研究警告称，人类正在与地球玩“俄罗斯轮盘赌”
研究警告称，人类正在与地球玩“俄罗斯轮盘赌”
Top scientists have warned of a “global decline of life on Earth” and say humans are to blame.
顶级科学家警告说，“地球上的生命正在全球范围内减少”，人类应该对此负责。
As many as a million species of plants and animals risk extinction, many within a matter of decades, they say.
多达100万种动植物面临灭绝的危险，其中许多将在几十年内灭绝。
The warning comes in the first global-scale assessment of the links between people and nature.
这一警告来自于对人类与自然之间联系的首次全球范围的评估。
“Pervasive” human-driven activity is blamed for the rapid decline of “the fabric of life on which we all depend,” scientists explain in the first paper from the IPBES Global Assessment Report.
科学家们在IPBES全球评估报告的第一篇论文中解释说，“我们所有人赖以生存的生命结构”的迅速衰退归咎于“无处不在的”人类活动。
Most of the damage is linked to the sharp rise in “human impact” since the 1970s.
自20世纪70年代以来，大部分的破坏都与“人类影响”的急剧增加有关。
Scientists say this is due to a fast-growing population and economy, putting extra demand on nature.
科学家们表示，这是由于人口和经济的快速增长，给自然带来了额外的需求。
The major finding of the study is that a million species of plants and animals now risk extinction — with scientists warning that many of these species could be extinct within a matter of decades.
这项研究的主要发现是，现在有100万种动植物面临灭绝的危险，科学家警告说，其中许多物种可能在几十年内灭绝。
Researchers reported that human actions have directly altered at least 70 percent of Earth’s land and 66 percent of the ocean’s surface.
研究人员报告说，人类活动直接改变了至少70%的地球陆地和66%的海洋表面。
More than 85 percent of wetland areas have even now been lost.
超过85%的湿地面积已经消失。
“It was terrifying to find out how close we are to playing Russian roulette with the only world we are,” said Professor Andy Purvis, of the Natural History Museum, who worked on the project.
参与该项目的自然历史博物馆教授安迪·珀维斯(Andy Purvis)表示:“发现我们与自己所处的唯一世界如此接近玩俄罗斯轮盘赌，真是太可怕了。”
“But it has also been inspiring because there is a way out of this. What has given hope to the many scientists who worked on this paper has been that the public are fully aware that this is not a drill.”
“但它也一直鼓舞人心，因为有一条出路。这篇论文的许多科学家都希望公众充分意识到这不是演习。”
The research is published in the Science journal.
这项研究发表在《科学》杂志上。
