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第2450期:Weather Experts: We Cannot Control Hurricanes
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A series of powerful hurricanes have affected millions of people in the United States in recent weeks.
最近几周,一系列强大的飓风影响了美国数百万人。
Some people are wondering if scientists could control extreme weather events. However, experts say hurricanes are far too powerful for humans to control.
有些人想知道科学家是否可以控制极端天气事件。然而,专家表示,飓风的威力太强大,人类无法控制。
Climate change is leading to increasingly powerful storms. This has led to greater attention on the possibilities of geoengineering.
气候变化正在导致越来越强大的风暴。这引起了人们对地球工程可能性的更多关注。
Geoengineering involves futuristic ideas for reversing or lessening climate change. But many scientists have serious concerns about unwanted results.
地球工程涉及扭转或减轻气候变化的未来主义想法。但许多科学家对意外结果深表担忧。
Hurricanes are an example of the uncontrollable, disordered power of Earth's weather. Experts say there is no clear evidence from research to show humans might be able to control such strong storms.
飓风是地球天气无法控制、无序的力量的一个例子。专家表示,研究中没有明确的证据表明人类可能能够控制如此强烈的风暴。
Kristen Corbosiero is a professor of atmospheric and environmental sciences at the University at Albany. Corbosiero is a weather expert, or meteorologist. She said: "If meteorologists could stop hurricanes, we would stop hurricanes. If we could control the weather, we would not want the kind of death and destruction that's happened."
克里斯汀·科博西罗 (Kristen Corbosiero) 是奥尔巴尼大学大气与环境科学教授。Corbosiero 是一位天气专家或气象学家。她说:“如果气象学家能够阻止飓风,我们也会阻止飓风。如果我们能够控制天气,我们就不会想要发生这样的死亡和破坏。
”National Hurricane Center tropical analysis chief Chris Landsea said that a fully developed hurricane release