REPORTER: The Empty Quarter desert, 250,000 square miles,stretching across the Arabian Peninsula,it's the world's largest sand desert.

空域沙漠，占地25万平方英里，横跨阿拉伯半岛，是世界上最大的沙漠。

At about 250,000 square miles, the Empty Quarter desert covers parts of Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and the United Arab Emirates.

空域沙漠面积约25万平方英里，覆盖了沙特阿拉伯，也门，阿曼和阿拉伯联合酋长国的部分地区。

I really wanted to know what's special about the Empty Quarter desert, what's happening in the atmosphere on the sand and the land.

我真的很想知道空域沙漠的特别之处，沙地和陆地上的大气中发生了什么。

Francis and Khalifa University are conducting what she says is first of its kind research in the region, to measure dust storms coming from the empty quarter.

弗朗西斯和哈利法大学正在进行她所说的该地区首次此类研究，来测量来自空旷地带的沙尘暴。

The British explorer Wilfred Thesiger crossed it in the mid-20th century and he said it was named Rub al-Khali or " Empty Quarter" because it's so enormous and so desolate.

英国探险家威尔弗雷德·赛西格在20世纪中叶曾穿越过它，据其称这片沙漠被他命名为" Rub al-Khali" 或“ Empty Quarter”，因为它是如此的巨大且荒凉。

According to the study, two factors were important for lake formation in the Empty Quarter: first the rains that fell there were torrential.

根据这项研究，有两个因素对空旷地区的湖泊形成很重要：首先，那里的降雨是倾盆大雨。

Mechanically he stood still; another passenger followed his example; in the neighbouring floors he saw people crowding to the windows; a conflagration could not have produced more disturbance in this empty quarter.

他机械地站着不动；另一名乘客效仿了他的榜样；在邻近的楼层，他看到人们涌向窗户。一场大火不可能在这个空旷的地方引起更多的骚动。

But there've been times in the past when monsoon rains soaked the Empty Quarter, and turned it from a desert into grassland that was dotted with lakes and home to various animals.

但在过去，季风降雨曾多次浸湿空地，将其从沙漠变成了湖泊星罗棋布的草原， 成为各种动物的家园。