So is there a way to save the permafrost?

那有办法拯救永久冻土吗？

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

“永久冻土区被水淹没后会开始解冻。

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

研究人员还在永久冻土层中寻找化石年代的新线索。

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

研究人员挖出了永久冻土，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利亚的永久冻土层中。

That is because the mountain is covered with permafrost.

是因为那座山被永久冻土所覆盖。

The layer of permafrost beneath prevents water draining away.

下面的永冻土层阻止了水的流失。

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DNA来自较年轻的物种，物种污染了较古老的永久冻土的可能性。

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

等我们发现永久冻土层时 却为时已晚。

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

有报道称，目前随着冻土的融化，已出现了建筑物倒塌的情况。

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

与森林，交通，海洋，和永久冻土层的融化都有关系。

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

永久冻土是世界上最大的碳储存库之一。

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

反过来，气温上升导致更多的永久冻土融化，从释放出更多的甲烷。

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

埋在西伯利亚永久冻土中，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%的陆地覆盖着冰雪。更有14%的地区是永久冻土带。

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

里的永久冻土就像一个天然冰柜，在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.

可以保存目前80%的原始永久冻土区。

The permafrost turned out to be loaded with genetic material.

永久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的石油泄漏，部分原因是永冻土融化。

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

随着气温的逐渐上升，北极的永冻层也将会融化，并向大气中释放出更多二氧化碳。