If you melt ice, it becomes a liquid.

如果冰融，它会变成液体。

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

应该些措施来减缓冰融？

What if they melt the ice?

如果它们把冰融了呢？

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

可是等一下，盐会让冰融吗？

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

哦，冰融了，现在已经成了雪泥。

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

但气候变已经导致冰融，冰川消退。

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

冰脊让冰层变得更薄，更厚的冰融得更慢。

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

南北极的冰融的事情。

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

它们的根使下面的地面变暖，导致周围的冰融。

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

所以记住，让所有的南极冰融是解决办法。

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

当格陵兰岛的冰融时，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.

然后我们把冰融，冰的融释放出那些古代空气中的小气泡。

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冰融得如此之快。

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

短短数月里，数十亿吨的冰融流入大西洋。

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

如果冰融了，淹没整个星球的水可能达到35米深。

In the spring the ice begins to melt.

春天，冰开始融。

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，来帮助们了解冰融的具体规模。

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

他说，随着气温继续变暖，格陵兰将有更多的冰融。

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，当时也创下了冰融的新纪录。

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，如果所有南极冰融，全球平均海平面可能会上升58米。