美国一项研究显示，全球气温上升可能会导致肾结石病例的增加，如果温室气体排放继续保持目前的速度，肾结石病例将增加2.2%至3.9%。
Climate change in the coming decades could lead to an increase in cases of kidney stones that would bring huge costs to healthcare systems, according to research by scientists in the United States.
美国科学家的研究显示，未来几十年内的气候变化可能导致肾结石病例增加，这将大大加重医疗系统负担。
A study, published this week in Scientific Reports, found that even if measures are put in place to reduce greenhouse gas emissionsincrease the risk of developing kidney stones.
费城儿童医院的一个研究小组此前进行的一项研究显示，高温和脱水会增加患肾结石的风险。
With this latest study, the scientists sought to project how climate change will impact the burden of kidney stone disease on healthcare systems in the future, reported The Independent newspaper.
据英国《独立报》报道，通过这项最新研究，科学家们试图预测未来气候变化将如何影响肾结石疾病给医疗系统造成的负担。
Kidney stone disease is caused by hard deposits of minerals that develop in concentrated urine and cause pain when passing through the urinary tractwere taken from studies made by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
在第一种情况下，到2100年时平均温度上升2.3摄氏度，而在第二种情况下平均温度上升3.6摄氏度。这些数据预测来自联合国政府间气候变化专门委员会的研究。
In comments with a news release, Gregory E Tasian, a urologist at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and senior author of the study, said: "While it is impossible to predict with certainty how future policies will slow or hasten greenhouse gas emissionand anthropogenic climate change, and to know exactly what future daily temperatures will be, our analysis suggests that a warming planet will likely cause an increased burden of kidney stone disease on healthcare systems.
费城儿童医院泌尿科医生、该研究论文的主要作者格雷戈里·塔西安在新闻发布会上表示：“虽然我们不可能确切预测未来政策将如何减缓或加速温室气体排放和人为气候变化，也不可能确切知道未来的每日气温，但我们的分析表明，全球变暖可能会增加肾结石病给医疗系统带来的负担。”
"With climate change, we don't often talk about the impact on human health, particularly when it comes to children, but a warming planet will have significant effects on human health.
“我们不经常谈论气候变化对人类健康的影响，特别是对儿童的影响，但全球变暖将对人类健康产生重大影响。”
"As paediatric researchers, we have a duty to explore the burden of climate change on human health, as the children of today will be living this reality in the future."
“作为儿科研究人员，我们有责任探索气候变化对人类健康的影响，因为今天的儿童在未来将生活在这个现实中。”
