NASA磁帶記錄表明 人類活動導致了月球變暖

A new report from a team of researchers at Texas Tech suggests humans may have inadvertently given the moon a fever because we were a little too messy during our Apollo visits.

德克薩斯理工大學的研究人員在一份新報告中指出，人類可能在無意之中讓月球的溫度升高了，因爲我們在阿波羅任務期間造成了些小混亂。

NASA conducted a heat monitoring experiment on landing sites 15 and 17 between 1971 and 1972. During that time, it noted the temperature of the area increased by four degrees Fahrenheit. The mystery has bugged lunar observers for decades.

在1971-1972年間，NASA在登月着陸點進行了15-17次熱監測實驗。在這段時間裏，NASA注意到該地區的溫度上升了4華氏度。幾十年來，這個謎團一直在困擾着月球觀察者。

In order to solve the puzzle, the researchers, led by Seiichi Nagihara, searched for several lost NASA tapes that recorded three years' worth of temperature readings. After eight years, they managed to find them.

爲了解開這個謎團，永原誠帶領的研究團隊開始尋找幾盒NASA遺失的磁帶，該磁帶記錄了三年的溫度讀數。好消息是，他們終於在八年後找到了。

The team have now recorded their findings in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.

現在，該團隊已在《地球物理研究：行星》期刊上發表了他們的發現。

According to the researchers, astronauts who walked on the moon may have shifted too large an amount of dust from the surface. This revealed a layer of darker, heat-absorbing soil which otherwise wouldn't have been exposed to solar rays.

研究人員指出，宇航員在月球上行走的時候，或許帶動了太多的塵土。否則一層較暗的、容易吸收熱量的土壤，就不會被掀開並暴露在太陽光線下。

So it turns out the temperature spike on the moon may have been caused by us. Yikes.

所以，結果就是，月球的溫度上升可能是由於我們人類引起的。哎呀！