Without trees to provide shade, buildings absorbed up to nine times more solar radiation during deadly summer heat waves.

没有树木遮荫，建筑物在致命的夏季热浪中吸收的太阳辐射比平时多了近 9 倍。

It absorbed radiation and converted much of it into neat little chemical packages that it could use to stay alive.

它吸收了辐射，并将其中的大部分转化成可以用来维持生命的巧妙的化学包裹。