According to research by the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General, three-fourths of the Alps 'glaciers will have melted by 2050. New records for daily rainfall in Taiwan have been set one after another. Rainfall of 1000 millimeters in a single day is no longer a rarity.
歐洲環境局的研究更指出，二○五○年阿爾卑斯山的冰河將融化掉四分之三；再看看鄰近的日本、菲律賓，去年夏季颱風災難都創下歷史紀錄，台灣豪大雨紀錄也屢創新高，一天降下一千公厘已不再是奇聞。