纪录片《全球怪象》 第8期：弱风暴

Part of this increase in hurricane power

八十年代至今

from the '80s to recent times,

飓风越来越强的一部分原因

is related¹ to sea surface temperature.

与海洋表面温度有关

The reason is that as the temperature goes up,

随着温度的上升

this thermal² disequilibrium

海洋与大气间的

between the ocean and atmosphere also goes up.

热力不平衡也随之加剧

It goes up at a rate that would increase the wind speed

按理说 温差每增加一摄氏度

of hurricanes maybe 7% for every one degree C.

飓风的风速就会上升7%

But we've seen a lot more

但我们观测到半摄氏度

than 7% for half a degree.

就造成了远超7%的效果

So we're trying to understand that.

我们想要找到原因

But he's not just interested in what's happened in the past.

他不仅对过去发生了什么感兴趣

He's trying to get a sense of what the future might be

他还想要知道如果海洋温度继续上升的话

if ocean temperatures continue to rise.

未来会是怎样的情况

If we look at the distribution³ of hurricanes

若要画一张当今气候条件下

in the present climate,

飓风的强度分布图

with weak storms over on this side

这边代表弱风暴

and strong storms over on this side,

那边代表强风暴

what we see is lots of weak events.

弱风暴占大多数

1 related   

adj.有关系的，有关联的，叙述的，讲述的

参考例句：

• I am not related to him in any way.我和他无任何关系。
• We spent days going through all related reference material.我们花了好多天功夫查阅所有有关的参考资料。

2 thermal   

adj.热的，由热造成的；保暖的

参考例句：

• They will build another thermal power station.他们要另外建一座热能发电站。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

3 distribution   

n.运送；分发，分配；分布，分布状态

参考例句：

• The conference discussed the fair distribution of income and wealth.会议讨论了公平分配收入和财富的问题。
• Unequal distribution of wealth may cause division in society.财富分配不均会引起社会分裂。