Heat killed a record 50,000 people in European cities this summer, new research suggests, with scientists blaming climate breakdown(气候崩溃) for two in every three(每三个中有两个) of the deaths.
新研究显示，今年夏天欧洲城市有5万人因高温死亡，创下纪录，科学家将其中三分之二的死亡归咎于气候崩溃。
Morgues and funeral homes filled with bodies from June to August as the heat added by planet-baking pollution(导致地球过热污染的) cut short(缩短，使提前结束) an extra 32,000 lives in urban areas, the researchers found. Hot days pushed vulnerable bodies into overdrive and warm nights prevented them from recovering.
研究人员发现，6月至8月，停尸房和殡仪馆堆满了遗体，因为导致地球过热的污染所增加的高温，使城市地区额外有3.2万人丧生。炎热的白天让脆弱的身体超负荷运转，而温暖的夜晚又使他们无法恢复。
The “staggering(惊人的)” death toll(死亡人数), modelled using historical relationships between heat and health in 854 cities, was the worst on record(有记录以来), the study found. Hot weather marked by relentless(持续不断的) heatwaves killed nearly twice as many people as it did in each of the two next most dangerous years.
研究发现，这一“惊人的”死亡人数是通过854个城市高温与健康的历史关系建模得出的，是有记录以来最严重的。以持续热浪为特征的炎热天气导致的死亡人数，几乎是第二和第三危险年份各自的两倍。