If you melt ice, it becomes a liquid.

如果融化，它变成液体。

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，盐不融化吗？

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。

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

哦，融化了，现在经成了雪泥。

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

但气候变化经导致融化，川消退。

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

脊层变得更薄，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.

它们根使地变暖，导致周围融化。

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。

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。

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。

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

当格陵兰岛融化时，它流入北大西洋。

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，来帮助人们了解融化具体规模。

In the spring the ice begins to melt.

春天，开始融化。

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，全球平均海平可能上升58米。

But, once you reach zero and it starts to melt, the ice will disappear much more rapidly.

但是，一旦达到零度，开始融化，消失速度就快得多。

By late July 2012, about 250 billion tons of ice had melted.

到2012年7月底，约2500亿吨经融化。