So is there a way to save the permafrost?

那有办法拯救冻土吗？

And what happens is when you start flooding permafrost areas, permafrost starts to deteriorate.

“冻土区水淹没后会开始解冻。

The researchers also searched the permafrost for new clues to the age of the fossils.

研究人员还在冻土层中寻找化石年代新线索。

The researchers dug up permafrost and brought it back to Copenhagen to search for DNA.

研究人员挖出了冻土，并将其带回哥本哈根寻找DNA。

Methane gas somehow accumulates in the permafrost of Siberia.

甲烷气体以某种方式积聚在西伯冻土层中。

That is because the mountain is covered with permafrost.

这是因为那座山冻土所覆盖。

The layer of permafrost beneath prevents water draining away.

下面冻土层阻止了水流失。

The researchers ruled out the possibility that the DNA came from younger species that contaminated the older permafrost.

研究人员排除了这些DNA来自较年轻物种，而这些物种污染了较古老冻土可能性。

We only found out about the permafrost When it was too late.

等我们发现冻土层时 却为时已晚。

Cases are now being reported of buildings collapsing as the permafrost melts.

有报道称，目前随着冻土融化，已出现了建筑物倒塌情况。

Management of forests, transportation, the oceans, the melting of the permafrost.

与森林，交通，海洋，和冻土层融化都有关系。

You see, the permafrost is one of the world's largest carbon reservoirs.

冻土是世界上最大碳储存库之一。

In turn, the rising temperature causes more permafrost to thaw, releasing more methane.

反过来，气温上升导致更多冻土融化，从而释放出更多甲烷。

Buried in Siberian permafrost, not growing or dividing, they're not in suspended animation.

埋在西伯冻土中，不生长或分裂，它们不是假死。

Ten percent still is-and a further 14 percent is in a state of permafrost.

即便是现在，依然有10%陆地覆盖着冰雪。更有14%地区是冻土带。

And the permafrost acts as a natural freezer, making it cost effective and fail safe.

这里冻土就像一个天然冰柜，在这里储存种子不仅具有成本效益同时也很安全。

And this leads to a preservation of around 80 percent of the original-today's permafrost area.

这可以保存目前80%原始冻土区。

The permafrost turned out to be loaded with genetic material.

这些冻土层中原来含有大量遗传物质。

A recent oil spill near the Arctic city of Norilsk was partly blamed on melting permafrost.

最近在北极城市诺里尔斯克附近发生石油泄漏，部分原因是冻土融化。

As temperatures rose, the Arctic permafrost would melt and release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

随着气温逐渐上升，北极冻层也将会融化，并向大气中释放出更多二氧化碳。