2023年高考英语最新热点时文阅读：研究发现气候变化增加了跨物种病毒传播.docxVIP

2023年高考英语最新热点时文阅读：研究发现气候变化增加了跨物种病毒传播 A new study predicts that climate change will cause thousands of new viruses to spread among many kinds of animals by 2070. 一项新的研究预测，到2070年，气候变化将导致数千种新病毒在动物中传播。 The researchers say such spread will likely increase the risk of new diseases that pass from animals to humans. 研究人员说，这种传播可能会增加动物传染人类新疾病的风险。 The research covered about 3,000 kinds of mammals, animals including cats, bats, whales, and humans, to name a few. 这项研究涵盖了大约3000种哺乳动物，包括猫、蝙蝠、鲸鱼和人类，不一而足。 The scientists created a model to see how these species might migrate and share viruses in the next 50 years if the world warms by 2 degrees Celsius. 科学家们创建了一个模型，以观察在全球变暖2℃的情况下，会如何影响未来50年生物的迁徙以及病毒扩散。 Recent research has suggested that such a temperature rise is possible. 最近的研究表明，全球变暖可能性极大。 The team said the model predicted that cross-species virus spread will happen more than 4,000 times among mammals. 该团队表示，该模型预测，跨物种病毒在哺乳动物中传播的次数将超过4000次。 The researchers said not all viruses will spread to humans or lead to widespread pandemics like COVID-19. 研究人员说，并不是所有的病毒都会传播给人类，或者导致像新冠肺炎这样的大规模传染。 However, the study suggests that the high number of cross-species viruses will increase the risk of spread to humans. 然而，研究表明，巨量跨物种病毒将增加传染给人类的风险。 The findings recently appeared in the publication Nature. 最近这一研究发表在《自然》杂志上。 The study points to two major worldwide crises that could cause diseases to be passed from animals to humans – climate change and infectious disease spread. 该研究指出了可能导致疾病从动物传染给人类的两大全球危机——气候变化和传染病传播。 Past research has looked at how deforestation, the disappearance of species and the wildlife trade can lead to animal-human disease spread. 过去的研究关注了森林砍伐、物种消失和野生动物贸易如何导致动物——人类疾病传播。 But there has been less research on how climate change could influence this kind of disease spread, the researchers said. 但研究人员表示，关于气候变化如何影响这种疾病传播的研究较少。 We dont talk about climate a lot in the context of zoonoses, said study co-writer Colin Carlson, a professor of biology at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.