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2020年:危机之年,气候变化之年
The Year in Climate

来源:纽约时报    2020-12-18 04:42



         2020 was a crisis year: a pandemic, economic turmoil, social upheaval. And running through it all, climate change. Here’s some of the best reporting from The Times’s Climate Desk.
        DISASTERS
        At the turn of the new year, huge wildfires were burning the coast of Australia, which had just marked its hottest, driest year on record.
        Here’s Where Australia’s Destructive Wildfires Are Burning Jan. 13
        Half a world away, California recorded its own worst fire season this fall, driven in part by hot, dry conditions. Huge infernos scorched the landscape, devastating magnificent trees and wreaking havoc in the lives of millions of Americans.
        They Are Among the Oldest Living Things In the World. Can We Protect Them? Dec. 10
        Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In. The Next Moves Will Be Crucial. Sept. 22
        In Oregon, a New Climate Menace: Fires Raging Where They Don’t Usually Burn Sept. 17
        How California Became Ground Zero for Climate Disasters Sept. 20
        In South America, a quarter of the world’s largest wetland was also consumed by flames.
        The World’s Largest Tropical Wetland Has Become an Inferno Oct. 13
        Meanwhile, as fires raged, polar ice melted, temperatures soared and a record number of storms formed and made landfall in the United States — the most ever in one year.
        Temperatures at a Florida-Size Glacier in Antarctica Alarm Scientists Jan. 29
        Shift to a Not-So-Frozen North Is Well Underway, Scientists Warn Dec. 8
        In a Relentless Storm Season, Hurricane Laura Triggered Toxic Fires Aug. 28
        INEQUALITY
        The impacts of climate change are not equally felt throughout the world — not within one country or even in a single city.
        Here's What Extreme Heat Looks Like: Profoundly Unequal Aug. 7
        How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering Aug. 24
        A Crisis Right Now: San Francisco and Manila Face Rising Seas Feb. 13
        A Quarter of Bangladesh Is Flooded. Millions Have Lost Everything. July 30
        CORONAVIRUS
        The pandemic, in many ways, echoed the threat of climate change: It was global in scale, hit the vulnerable hardest and required collective action to avert the worst. But it moved more swiftly.
        In the Shadows of America’s Smokestacks, Virus Is One More Deadly Risk May 19
        Heat, Smoke and Covid Are Battering the Workers Who Feed America Sept. 4
        Trump’s Response to Virus Reflects a Long Disregard for Science Oct. 7
        The virus also drove down emissions, but not in the way anyone would have wanted.
        Watch the Footprint of Coronavirus Spread Across Countries March 17
        BIG BUSINESS
        As the pandemic surged and the planet warmed, the oil and gas industry faced a crisis of its own.
        Big Oil Is in Trouble. Its Plan: Flood Africa With Plastic Aug. 30
        Fracking Firms Fail, Rewarding Executives and Raising Climate Fears Oct. 13
        How One Firm Drove Influence Campaigns Nationwide for Big Oil Nov. 11
        Real estate felt the first gusts of its own coming storm as banks grew increasingly concerned about climate threats to the housing market.
        Rising Seas Threaten an American Institution: The 30-Year Mortgage June 24
        New Data Reveals Hidden Flood Risk Across America June 29
        Some industries, like beef, grappled with their climate footprints and their futures, too.
        Belching Cows and Endless Feedlots: Fixing Cattle’s Climate Issues Oct. 21
        THE POLITICS
        President Trump’s administration continued to reverse and revise environmental protections, even on the way out of office.
        What Will Trump’s Most Profound Legacy Be? Possibly Climate Damage Dec. 3
        The Trump Administration Is Reversing More Than 100 Environmental Rules. Here’s the Full List. Nov. 10
        Trump Removes Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands July 6
        Trump Administration Finalizes Plan to Open Arctic Refuge to Drilling Dec. 3
        U.S. to Announce Rollback of Auto Pollution Rules, a Key Effort to Fight Climate Change March 31
        Trump’s Move Against Landmark Environmental Law Caps a Relentless Agenda Jan. 13
        Joseph R. Biden Jr. ran on the opposite promise: to refocus on climate change and environmental justice. Now that he’s won, what can he accomplish?
        Biden Pledges Ambitious Climate Action. Here’s What He Could Actually Do. Dec. 3
        AND ICYMI
        The year wasn’t all news. We produced explainers and guides covering everything from your personal climate choices to how states make electricity.
        Think You’re Making Good Climate Choices? Take This Mini-Quiz Aug. 30
        A crash course on climate change, 50 years after the first Earth Day April 20
        How Does Your State Make Electricity? Oct. 28
        Why ‘Biodegradable’ Isn’t What You Think Oct. 1
        The Year You Finally Read a Book About Climate Change April 19
        A big thanks to all our readers.
        
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