The brushfires raging in Australia have already killed an estimated one billion animals and might even cause some entire species to go extinct.
在澳大利亚肆虐的灌木丛大火已经杀死了大约10亿只动物，甚至可能导致一些整个物种灭绝。
Those deaths will no doubt affect the Australian ecosystem long after firefighters extinguish the last blaze — but the rotting corpses of 15 tons of feral pigs in Oklahoma might help it bounce back from the devastation.
在消防员扑灭最后一场大火很久之后，这些死亡事件无疑会影响澳大利亚的生态系统-但俄克拉荷马州15吨野猪的腐烂尸体可能会帮助它从灾难中恢复过来。
In the spring of 2019, researchers from Mississippi State University and the University of Florida set up an experiment to study the ecological consequences of a mass mortality event, which they’ve now detailed in an essay published by The Conversation.
2019年春季，密西西比州立大学(Mississippi State University)和佛罗里达大学(University Of Florida)的研究人员设立了一个实验，研究大规模死亡事件的生态后果，他们现在已经在“对话”(The Conversation)发表的一篇文章中详细阐述了这一点。
The researchers first collected data on the Oklahoman site of their outdoor experiment, sampling everything from its soil to its plant life.
研究人员首先在俄克拉荷马州的户外实验现场收集数据，对从土壤到植物生活的一切进行采样。
They then sourced 15 tons of feral pigs from professional trappers and set the animals out to rot on the land.
然后，他们从专业捕猎者那里采购了15吨野猪，并将这些动物放在陆地上腐烂。
