Drought in Africa, rising temperatures in equatorial waters, and flooding in Northeast Asia have bedeviled scientists, who see the past 15 years as departing considerably from normal weather patterns.
「近十五年來，世界天氣異常，出現許多前所未有的情況」，馮鵬年舉例說：「非洲大乾旱、蘇聯東海岸的洪水、中國大陸的松遼平原今年也出現洪水、格陵蘭冰山增多、赤道附近海水溫度卻上升… …」