If you melt ice, it becomes a liquid.

如果融化，它会体。

Q 9. What measures should be taken to slow down ice melting?

应该采取哪些措施来减缓融化？

What if they melt the ice?

如果它们把融化了呢？

But wait, Matt, doesn't salt melt ice?

可是等一下，盐不会让融化吗？

Oh, the ice has melted and now it is just a lot of slush.

哦，融化了，现在已经了雪泥。

But climate change has caused the ice to melt and the glacier to retreat.

但气候化已经导致融化，川消退。

Ridges make ice thicker, and thicker ice melts more slowly.

脊让层得更薄，更厚融化得更慢。

Let's go back to where we began: the ice melt of the North and South Poles.

南北极融化事情。

Their roots warm the ground below, causing the ice to melt around them.

它们根使下面地面暖，导致周围融化。

So just make it clear, letting all the Antarctic ice melt is not the solution.

所以记住，让所有南极融化并不是解决办法。

And when ice in, say, Greenland melts, it flows into the North Atlantic.

当格陵兰融化时，它流入北大西洋。

Then we melt the ice, and the melting of the ice releases those little air bubbles of ancient air.

然后我们把融化，融化释放出那些古代空气中小气泡。

She says scientists have never before seen Antarctic ice melting so quickly.

她说，科学家们以前从未见过南极融化得如此之快。

During these months, billions of tons of ice melts and flows into the Atlantic.

短短数月里，数十亿吨融化并流入大西洋。

If it melted, the water could flood the entire planet to a depth of 35 meters.

如果融化了，淹没整个星球水可能达到35米深。

In the spring the ice begins to melt.

春天，开始融化。

The center offered the comparison to help people try to understand just how much ice melted.

该机构提供了这个对比，来帮助们了解融化具体规模。

As temperatures continue to get warmer, more ice will melt in Greenland, he said.

他说，随着气温继续暖，格陵兰将有更多融化。

The last summer measurement came about six months ago, which also set a new record for melting ice.

上一次夏季测量是在大约六个月前，当时也创下了融化新纪录。

NASA estimates show a possible 58-meter rise in the average worldwide sea level if all Antarctic ice melted.

美国宇航局估计，如果所有南极融化，全球平均海平面可能会上升58米。