They wouldn't even have been able to get started without earth science understanding—knowledge about wind, storms, meteorology.

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。

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Meteorology is a very practical science because everyone is concerned about the weather.

气象学是一门非常实用的科学，因为人人都关注天气。

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Some universities have Earth Science programs but most offer more specific training in programs such as geology, meteorology, oceanography or astronomy.

有些大学开设了地球科学专业，但多数大学开设的是分得更细的专业，比如地质学、气象学、海洋学和天文学。

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All the more so in the 1970s, when meteorology was a less exact science, bus-shelters ran no digitalised information, no one had mobile phones to explain what they were doing or where they were going or when they might be expected, and pre-Raphaelite hair, beards, flares, maxi-skirts and platform shoes turned any encounter with the elements (as any attempt to descend at speed from the upper deck) into serious drama, if not trauma.

ECONOMIST: Jack Scott and Reg Varney