-breaking fires in forests that are normally too wet to burn. Extreme weather, however, is by no means the only cause of natural disasters. Many lands are subject to disasters that are generated deep inside the earth.

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海平面上升与滥伐森林科学周刊一篇社论说在过去百年了至厘米而且看来还会继续这跟全球气温有什么关系呢研究人员指出两方可能第极的冰层和川溶解导致洋水增加二热膨胀即变暖体积属于太群岛图瓦卢正受着位影响史密尼月首都富纳提个珊瑚收集到数据显示该处十均每毫世许多地口意味市郊城化临时搭盖房子激环境素质下降些发展也令天灾生伤亡请以例是国甚情况由已久最近则新闻报道谈虽然经济不佳政治动荡问题严重但对家存造成大威胁场悲剧暴露断砍危险连雨山泥倾泻土石流夺几千性命代杂志亚洲版南遭遇之所那原因及们建坝采用刀耕火种法另速壤中分失旱日益印度西巴闹结果现规模前未见本很潮湿容易异常绝惟深藏底量旦爆害使少殃

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