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Global weirding is a phrase she helped popularise.
她幫助普及了"全球怪象"這一說法
One of the clues to the weirding of the West Texas weather
西德州古怪天氣成因的一個線索
lies right under her feet.
就藏在她腳下
What we got here's some West Texas dirt,
這是些西德州的泥土
and this is good dirt
很好的泥土
even though it's blowing away like sand,
盡管風吹起來就像沙子一樣
it's just very very dry.
那是因為太干了
Right now we're below 99%, below average right now -
現在比正常情況要干燥太多
so far below average we can't measure how dry it is.
比平均值低太多都無法測量有多干
As the soil becomes drier and drier,
隨著土地越來越干
the drought gets worse and worse.
干旱也越來越嚴重
And that gets amplified because there's no moisture left in the soil
由于土壤中沒有水分蒸發形成降雨
to evaporate into rain.
旱情惡性循環
But the weird thing about the weather in West Texas
但西德州氣候奇怪之處在于
is that the year before this record-breaking drought,
這場史無前例大旱出現的前一年
these bone-dry fields were awash in rain.
西德州干旱的大地曾被傾盆大雨浸透
So much rain that it broke all records.
當時降雨量之大同樣史無前例
