哪些地區對氣候最敏感？一張地圖全明白

A map showing which areas of the globe are likely to see the most dramatic effects of climate change has been produced by an international team of scientists using a new metric called the Vegetation Sensitivity Index. Based on satellite imagery data collected between 2000 and 2013, the index measures three different factors: air temperature, water availability, and degree of cloud cover.
國際科學家小組使用新的度量——植被敏感指數，繪製出一幅地圖，顯示了全球範圍內可能遭受氣候變化影響最劇烈的地區。這一指數以2000年到2013年之間收集的衛星圖像數據爲依據，測量了三種不同的因素：氣溫，水資源可利用量和雲層覆蓋度。

"This kind of information can be really useful for national-scale ecosystem assessments... Even more interesting is that as satellite measurements continue and so as the datasets get longer, we will be able to recalculate our metric over longer time periods."
“這類信息對國家生態系統評估是非常有幫助的…更爲有趣的是，隨着衛星監測活動不斷繼續，收集的數據信息也更多，我們將能夠在更長的時間內重新審視我們的度量標準。

Areas shown in green on the map have a lower sensitivity to climate change – that means they're better able to adapt to variations in temperature, water availability and cloud cover.
地圖上綠色的區域對氣候變化的敏感性低，這意味着它們能夠更好地適應溫度、水資源可利用量和雲層覆蓋度的變化。

The researchers will continue to develop the map in the future, getting a better idea of the long-term effects of climate change on different parts of the world.
研究人員未來將繼續繪製這樣的地圖，以更好地瞭解氣候變化對世界各地區的長期影響。