Global warming threatens sun-basking lizards

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  • The impact of global warming on sun-basking lizards
  • Warmer temperatures in spring affect the reproduction of female lizards
  • Global warming leads to the decline of sun-basking lizards
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By using a model lizard, they measured the temperature that real lizards encountered in their environment throughout the year. They found that warmer temperatures in the spring meant that lizards had to spend more time in that season searching for shade instead of searching for food. Female lizards that cannot obtain enough food in the springtime are unable to reproduce, and the local population soon crashes. Global warming is thus apparently causing sun-basking lizards, animals that we would normally expect to welcome warmer weather, to vanish from the Earth.

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  • ydna
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ーーー拙訳ーーー ★直訳★ トカゲのモデルを使うことによって、彼らは、本物のトカゲが一年を通して、その環境の中で体験する気温を計測した。 春の(平均)より温かい気温とは、トカゲが、餌を探すかわりに、日陰を探すのに、その時期のより多くの時間を費やさす必要があるという意味になることを見つけた。 春の時期に、餌を十分に穫れなかった雌のトカゲは、繁殖ができない。そして、その地域のトカゲの数は、すぐに潰れて落ちる。 このように、たぶん、地球温暖化は、日光浴をするトカゲ(より温かい天気を歓迎すると、通例、私たちが思う動物)が地球から絶滅する原因となりつつあるらしい。 ★意訳★ トカゲのモデルを使って、彼らは、本物のトカゲたちが一年を通して、その生息環境の中で、遭遇する温度を計測した。 トカゲは、春の季節に平均気温以上の中では、餌の探索より、日陰の探索に奔走しなくてはならないことを、彼らは発見した。 春の時期に、餌を十分に穫れなかった雌のトカゲは、繁殖ができない。そして、その生息域の個体数は、すぐに激減する。 どうも、このように、地球温暖化は、日光浴をするトカゲ(より温かい天気を歓迎すると、通例思われる動物)を地球から絶滅させつつあるらしい。 ============== --- keys --- a model lizard = 「トカゲの模型」が基本の意味。ここでは、real lizards と対比するものとして使われているので、「偽物のトカゲ」でもいいかも。 encountered = 「偶然出くわす/(偶然)経験する」 the temperature that = that {関係代名詞] 目的格制限用法。 in their environment の their は、real lizards' の意味。 warmer temperatures in the springtime (than usual) = 文脈により「一年の内のより温かい気温」という意味もありますが、ここでは、「いつもの春より温かい気温」の意味。 warmer… the spring = that 節内の主語。 meant that… = 「that 節以下を意味する」 spend more time … searching… instead of searching… = 「~を探すかわりに、~を探すために、より多くの時間を費やす」。 that cannot obtained… = that は、[関係代名詞]主格。先行詞= female lizards the local population = 「その地域のトカゲ口(人口ではない)」が直訳。 … cannot… are…, … crashes. = 全て現在形=普遍の真理(習性)。crashes は、確定的未来とも考えられる。 crashes = 「壊れる/(突然)崩れる」 is causing = cause は、通例、進行形にはしない状態動詞。経過/進行中を強調。 is causing … to vanish… = cause O to do = 「Oに……させる/O が……する原因となる」 apparently = [副詞] = 「たぶん~らしい/どうも~らしい」 sun-basking lizards, animals that we would normally expect to welcome warmer weather, = sun-basking lizards と animals … weather が同格。 that = [関係代名詞] 目的格制限用法。 we would normally expect animals to welcome warmer weather の animals が先行詞となって前に出ている。 以上、少しでもお役に立てたでしょうか? ★ydna★

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  • ddeana
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回答No.2

(コンピューター)モデルトカゲを使い、彼らは実際のトカゲ類が生息環境下で1年を通して直面する気温を測定しました。 彼らは春の気温上昇によりトカゲ類が餌探しをする代わりに日陰を探す方により時間を費やすことを発見しました。 春先に十分な餌を得られないメスのトカゲは繁殖することができず、よって、そのような同種のトカゲ数はそう遠くないうちに激減します。 地球温暖化はこのように、通常温暖な気候を喜ぶ人間と同じような「日光浴トカゲ」ともいえる動物を作り出し、(結果として)地球上から(トカゲ類を)消滅させるように思われます。 という意味合いかと思います。 2010年のサイエンスで、UCサンタクルーズ校のバリーシネルヴォ博士とそのチームの研究発表に関する文章だと思われますので、最初のモデルトカゲとはコンピューターのトカゲとしました。トカゲは春が繁殖期なので、その時期の気温上昇が種の保存に大きな影響を与えるという発表は私も読みました。

NEKOTA1
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ありがとうございます 記事のほうも読んでみたいと思います^^

回答No.1

典型的なトカゲを用いて、本物のトカゲの皮が年を通して彼らの環境で遭遇した温度を、彼らは測りました。 食物を捜している代わりに、陰を捜しているその季節に、トカゲがより多くの時間を過ごさなければならないことを、春のより暖かい温度が意味すると、彼らはわかりました。 春に十分な食物を得ることができない女性のトカゲは繁殖することができません、そして、地元の住民はすぐに壊れます。 太陽暖まっているトカゲ(我々が通常より暖かい天気を歓迎すると思っている動物)が、地球温暖化はこのように明らかに、地球からいなくなる原因になっています。 以上です。

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ありがとうございました^^

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