Name: 是什麼讓德里的空氣如此致命 (What makes Delhi's air so deadly)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T08:34:17.000Z
Duration: 5 min 41 s

這是印度一個靠近德里的高速公路

程度副詞

drivers couldn't see where they were going.

as drivers kept crashing into the pileup.

when Delhi experiences a huge spike in air pollution.

當德里的空氣污染劇烈增加時。

「我們是在德里呼吸有害物質嗎？」

“...every two minutes one person dies due to air pollution in this country.”

「這個國家，每兩分鐘就有一人死於空氣污染...」

" I have to go to the hospital or the doctor now."

「我現在必須去醫院或者看醫生。」

When it hits, the nearly 30 million people

每當空污襲擊時，將近 3000 萬人

here are forced to live in a toxic cloud.

Scientists estimate that spending a day outside

科學家估算，這種情況下在外頭待上一天

in these conditions is like smoking 50 cigarettes.

“As a lung surgeon, when I open the chest

「作為一名肺部外科醫生，每次劃開胸腔時，

I rarely see a normal pink lung these days.”

我很少能看到一個正常的粉紅色肺臟。」

On the ground, a layer of dust covers the entire city,

地面上，一層灰覆蓋了整座城市，

and, in the air, a thick layer of pollution hides landmarks

空氣中，一層厚厚的污染物覆蓋了

that are easy to see the rest of the year.

Delhi has always been a big, busy, polluted city.

德里一直是一座忙碌、污染嚴重的大城市。

But in the last decade something is making

Today it's the second-largest city in the world

越多的人意味著有越來越多的車，

As Delhi grows, there's also more construction,

隨著德里的發展，有更多的建築物

And more industries, contaminating the environment.

All these things make  the average air quality in Delhi

這些因素使得德里整年的平均空氣品質

But something else is happening right here,

to measure the levels that we achieve.”

The smog is so bad , you can see it from space.

霧霾嚴重到你可以從外太空看到它。

They're a key region for the country's agriculture.

and that requires large amounts of water.

In the 2000s, rice farming here took off,

2000 年開始，稻米種植開始蓬勃發展，

and farmers in the area started using so much water,

這區域的農夫開始灌溉大量的水，

that the region's groundwater started running low.

導致這區域的地下水位開始下降。

So, to save water, authorities passed a new act in 2009.

為了節約用水，當局於 2009 年通過了一項新的法案。

在六月中旬之前禁止種植稻米。

when rains come to replenish the groundwater.

That pushes rice harvesting later into the year,

這將水稻的採收期推遲至晚些時候，

而也意味著農夫為下一季作物整理稻田

to get their fields ready for their next crop.

所以，為了更快速的整理田地，

There are two reasons why smoke in this region

這地區的煙霧加劇了德里的空氣污染。

The Himalayan mountains act like a kind of barrier,

rushes down from the Himalayas towards Delhi,

arriving beneath a layer of warm lowland air

that creates a kind of dome over the city.

The warm air keeps pollution trapped on the ground

暖空氣使得污染物困於地面上，

So when the stubble fire smoke arrives in Delhi,

forming a toxic smog that sits on top of the city.

於城市上空形成了有毒的煙霧。

the most hazardous air pollution of almost anywhere.

你就擁有了幾乎是世界上最危險的空氣污染。

In November of 2019, India's Supreme Court

2019 年的 11 月， 印度最高法院判決

ruled that states in the North had to stop farmers

仍在旁遮普邦及哈里亞納邦持續著。

to stop crop burning in neighboring states.

city officials change the things they can control:

城市的官員們決定改變他們可以掌控的事情：