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Washington State: 750 million years ago.
华盛顿州：7亿5000万年前
A force deep inside the planet rips the crust to pieces.
地球深处的一股力量撕裂地壳，
It's as though the world is breaking apart.
世界仿佛四分五裂，
And there's only one force powerful enough to do this, heat.
只有一种力量有这个本事，热。
It escapes from the Earth's molten core,
热从融化的地心溢出，
stretching and weakening the crust.
使得地壳伸展变弱。
Inch by inch, year by year, the great super-continent is splitting in two.
每年移动数公分，这的巨大的超大陆一分为二，
The intense geological activity spawns a mass of volcanoes.
剧烈地质活动制造大量火山，
They pump carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
火山向大气输送二氧化碳
The carbon dioxide mixes with water, and creates acid rain.
二氧化碳与水结合变成酸雨，
When the continent tore apart, many rocks were exposed.
大陆分裂时露出来的岩石数量极多，
These rocks absorb the acid rain, including its carbon dioxide.
岩石吸收酸雨，包括其中的二氧化碳。
Vast quantities of CO2 are absorbed out of the atmosphere.
大气中的二氧化碳被大量吸出。
Now, there's not enough carbon dioxide in the
大气没有足够的二氧化碳，
air to trap the sun's heat around the planet.
留住输送到地球的太阳热能。
