随着夏季气温升高，绿色的景观正变成易燃的火药桶，科学家们正争分夺秒地研究火灾的行为模式。
Scientists are racing to understand how fires behave as hotter summers turn green landscapes into tinderboxes From the scorched heathlands of the New Forest to the smouldering valleys of south Wales and burned-out homes in Stourbridge, an extraordinary summer of wildfires has left its mark across Britain.
从新森林被烧焦的荒原，到南威尔士阴燃的山谷，再到斯托尔布里奇被烧毁的房屋，这个非同寻常的野火夏季在英国各地留下了深刻的印记。
Scientists are racing to understand how fires behave as hotter summers turn green landscapes into tinderboxes From the scorched heathlands of the New Forest to the smouldering valleys of south Wales and burned-out homes in Stourbridge, an extraordinary summer of wildfires has left its mark across Britain.
对我们大多数人来说，这些焦土可能看起来纯粹是毁灭性的，但对于受过专业训练的野火调查员而言，其中充满了线索。
To most of us, these charred landscapes may look like pure devastation, but to a trained wildfire investigator they are full of clues. Heat-scorched leaves can become frozen in position, preserving evidence of the wind direction as the fire passed through. Soot or staining on rocks, the pattern of fallen grass and bracken, and even how those stems have burned, provide further information about how the fire itself moved.
被高温灼烧的树叶可能凝固在原来的位置，保留了火灾经过时的风向证据。
To most of us, these charred landscapes may look like pure devastation, but to a trained wildfire investigator they are full of clues. Heat-scorched leaves can become frozen in position, preserving evidence of the wind direction as the fire passed through. Soot or staining on rocks, the pattern of fallen grass and bracken, and even how those stems have burned, provide further information about how the fire itself moved.
岩石上的烟灰或污渍、倒伏的草和蕨类植物的图案，甚至这些茎秆的燃烧方式，都提供了关于火灾本身如何蔓延的更多信息。
To most of us, these charred landscapes may look like pure devastation, but to a trained wildfire investigator they are full of clues. Heat-scorched leaves can become frozen in position, preserving evidence of the wind direction as the fire passed through. Soot or staining on rocks, the pattern of fallen grass and bracken, and even how those stems have burned, provide further information about how the fire itself moved.