This is, by far, the lowest snowpack on record.

到目前为止, 这是有记录以来最少积。

Officials planned to measure the Sierra Nevada snowpack on Wednesday.

官员们计划于周三测量内华达山脉积场。

Snowpack is its own type of reservoir.

积是其自身池。

The snowpack isn't lasting as long with the higher temperatures.

随着气温升高，积持续时间不会那么长。

Winter storms have walloped California this year, and snowpack is piling up.

今年，冬季风暴重创加州，积堆积。

Last year, statewide snowpack around this time also looked hopeful.

去年这个时候，全州范围积看起来也很有希望。

The snowpack was the consistency of sand, made up of several layers of large snow crystals.

堆是沙子稠度，由几层大晶体组成。

Water runs off into streams, lakes, and oceans or is stored in the ground or in snowpack.

流入溪流、湖泊和海洋，或储存在地下或积中。

It's not just the rain coming down from the sky, but it melts some of that snowpack.

这不仅仅是从天而降雨，它还融化了一些积。

When snowpack was supposed to peak in early April, it was just 38 percent of the historic average.

当积应该在4月初达到峰值时，它只有历史平均平38%。

And the rain is not conveniently stored away like snowpack that can recharge reservoirs in spring and summer.

因为雨不像积那样方便储存，融化后可以在春夏两季充盈库。

But now that snowpack often melts too quickly and reservoirs are not able to capture enough of it.

但现在积融化得太快，库无法捕获足够积。

Snowpack in the West has been declining for decades.

几十年来，西部积一直在减少。

Just stepping back a little bit, snowpack and groundwater, can you give us some insight on that, Linda?

退后一步，积和地下，你能给我们一些见解吗，琳达？

Our reservoirs are notably fuller, and we've had record snowpack. We're at 173% of normal snowpack statewide right now.

我们库明显更满了，积也创了记录。现在全州积量就有正常积量173%。

The snowpack is basically nature's version of water storage in the form of snow since the state gets most of its precipitation in the winter.

自这个州冬季达到最大降量以来，积基本上是自然界所赋予以形式储备源。

And the Sierra Nevada mountain snowpack, the source of much of the water in Los Angeles, was 20 percent below normal when measured in May.

而洛杉矶大部分资源来源内华达山脉积在5月时候已经低于正常平20%。

Well, I'm actually not too familiar with this term snowpack, but I imagine it is how much snow is compacted in a certain area.

好吧，其实我对积这个词不太熟悉，但我想它是在某个区域压实了多少。

Unlike, let's say, water that comes from rainfall or water that comes from snowpack, we are utilizing what essentially is the world's largest reservoir, the Pacific Ocean.

让我们来看一下，我们可以利用降雨和积中，更可以对于本来就是世界上最大池太平洋加以利用。

There are new tools to measure snowpack and groundwater, satellites to monitor methane emissions, and remote sensing assets to assess the impact of hazards such as wildfires, earthquakes, and mudslides.

有测量积和地下新工具，监测甲烷排放卫星，以及评估野火、地震和泥石流等灾害影响遥感资产。