數據顯示 年是有記錄以來最熱一年!

Last year was officially the Earth's warmest since record-keeping began in the 1880s, the World Meteorological Organization announced.

世界氣象組織日前聲稱，2016年是自1880年開始保存氣象記錄以來，地球最熱的一年。

That means 2016 set a global heat record for the third year in a row according to NOAA and NASA.

這意味着，依據美國國家海洋和大氣管理局以及美國國家航空航天局數據，2016年氣溫連續第三年升至有記錄以來的最高水平。

Not only was this the third consecutive year to rank hotter than all previous years, it also means 16 of the 17 hottest years on record have occurred since 2000, according to NOAA.

據美國國家海洋和大氣管理局表示，這不僅是連續第三年比以前更熱，還意味着在史上溫度最高的17年中，有16年都出現在21世紀。

To put this in perspective, the last time we had a record cold year was 1911.

從整體來看，最近一次的低溫紀錄年還是1911年。

Temperatures over the Earth's continents and oceans in 2016 were 1.1 degree Celsius (1.98 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial average, according to the WMO.

世界氣象組織稱，2016年的地表溫度高出工業化時代之前水平約1.1度（1.98華氏溫度）。

That means we are already a majority of the way to the 1.5-degree warming goal set at the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015.

也就是說，這一數字已經很接近2015年《巴黎協定》所設的1.5度的關口了。

Climate scientists say greenhouse gas pollution, which humans are creating primarily by burning fossil fuels and chopping down rainforests, likely contributed to the 2016 record.

氣候學家表示，人類燃燒化石燃料、砍伐雨林等造成的溫室氣體排放，是2016年氣溫升高的主因。

And the pollution certainly is behind the long-term trend toward warming, scientists say.

此外，科學家稱，污染也是長期以來天氣變暖的原因之一。

"The spate of record-warm years that we have seen in the 21st century can only be explained by human-caused climate change," said Michael Mann, director of the Earth Science Center at Pennsylvania State University.

美國賓夕法尼亞州立大學地球科學中心主任邁克爾·曼恩表示：“21世紀出現這麼多高溫年，唯一的解釋便是人爲造成的氣溫變化。”

"The effect of human activity on our climate is no longer subtle. It's plain as day, as are the impacts -- in the form of record floods, droughts, superstorms and wildfires -- that it is having on us and our planet."

“人類活動對天氣的影響不再是微不足道的。它帶來的影響與日俱增，顯而易見--以洪澇、乾旱、颶風和野火等形式回饋着人們和我們的星球。”