（澳大利亚）墨尔本大学的地球学专家MikeSandiford教授说，这场大地震的来临不过是时间问题。
University of Melbourne Earth scientist Prof Mike Sandiford said it was only a matter of time before a major quake struck.
如果没有对地球科学的了解——关于风、风暴、气象学的知识，他们甚至不可能起步。
They wouldn't even have been able to get started without earth science understanding—knowledge about wind, storms, meteorology.
经典地质学从牛顿那里借用了一个决定性的前提——地球过程独立于任何天文环境。
Classical geology borrowed a decisive, if unspoken, premise from Newton—the independence of Earth's processes from any astronomical context.
对地球来说幸运的是，社会科学和行为经济学或许可以为我们做到这一点。
Fortunately for the earth, social science and behavioral economics may be able to do that for us.
对地球来说幸运的是，社会科学和行为经济学或许可以为我们做到这一点。
Fortunately for the planet, social science and behavioural economics may be able to do that for us.
这个实验不是一项地球工程学的试验，因为它不会对气候或天气产生任何影响。
The experiment is not a test of geoengineering since it will not have any effect on the climate or the weather.
他说，在弗吉尼亚州麦克林都高中的时候，一个很棒的地球科学老师鼓励了他学地理的兴趣，促使他获得了弗吉尼亚大学本科及博士学位。
In high school in McLean, Va., he said, a "fabulous" earth science teacher encouraged his interest in geology, which he pursued in undergraduate and doctoral degrees at the University of Virginia.
这个试验只是将自来水而非其它物质喷向空中，不会对气候或天气产生任何影响，所以它不算是一项地球工程学的试验。
The experiment will not spray anything other than tapwater into the air, so it is not a test of geoengineering, since it will not have any effect on the climate or the weather.
用月亮来观察地球重新建立了外星行星凌日的基本几何学原理，同时平衡了穿过整个大气层的影响。
Using the Moon to view Earth recreates the basic geometry of exoplanet searches, as well as averaging the effect across the entire atmosphere.
气象学主要研究地球大气，即大气活动如何决定地球的天气和气候。
Meteorology is the study of the atmosphere and how processes in the atmosphere determine Earth's weather and climate.
他装置了关于解剖学的书，关于水的书，他认为是是地球的血液。
He set out plans for books on anatomy, and on water, which he saw as the "blood" of the Earth.
除了地球工程学，我们没有任何技术能以任何方法快速地解决气候变化问题。
We don't have anything that can do anything [about] climate change fast except for geoengineering.
我们必须确保任何地球工程学的研究是在一个透明，责任和环境安全的方式。
We must ensure that any geoengineering research is conducted in a transparent, responsible and environmentally safe manner.
地震学是研究地震波如何在地球内部传播的科学。科学家通过地震学研究地球及自然灾难，地震仪是最有效的工具。
Scientists study the Earth and natural disasters through the science of seismology - how seismic waves move through the Earth - and seismometers are their most important tool.
地震学是研究地震波如何在地球内部传播的科学。科学家通过地震学研究地球及自然灾难，地震仪是最有效的工具。
Scientists study the Earth and natural disasters through the science of seismology –how seismic waves move through the Earth –and seismometers are their most important tool.
《地质学》和《地球科学评论》上的一项研究表明古代的河流是笔直宽阔的水面。
Studies in the journals Geology and Earth-Science Reviews reveal that ancient rivers were broad straight sheets of water.
这一自然现象促进了“地球工程学的兴起”，人们认为可以利用向大气层中注入大量二氧化硫的办法来防止全球变暖进程。
This natural effect has inspired the "geoengineering" idea that humans could arrest the progress of global warming by pumping a bunch of sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere.
地质学是最重要的地球科学。
我认为，地球工程学的研究—我强调长期的研究是必要的，可悲的是。
I've concluded that geoengineering research - and I emphasise the term research - is, sadly, necessary.
为了弥补地表PM2.5测量手段的缺失，环境学专家希望利用卫星来提供一个地球全景图。
To fill in these gaps in surface-based PM2.5 measurements, experts look toward satellites to provide a global perspective.
探索频道关于地球工程学的节目是自费制作的。
It was paid for by the Discovery Channel for their show on geoengineering.
长期以来，大多数环境保护者认为试图改变环境来满足人类需求的地球工程学是人类的过度自信。
Geoengineering, the deliberate modification of the environment to suit human needs, has long been regarded as the height of hubris by many people and most environmentalists.
地质学研究地球的物质组成、地球的结构及地球的形成过程。
Geology deals with the composition of Earth materials, Earth structures, and Earth processes.
SAI和海上云层发亮是两种可行的地球工程学方案。
SAI and Marine cloud-whitening are just two of many possible geoengineering projects.
目前我们一般用地球物理学、地质学和化学方法进行地震预测。
Several specific geophysical, geological, and chemical methods are presently used for earthquake prediction.
地质学的研究内容还涉及地球上的生物以及地球的变化。
It is also concerned with the organisms of the planet and how the planet has changed over time.
地质学的字面含义是“研究地球的科学”。
地质学的字面含义是“研究地球的科学”。
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