雙語:新研究稱太陽活動頻繁使地球變冷

According to the Telegraph on October 6, an increase in solar activity from the Sun actually cools the Earth, suggests a new research that will renew the debate over the science behind climate change. The research overturns traditional assumptions about the relationship between the Sun and global warming.
據英國《每日電訊報》10月6日報道：新研究表明，太陽活動趨於頻繁事實上讓地球變冷。這一研究將使關於氣候變化背後科學原理的辯論重新開始。這項研究顛覆了關於太陽與全球變暖之間關係的傳統假設。

The findings focused on a three-year snapshot of time between 2004 and 2007. As solar activity waned at the end of one of the Sun's 11-year cycles, the new data shows the amount of light and heat reaching the Earth rose rather than fell. Scientists also believe it may also be possible that during the next upturn of the cycle, when solar activity increases, there might be a cooling effect at the Earth's surface.
這項研究的時間範圍是2004年到2007年。太陽活動的週期是11年。新數據表明，在一個週期末期太陽活動趨弱時，抵達地球的光與熱的量增加而不是減少了。科學家們相信，在週期的下一個上升期，也就是在太陽活動趨於頻繁時，可能會對地球表面產生冷卻效應。

Over the past century, overall solar activity has been increasing and should therefore cool the Earth, yet global temperatures have increased.
就總體而言，太陽活動是在增強，因此，原本應該讓地球變冷，然而，全球氣溫卻升高了。

Professor Joanna Haigh, from Imperial College London, who led the study, said: "These results are challenging what we thought we knew about the Sun's effect on our climate. However, they only show us a snapshot of the Sun's activity and its behavior over the three years of our study could be an anomaly."
這項研究的帶頭人、帝國理工學院的喬安娜-黑格教授說：“這些研究成果對我們原本在太陽對全球氣候的影響方面的所知提出來質疑。然而，這些研究只是向我們展示了很短一段時間內的太陽活動情況，太陽在我們的研究所覆蓋的這3年內的活動可能是一種反常現象。”

"We need to carry out further studies to explore the Sun's activity and the patterns that we have uncovered on longer timescales." She said.
她說：“我們需要對太陽活動以及較長時期內的活動模式進行進一步研究。”