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The hurricane chasers produce mountains of data from every flight.
颶風追逐者每次飛行 都會收集海量的數據
And one of the things they've discovered
而他們的一項發現是
is that hurricanes pulse at night.
颶風晚上會發生脈沖
More significantly,
更值得注意的是
they've also recorded an increase
他們同時記錄下
in the number of category five storms,
五級風暴數量在增長
the most extreme and powerful hurricanes.
它們是最極端最強勁的颶風
If you look at the history,
如果看看歷史
we've seen many category fives over the years.
會看到最近幾年有許多五級風暴
We certainly have better tracking capabilities right now.
我們現在確實有更好的監測能力
So we can actually see
所以我們可以觀測到
category fives maybe happening in the middle of the ocean
海洋中心發生的五級風暴
that we would have missed hundreds and say 50 years ago.
在一百或五十年前 我們可能會錯過
So certainly there have been more major hurricanes in recent years
最近幾年里肯定有更多大型颶風
and we're trying to understand exactly
我們設法去了解
why that's happening,
其發生的原因
but we have to keep an eye on those.
我們必須得密切關注那些颶風
Because those are the storms that can cause all the damage.
因為那些颶風能造成巨大的破壞
So, Jason and his fellow hurricane chasers
杰森和他的颶風追逐同伴
are recording more category five storms.
記錄了越來越多的五級風暴
And this is a development
科學家開始
that scientists are really starting to grapple with.
極力應對這一變化
