She told VOA, We're seeing higher temperatures and increasing water stress in the area.

“我们看到北非地区气温升高以及水资源的压力越来越大。”

The international definition of water stress is 1,000 cubic metres of usable water per person per year.

国际上对于用水紧张的定义是每人每年可用水量低于一千立方米的水。

And 3.5 billion people live under conditions of water stress at least one month out of the year.

”35亿人一年中至少有一个月生活在水资源紧张的条件下。

It said, on average, " 10 percent of the global population lives in countries with high or critical water stress."

报告称，平均而言，“全球10%的人口生活在高度或严重缺水的国家。

And we can use that to quantify how much water stress there is.

我们可以用它来量化有多少水分压力。

Currently, nearly two billion people live in countries experiencing high water stress.

目前，近 20 亿人生活在缺水严重的国家。

JOHN CRYAN: We looked at how they responded to a mild water stress.

约翰·克莱恩：我们研究了它们如何应对轻微的缺水压力。

But globally, over two billion people, around a quarter of the world's population, live in water stressed countries, where access to water for drinking, cooking, and washing is not guaranteed.

但全球有超过20亿人（约占世界人口的四分之一）生活在缺水国家，这些国家无法保证获得饮用水、烹饪用水和洗涤用水。

The sound, which was similar to the noise of popcorn popping when " translated" into a frequency humans can hear, grew louder and louder during the five days of water stress.

将植物发出的声音 “转译” 为人类能听到的频率，会听到一种类似于爆米花爆裂的声音，而在缺水的五天里，爆裂声变得越来越大。