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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.
德克萨斯理工大学的研究人员在一份新报告中指出，人类可能在无意之中让月球的温度升高了，因为我们在阿波罗任务期间造成了些小混乱。
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年间，NASA在登月着陆点进行了15-17次热监测实验。在这段时间里，NASA注意到该地区的温度上升了4华氏度。几十年来，这个谜团一直在困扰着月球观察者。
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.
为了解开这个谜团，永原诚带领的研究团队开始寻找几盒NASA遗失的磁带，该磁带记录了三年的温度读数。好消息是，他们终于在八年后找到了。
The team have now recorded their findings in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.
现在，该团队已在《地球物理研究：行星》期刊上发表了他们的发现。
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.
研究人员指出，宇航员在月球上行走的时候，或许带动了太多的尘土。否则一层较暗的、容易吸收热量的土壤，就不会被掀开并暴露在太阳光线下。
So it turns out the temperature spike on the moon may have been caused by us. Yikes.
所以，结果就是，月球的温度上升可能是由于我们人类引起的。哎呀！
