Adding huge quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is set to cause the Earth’s forests to wither and die rather than flourish, according to a new study that counters erroneous claims that fossil fuel pollution will green the planet.(大量排放二氧化碳将导致森林枯萎而非繁茂，新研究反驳了错误说法。)
一项新研究指出，向大气中大量添加二氧化碳将导致地球森林枯萎死亡，而非繁茂生长。该研究反驳了化石燃料污染将使地球变绿的错误说法。
An analysis of fossilized leaf cells from a period known as the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (or PETM), which occurred about 56m years ago, has helped reconstruct how the world’s forests responded when planet-heating gases were previously being released at a rapid rate.(对化石叶片细胞的分析帮助重建了森林对快速碳排放的响应。)
对古新世-始新世极热事件（PETM）时期（约5600万年前）化石叶片细胞的分析，帮助重建了当时温室气体快速释放时全球森林的响应。
The current galloping pace of carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels is unmatched in historic and prehistoric records but the PETM, when huge amounts of carbon were released over a 130,000-year period and the world heated up by as much as 8C (14F), is the closest comparison.(当前碳排放速度空前，但PETM是最接近的类比。)
当前化石燃料燃烧导致的碳排放速度之快，在历史和史前记录中均无先例，但PETM事件（在13万年间释放了大量碳，全球升温高达8摄氏度）是最接近的类比。