纪录片《全球怪象》 第3期：飓风追逐者

（单词翻译）

The hurricane chasers produce mountains of data from every flight.

飓风追逐者每次飞行 都会收集海量的数据

And one of the things they've discovered

而他们的一项发现是

is that hurricanes pulse at night.

飓风晚上会发生脉冲

More significantly¹,

更值得注意的是

they've also recorded an increase

他们同时记录下

in the number of category five storms,

五级风暴数量在增长

the most extreme and powerful hurricanes.

它们是最极端最强劲的飓风

If you look at the history,

如果看看历史

we've seen many category fives over the years.

会看到最近几年有许多五级风暴

We certainly have better tracking capabilities² right now.

我们现在确实有更好的监测能力

So we can actually see

所以我们可以观测到

category fives maybe happening in the middle of the ocean

海洋中心发生的五级风暴

that we would have missed hundreds and say 50 years ago.

在一百或五十年前 我们可能会错过

So certainly there have been more major hurricanes in recent years

最近几年里肯定有更多大型飓风

and we're trying to understand exactly

我们设法去了解

why that's happening,

其发生的原因

but we have to keep an eye on those.

我们必须得密切关注那些飓风

Because those are the storms that can cause all the damage.

因为那些飓风能造成巨大的破坏

So, Jason and his fellow hurricane chasers

杰森和他的飓风追逐同伴

are recording³ more category five storms.

记录了越来越多的五级风暴

And this is a development

科学家开始

that scientists are really starting to grapple with.

极力应对这一变化