A catastrophic event is something that causes a huge amount of damage and suffering.

毁灭性的事件是会造成巨大损失和痛苦的事件。

They’re one of the survivors when we see these catastrophic events.

所以它们能够在灾难中幸存下来。

But such catastrophic events are not the only way coal ash gets into our waterways.

但是如此巨大的遭难性事件还并不是我们生活中遭受煤烟灰侵袭的唯一途径。

At the time, geologists just didn't think that large catastrophic events like this really happened.

当时，地质学家只是不认为像这样的大型灾难性事件真的发生了。

Next today we're returning to South East Africa where people in three countries are struggling after catastrophic weather events.

接下来我们将回到东南非，那里有三个国家的人民正在灾难性天气事件后苦苦挣扎。

This all points to some sort of catastrophic event that resurfaced the planet roughly half a billion years ago.

这一切都指向了大约5亿年前出现在地球上的某种灾难性事件。

Catastrophic events feel like very real threats, while we tend to forget about the small but chronic risks that become more likely over time.

毁灭性的事件感觉起来的确很有威胁性，但是我们通常会忘记一些微小但是长期存在的风险，这些风险发生的可能性随着时间的积累在变大。

This was really bizarre: when a star explodes, it's a catastrophic event that should destabilize any orbiting planets.

当一颗恒星爆炸时，这就是一个灾难性的事件，应该会使绕其公转运行的任何一个行星的轨道发生偏移。

Yeah. Catastrophic events feel like very real threats, while we tend to forget about the small but chronic risks that become more likely over time.

没错。我们觉得灾难事件是非常真实的威胁，然而却倾向于忘记那些随着时间可能性逐渐增长的细微、长期的威胁。

Yeah. Catastrophic events feel like very real threats, while we tend to forget about the small but chronic risks that become more likely over time.

是的。灾难性的事件感觉起来是非常真实的威胁，而我们往往会忘记那些随着时间的推移变得更有可能发生的，小而长期的风险。

It's taken a very catastrophic event like these large fires for people to actually realize, the situation, that our wildlife is in.

像这些大型火灾是极具灾难性的事件，人们会真正意识到野生动物所处的境况。

What will happen within Greece, and also its geopolitical orientation, if there is a catastrophic event of dramatic proportions that Grexit might be?

如果希腊退欧上演灾难性变故，希腊国内，其地缘政治取向会发生什么?

Already, this catastrophic event has ended  hundreds of thousands of lives.

这场灾难性事件已经结束了数十万人的生命。

Are there any other catastrophic events you want us to look into?

您是否希望我们调查任何其他灾难性事件？

These catastrophic events caused more than $1.5 trillion in economic losses.

这些灾难性事件造成了超过 1. 5 万亿美元的经济损失。

" But no one can predict a catastrophic event like drought, " he says.

“但是没有人能够预测像干旱这样的灾难性事件，”他说。

Public health and safety aren't the only things  in jeopardy after this catastrophic event.

在这场灾难性事件之后，公共健康和安全并不是唯一面临危险的事情。

Even if there isn't a catastrophic event, the land you rely on is producing less, and you were already on the edge of survival.

即使没有灾难性事件，你所仰赖的土地也会减产而你已经处在生存的边缘。

Back then, it seemed the drought that helped cause this catastrophic event was simply due to climate variability.

当时，造成这一灾难性事件的干旱似乎仅仅是由于气候变化造成的。

Whether it was due to some catastrophic event, a miscalculation, or merely a change of heart, was unclear.

目前还不清楚这是否是由于一些灾难性事件、误算，还是仅仅是因为改变了主意。