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Gavin Schmidt: The emergent patterns of climate change
加文·施密特: 氣候變遷的突現形態
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你不能把氣候變遷拆開來理解，氣候科學家加文·施密特如是說。這是全有或全無。他在此富有啟發性的演說中，解釋如何以奇幻的模式，描繪出小規模環境事件無止盡的複雜交互作用，來研究氣候變遷的大圖像。
Gavin Schmidt - Climate scientist
What goes into a climate model? Gavin Schmidt looks at how we use past and present data to model potential futures. Full bio
What goes into a climate model? Gavin Schmidt looks at how we use past and present data to model potential futures. Full bio
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We live in a very complex environment:
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我們活在非常複雜的環境裡：
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complexity and dynamism
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複雜性及動力系統論
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and patterns of evidence
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及各式氣候變化形態的證據
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from satellite photographs, from videos.
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從衛星照相、從影片得之
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You can even see it outside your window.
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你甚至能從你的窗戶外面看到
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It's endlessly complex, but somehow familiar,
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無止盡的複雜又具某種程度的熟悉
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but the patterns kind of repeat,
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但形態的確有一定程度的重複
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but they never repeat exactly.
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但從來沒有一模一樣過
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It's a huge challenge to understand.
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要了解它是很大的挑戰
00:37
The patterns that you see
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你所看到的形態
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are there at all of the different scales,
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都以不同的尺度存在著
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but you can't chop it into one little bit and say,
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但你不能切下一小塊然後說
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"Oh, well let me just make a smaller climate."
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「喔，那我做個小一點的氣候。」
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I can't use the normal products of reductionism
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我不能以一般的化約論產品
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to get a smaller and smaller thing that I can study
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得到愈來愈小的東西
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in a laboratory and say, "Oh,
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使我能在實驗室裡研究且說
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now that's something I now understand."
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「喔，這是我能理解的了。」
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It's the whole or it's nothing.
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這是全有或全無
01:03
The different scales that give you
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這些氣候形態
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these kinds of patterns
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以不同的尺度呈現
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range over an enormous range of magnitude,
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其範圍幅度非常大
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roughly 14 orders of magnitude,
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大約是 14 數量級的差距
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from the small microscopic particles
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從最小的顯微粒子
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that seed clouds
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以造雨
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to the size of the planet itself,
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到這個星球本身的大小
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from 10 to the minus six
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從 10 的負六次方到
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to 10 to the eight,
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10 的八次方
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14 orders of spatial magnitude.
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空間數量級的差距為 14
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In time, from milliseconds to millennia,
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在時間上，從毫秒到千年
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again around 14 orders of magnitude.
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同樣也是 14 數量級
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What does that mean?
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這意味著什麼？
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Okay, well if you think about how
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好，如果你想一想
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you can calculate these things,
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你要如何計算這些東西
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you can take what you can see,
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你會把你見到的事物
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okay, I'm going to chop it up
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好，我要把它切碎
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into lots of little boxes,
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成這些小方塊
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and that's the result of physics, right?
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這就是物理學的結果，對吧？
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And if I think about a weather model,
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如果我想到一個氣象模型
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that spans about five orders of magnitude,
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尺度橫跨五數量級
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from the planet to a few kilometers,
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也就是從地球的大小到幾公里
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and the time scale
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時間尺度則是
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from a few minutes to 10 days, maybe a month.
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從幾分鐘到十天或者一個月
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We're interested in more than that.
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我們感興趣的不只這些
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We're interested in the climate.
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我們對氣候感興趣
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That's years, that's millennia,
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那是以年計的，是千年
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and we need to go to even smaller scales.
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我們還需要看更小尺度的
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The stuff that we can't resolve,
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我們無法解決的東西
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the sub-scale processes,
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次網格尺度過程
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we need to approximate in some way.
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我們必須想辦法得到近似值
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That is a huge challenge.
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那是很大的挑戰
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Climate models in the 1990s
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1990 年代的氣候模式
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took an even smaller chunk of that,
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是拿更小塊的規模來看
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only about three orders of magnitude.
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大約只有三數量級
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Climate models in the 2010s,
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2010 年代的氣候模式
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kind of what we're working with now,
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就像我們現在正在使用的
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four orders of magnitude.
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是四數量級
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We have 14 to go,
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我們還要繼續擴展到 14
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and we're increasing our capability
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而我們的
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of simulating those at about
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模擬能力
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one extra order of magnitude every decade.
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每十年大約增加一數量級
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One extra order of magnitude in space
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以空間而言每增加一數量級
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is 10,000 times more calculations.
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就是增加一萬倍的計算
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And we keep adding more things,
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而我們還繼續加東西上去
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more questions to these different models.
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加更多問題到這些不同的模式上
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So what does a climate model look like?
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所以氣候模式是甚麼樣子？
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This is an old climate model, admittedly,
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這是老式的氣候模式，無可否認
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a punch card, a single line of Fortran code.
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打孔卡，單行福傳語言
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We no longer use punch cards.
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我們不再使用打孔卡了
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We do still use Fortran.
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我們還是用福傳語言
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New-fangled ideas like C
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新的想法像使用 C 語言
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really haven't had a big impact
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還沒有什麼大的影響力
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on the climate modeling community.
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在氣候模式族群裡
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But how do we go about doing it?
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但這是怎麼做出來的？
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How do we go from that complexity that you saw
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我們如何把你所看到的複雜
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to a line of code?
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變成一行的程式？
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We do it one piece at a time.
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我們一次做一件
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This is a picture of sea ice
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這是一張海冰圖
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taken flying over the Arctic.
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飛越北極上空時照的
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We can look at all of the different equations
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我們可以看所有不同的方程式
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that go into making the ice grow
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使結冰量增加
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or melt or change shape.
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或融化或改變形狀
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We can look at the fluxes.
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我們可以看看各種通量
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We can look at the rate at which
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我們可以看雪變成冰的速率
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snow turns to ice, and we can code that.
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我們可以為之編寫程式
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We can encapsulate that in code.
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我們可以封裝在程式裡
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These models are around
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這些模式目前大約要以
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a million lines of code at this point,
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一百萬行程式才做的出來
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and growing by tens of thousands of lines of code
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每年還要以上萬行的程式
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every year.
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成長
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So you can look at that piece,
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所以你看這件是這樣
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but you can look at the other pieces too.
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別件也是如此
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What happens when you have clouds?
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有雲的時候怎麼辦？
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What happens when clouds form,
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雲形成的時候怎麼辦？
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when they dissipate, when they rain out?
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雲散了呢？下雨了呢？
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That's another piece.
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這是一件
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What happens when we have radiation
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有太陽輻射怎麼辦？
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coming from the sun, going through the atmosphere,
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輻射穿過大氣層
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being absorbed and reflected?
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被吸收及反射又怎麼辦？
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We can code each of those
very small pieces as well.
very small pieces as well.
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我們也能為這些非常小的東西寫程式
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There are other pieces:
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還有其他的
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the winds changing the ocean currents.
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風改變洋流
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We can talk about the role of vegetation
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我們也能談植被
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in transporting water from the soils
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從土壤中輸送水分
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back into the atmosphere.
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回到大氣層的角色
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And each of these different elements
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每一種不同的要素
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we can encapsulate and put into a system.
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我們都可以封裝寫進系統內
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Each of those pieces ends up adding to the whole.
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每一件最後都會加在整體上
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And you get something like this.
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那你就得到一個像這樣的東西
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You get a beautiful representation
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你會得到漂亮的圖表
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of what's going on in the climate system,
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告訴你氣候系統發生什麼事
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where each and every one of those
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每一個像這樣
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emergent patterns that you can see,
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你看到的突現形態
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the swirls in the Southern Ocean,
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南冰洋的旋渦
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the tropical cyclone in the Gulf of Mexico,
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墨西哥灣的熱帶颶風
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and there's two more that are going to pop up
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還有兩個隨時都要跑出來
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in the Pacific at any point now,
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在太平洋形成
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those rivers of atmospheric water,
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那些大氣水氣形成的河流
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all of those are emergent properties
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這些都是突現性質
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that come from the interactions
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從我剛剛談到的次網格尺度過程
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of all of those small-scale processes I mentioned.
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交互作用而來
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There's no code that says,
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沒有什麼程式會說
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"Do a wiggle in the Southern Ocean."
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「在南冰洋擺動一下。」
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There's no code that says, "Have two
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也沒有程式會說：「讓兩個
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tropical cyclones that spin around each other."
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熱帶颶風互相繞著旋轉。」
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All of those things are emergent properties.
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這些都是突現性質
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This is all very good. This is all great.
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這很好，這很棒
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But what we really want to know
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但我們真的想知道的
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is what happens to these emergent properties
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是這些突現性質會怎麼辦
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when we kick the system?
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在我們系統改變的時候
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When something changes, what
happens to those properties?
happens to those properties?
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當情況改變了那些性質會怎麼辦？
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And there's lots of different ways to kick the system.
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有很多方法會讓系統改變
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There are wobbles in the Earth's orbit
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地球的軌道
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over hundreds of thousands of years
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在過去數萬年的擺動
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that change the climate.
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會改變氣候
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There are changes in the solar cycles,
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太陽週期的改變
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every 11 years and longer, that change the climate.
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每 11 年或更長的時間
也會改變氣候
也會改變氣候
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Big volcanoes go off and change the climate.
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大的火山爆發會改變氣候
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Changes in biomass burning, in smoke,
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生質燃燒的改變，煙霧
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in aerosol particles, all of those things
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氣膠粒子，這些東西
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change the climate.
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都會改變氣候
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The ozone hole changed the climate.
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臭氧洞會改變氣候
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Deforestation changes the climate
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森林除伐會改變氣候
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by changing the surface properties
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因為這改變了地表性質
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and how water is evaporated
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也改變水分如何蒸發
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and moved around in the system.
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並在系統內移動
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Contrails change the climate
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凝結尾會改變氣候
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by creating clouds where there were none before,
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因為會在以前無雲的地方產生雲
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and of course greenhouse gases change the system.
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當然溫室氣體也會改變系統
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Each of these different kicks
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這些不同的改變因素
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provides us with a target
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提供我們一個目標
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to evaluate whether we understand
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以評估我們是否瞭解
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something about this system.
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這個系統
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So we can go to look at
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所以我們可以去看
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what model skill is.
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模式預測技巧是什麼
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Now I use the word "skill" advisedly:
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那我非常審慎的用「技巧」這個字
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Models are not right or wrong; they're always wrong.
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模式沒有對錯；它們永遠是錯的
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They're always approximations.
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它們永遠是近似值
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The question you have to ask
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你該問的問題是
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is whether a model tells you more information
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模式能否告訴你更多的資訊
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than you would have had otherwise.
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比你沒用模式時所得的還多
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If it does, it's skillful.
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如果是，那它就是技巧很好
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This is the impact of the ozone hole
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這是臭氧洞
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on sea level pressure, so
low pressure, high pressures,
low pressure, high pressures,
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對海平面氣壓的影響
所以低氣壓高氣壓
所以低氣壓高氣壓
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around the southern oceans, around Antarctica.
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在南冰洋四周，在南極洲四周
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This is observed data.
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這是觀測數據
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This is modeled data.
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這是模式推測出的數據
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There's a good match
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這兩者匹配度很高
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because we understand the physics
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因為我們瞭解
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that controls the temperatures in the stratosphere
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控制平流層溫度的物理
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and what that does to the winds
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及其對
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around the southern oceans.
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南冰洋四周的風的作用
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We can look at other examples.
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我們還可以看看其他例子
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The eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991
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1991 年皮納土波火山爆發
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put an enormous amount of aerosols, small particles,
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將大量的氣膠，微粒
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into the stratosphere.
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噴入平流層中
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That changed the radiation
balance of the whole planet.
balance of the whole planet.
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那件事改變了整個地球的輻射平衡
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There was less energy coming
in than there was before,
in than there was before,
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與之前相比，較少的能量進入地球
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so that cooled the planet,
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導致地球變冷
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and those red lines and those green lines,
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而那些紅線及那些綠線
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those are the differences between what we expected
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那些是我們所預期
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and what actually happened.
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及實際狀況的差別
07:32
The models are skillful,
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這些模式很有技巧
07:34
not just in the global mean,
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不僅在全球平均上很準確
07:36
but also in the regional patterns.
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在區域形態上也如此
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I could go through a dozen more examples:
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我還可以講上打的例子：
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the skill associated with solar cycles,
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與太陽週期
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changing the ozone in the stratosphere;
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平流層臭氧變化相關的預測技巧
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the skill associated with orbital changes
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over 6,000 years.
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We can look at that too, and the models are skillful.
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我們也可以看那個
而模式的技巧也很好
而模式的技巧也很好
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The models are skillful in response to the ice sheets
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對二萬年前的冰層
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20,000 years ago.
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這些模式的技巧也很好
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The models are skillful
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這些模式在過去幾十年
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when it comes to the 20th-century trends
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over the decades.
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其技巧很好
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Models are successful at modeling
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模式很成功地
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lake outbursts into the North Atlantic
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將八千年前北極冰湖潰決
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8,000 years ago.
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模式化
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And we can get a good match to the data.
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我們在數據上的匹配度很高
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Each of these different targets,
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每一個不同的目標
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each of these different evaluations,
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每一個不同的評估
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leads us to add more scope
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都導致我們加大範圍
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to these models,
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到這些模式中
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and leads us to more and more
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導致日益加增的
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complex situations that we can ask
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複雜情況，使我們不禁要問
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more and more interesting questions,
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更多有意思的問題
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like, how does dust from the Sahara,
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像是撒哈拉塵
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that you can see in the orange,
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也就是這些橘色的東西
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interact with tropical cyclones in the Atlantic?
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與大西洋的熱帶颶風如何交互作用？
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How do organic aerosols from biomass burning,
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生質燃燒所產生的有機氣膠
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which you can see in the red dots,
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也就是這些紅點
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intersect with clouds and rainfall patterns?
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與雲及雨型如何交互作用？
這些汙染，就是你看到
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How does pollution, which you can see
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in the white wisps of sulfate pollution in Europe,
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在歐洲上方，一縷縷的白色硫酸
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how does that affect the
temperatures at the surface
temperatures at the surface
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這些如何影響地面溫度
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and the sunlight that you get at the surface?
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以及你在地表上得到的太陽光量？
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We can look at this across the world.
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我們可以看看世界各地的狀況
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We can look at the pollution from China.
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我們可以看從中國來的汙染
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We can look at the impacts of storms
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我們可以看暴風
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on sea salt particles in the atmosphere.
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對大氣層內海鹽粒子的影響
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We can see the combination
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我們可以看
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of all of these different things
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這些同時發生的
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happening all at once,
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不同東西的組合
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and we can ask much more interesting questions.
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我們可以問更有意思的問題
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How do air pollution and climate coexist?
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空氣汙染與氣候如何共存？
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Can we change things
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我們是否能改變
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that affect air pollution and
climate at the same time?
climate at the same time?
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對空氣汙染及氣候
同時產生影響的事物？
同時產生影響的事物？
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The answer is yes.
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答案是肯定的
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So this is a history of the 20th century.
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這是二十世紀的歷史
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The first one is the model.
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第一個是模式
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The weather is a little bit different
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天氣與實際狀況
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to what actually happened.
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有一點不同
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The second one are the observations.
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第二個是觀察
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And we're going through the 1930s.
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我們來看 1930 年代的情況
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There's variability, there are things going on,
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總是有變數，總是有狀況發生
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but it's all kind of in the noise.
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但是都有點像是雜音
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As you get towards the 1970s,
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然後時間接近 1970 年代
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things are going to start to change.
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事情開始有了變化
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They're going to start to look more similar,
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它們開始看起來愈來愈接近
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and by the time you get to the 2000s,
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而到了 2000 年代
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you're already seeing the
patterns of global warming,
patterns of global warming,
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你已經可以看到全球暖化的型態
10:05
both in the observations and in the model.
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觀察及模式預測兩者皆是
10:08
We know what happened over the 20th century.
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我們知道二十世紀發生了什麼
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Right? We know that it's gotten warmer.
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對吧？我們知道一定會更熱
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We know where it's gotten warmer.
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我們還知道哪裡一定會更熱
10:13
And if you ask the models why did that happen,
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如果你問模式為什麼這種情形會發生
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and you say, okay, well, yes,
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然後你說，對，嗯，沒錯
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basically it's because of the carbon dioxide
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基本上就是因為二氧化碳
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we put into the atmosphere.
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我們把它排放到大氣層
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We have a very good match
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我們的匹配度
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up until the present day.
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到今天為止都很高
10:26
But there's one key reason why we look at models,
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但我們為什麼要看模式
有個關鍵的理由
有個關鍵的理由
10:30
and that's because of this phrase here.
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而那就是因為這句話
10:32
Because if we had observations of the future,
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因為「假設我們能直接觀察未來，
10:35
we obviously would trust them more than models,
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與其相信模式，
我們顯然會更相信觀察數據。
我們顯然會更相信觀察數據。
10:38
But unfortunately,
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但不幸的是…
10:40
observations of the future
are not available at this time.
are not available at this time.
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…對未來的觀察目前行不通。」
10:45
So when we go out into the
future, there's a difference.
future, there's a difference.
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所以當我們預測未來
就會產生差異
就會產生差異
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The future is unknown, the future is uncertain,
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未來是未知的；未來是不確定的
10:51
and there are choices.
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但我們有選擇
10:53
Here are the choices that we have.
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以下是我們的選擇
10:55
We can do some work to mitigate
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我們能做點什麼以減少
10:57
the emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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二氧化碳排放入大氣層
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That's the top one.
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這是最重要的
11:02
We can do more work
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我們還能做更多
11:04
to really bring it down
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以真正減少排放量
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so that by the end of the century,
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所以到了本世紀末
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it's not much more than there is now.
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排放量不會比現在更多
11:11
Or we can just leave it to fate
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或者我們就看天命
11:14
and continue on
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並繼續著
11:16
with a business-as-usual type of attitude.
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一切如常的態度
11:20
The differences between these choices
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這兩種選擇的差異
11:23
can't be answered by looking at models.
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看模式是回答不了的
11:28
There's a great phrase
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有句名言
11:29
that Sherwood Rowland,
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是弗蘭克‧羅蘭說的
11:31
who won the Nobel Prize for the chemistry
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他是諾貝爾化學獎得主
11:35
that led to ozone depletion,
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他的研究發現了臭氧耗竭
11:37
when he was accepting his Nobel Prize,
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他在領取他的諾貝爾獎時
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he asked this question:
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他問了這個問題
11:41
"What is the use of having developed a science
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「這到底有甚麼用呢？
某項科學發展的很好，
某項科學發展的很好，
11:43
well enough to make predictions if, in the end,
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好到能做出預測，但最後
11:47
all we're willing to do is stand around
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我們只願意袖手旁觀，
11:50
and wait for them to come true?"
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冷眼看著它們成真？」
11:52
The models are skillful,
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模式的預測技巧很好
11:55
but what we do with the
information from those models
information from those models
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但我們要怎麼使用
模式預測出來的數據
模式預測出來的數據
11:58
is totally up to you.
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就全看你們了
12:00
Thank you.
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謝謝
12:02
(Applause)
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