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【美文阅读】Ourworldin2050

尽管人类在改造大自然方面已取得了不少成绩，但是人类频繁的活动已使今日的地球失去了原有的艳丽姿色。

Whenscientistsscantheglobalhorizon，over－fishing，lossofspecieshabitat，watershortage，climatechange，andinvasive(侵害的)specieslooktobethebiggestthreatstotheearth.Whatwillourworldbelikein2050?

Populationdecreaseandincrease

Therearetwofeaturesinthegrowthofworldpopulation.First，theannualincreaseinpopulationin15Europeancountries，inthepastfewyears，hasbeenonly300,000.TheUnitedNationsestimatesthatby2050，thepopulationofEuropeancountrieswilldecreasefromthecurrent0.72billionto0.63billion.Second，thepopulationindevelopingcountriesisgrowingrapidly.Overthepast50years，therateofincreaseinpopulationhasbeenfastestintheleastdevelopedcountries.By2050，thepopulationofAfricaisexpectedtoreach1.8billion,0.9billionmorethanitscurrentpopulation.

Globalwarming

ArecentresearchreportindicatesthatitisquitepossiblethattheEarthstemperatureisrisingwellabovethepreviousestimate.Sucharesultwouldhavesevereconsequences(后果)．

AresearchteamfromtheUniversityofColoradousedsatellitedatatoestimatethattheicesheetwilllose

upto48cubicmilesby2050.IceshelvesintheAntarcticwillhavedecreasedbymorethan7,200squaremilesinthenextfourdecades.

Watershortage

Africasriversfacedramatic(戏剧性的)changethatwillleaveaquarterofthecontinentseverelyshortofwaterbythemiddleofthecentury.

“Inthoseareaswherethereisalreadyawatershortage，itsgoingtohaveadevastating(毁灭性的)effect，”thestudysays.“Ifyourenowwalking5kmtotheneareststreamtogetwater，by2050，itsgoingtomeanwalking30kmormovingyourwholehouseholdclosertothewatersource.”

Fourwheelsgood，fourwheelsbad

Thecarhastransformedthelivesofpeople，buttheplanetispayingtoohighaprice.Todaythereare620millionprivatecarsworldwide，tosaynothingofbuses，v