※ [本文轉錄自 nfsong 信箱] 作者: zonslan ( ) 看板: IA 標題: [新聞] Agency blocked hurricane report 時間: Wed Sep 27 23:45:36 2006 ※ [本文轉錄自 TY_Research 看板] 作者: zonslan ( ) 看板: TY_Research 標題: [新聞] Agency blocked hurricane report 時間: Wed Sep 27 22:52:28 2006 有點令人震驚的新聞 WASHINGTON - The Bush administration has blocked release of a report that suggests global warming is contributing to the frequency and strength of hurricanes, the journal Nature reported Tuesday. 週二出刊的Nature雜誌刊登了有關於布希政府阻擋有關全球暖化會導致颶風頻率和強度升 高的議題報導。 The possibility that warming conditions may cause storms to become stronger has generated debate among climate and weather experts, particularly in the wake of the Hurricane Katrina disaster 關於暖化的效應會導致風暴變強的議題，氣候和天氣專家已經爭論已久，尤其是在 Katrina颶風造成嚴重災情之後。 In the new case, Nature said weather experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ? part of the Commerce Department ? in February set up a seven-member panel to prepare a consensus report on the views of agency scientists about global warming and hurricanes. 在一個新的提案下，Nature表示，NOAA和貿易總署的天氣專家在今年二月創立七成員的專 家小組，預備對全球暖化和颶風的議題看法擬定共識。 According to Nature, a draft of the statement said that warming may be having an effect. 根據Nature的說法，報告草案表示暖化應該會有影響。 In May, when the report was expected to be released, panel chair Ants Leetmaa received an e-mail from a Commerce official saying the report needed to be made less technical and was not to be released, Nature reported. Nature表示，在五月，當報告預備被宣布時，小組主席Ants Leetmaa收到了一封來自官方 的e-mail，表示這報告最好少些學術性並且不要宣布。 NOAA spokesman Jordan St. John said he had no details of the report. NOAA發言人Jordan St. John說他不瞭解這份報告的詳情。 NOAA Administrator Conrad Lautenbacher is currently out of the country, but Nature quoted him as saying the report was merely an internal document and could not be released because the agency could not take an official position on the issue. NOAA官員Conrad Laitenbacher現在並不在國內，Nature引述他的話說，這份報告只是一個 內部文件而沒有公布，因為這議題並不能站在官方的立場。(譯按:這句翻的不確定) However, the journal said in its online report that the study was merely a discussion of the current state of hurricane science and did not contain any policy or position statements. 無論如何，期刊表示，在他們的線上報告中，這份研究只是一個對於現在颶風科學的討論 ，而沒有包含任何的政策或主張聲名。 The report drew a prompt response from Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (news, bio, voting record), D-N.J., who charged that "the administration has effectively declared war on science and truth to advance its anti-environment agenda ... the Bush administration continues to censor scientists who have documented the current impacts of global warming." 這份報告引起了Sen......的回應，他指控"政府當局已經實際上進一步反環境議程而公開 在科學和事實之間的戰爭。布希政府持續的去阻止對於全球暖化衝擊研究的科學家。 A series of studies over the past year or so have shown an increase in the power of hurricanes in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, a strengthening that many storm experts say is tied to rising sea-surface temperatures. 在這幾年一連串的研究顯示，在大西洋和太平洋上颶風強度正上升中，而風暴專家表示這 和海水溫度的上升有關。 Not all agree, however, with opponents arguing that many other factors affect storms, which can increase and decrease in cycles. 當然也不是全部同意，無論如何，仍有反對者指出有其他更多的因素可以影響著風暴強弱 循環。 The possibility of global warming affecting hurricanes is politically sensitive because the administration has resisted proposals to restrict release of gases that can cause warming conditions. 全球暖化可能影響颶風的議題會很有政治敏感性是因為政府當局已經阻擋了關於溫室氣體 排放的提案。 In February, a NASA political appointee who worked in the space agency's public relations department resigned after reportedly trying to restrict access to Jim Hansen, a NASA climate scientist who has been active in global warming research. 二月時，據說在一個NASA對於全球暖化頗有研究的氣候專家Jim Hansen被阻撓之後，一個 被政府任命，在NASA太空公關部門工作者就辭職了。 (p.s.翻譯的時在歷歷落落....囧) -- http://blog.webs-tv.net/weathertw 用天氣寫日記 --

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