The answer may be that virtually all the water on Mars is now locked in the permafrost layer under the surface, with more contained in the planet's polar caps.
答案可能是，现在火星上几乎所有的水都被锁在地表下的永久冻土层中，更多的水被包含在这个星球的极地冰帽中。
It is this irreversibly modified world, from the polar caps to the equatorial forests, that is all the nature we have.
从极地盖帽到赤道森林，这是不可逆转的世界，这就是我们拥有的所有自然。
Both planets have roughly the same amount of land surface area, sustained polar caps, and both have a similar tilt in their rotational axes, affording each of them strong seasonal variability.
这两个行星都有大致相同的地表面积，都有极冠，都有类似的倾斜旋转轴，使得火星和地球都有很强的季节性变化。
Eventually, Agassiz and others convinced geologists and the general public that a great continental glaciation had extended the polar ice caps far into regions that now enjoy temperate climates.
最后，阿加西和其他人说服了地质学家和普通大众，一个巨大的大陆冰川作用已经把极地冰帽延伸到了现在享受温带气候的地区。
The scientists say providing extra grub for them to guzzle adds to carbon emissions that heat up the world, melting polar ice caps, raising sea levels and killing rain forests.
科学家们说正是因为额外的暴饮暴食导致了全球气候的变暖，现在南北极冰层正在消融，水平面正在升高，热带雨林正在消失。
The rest (approximately 1.7%) is stored in polar ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow, and another 1.7% in groundwater, lakes, rivers, streams, and soil.
其余的(大约1.7%)贮存在极地冰帽、冰川以及永久性积雪中，而另外1.7%则分布在地下水、湖泊、河流、溪流以及泥土之中。
I wished I could have been like her instead of the kind of person who said, "Don't you ever worry about the polar ice caps melting?"
我希望我能够像她，而不是说：“难道你不担心极地的冰帽会融化。”的人。
When we see lions and polar bears, we marvel at how well these animals have adapted themselves to the savannah and the polar ice caps.
当我们看到狮子和北极熊，我们会惊叹于这些生物怎么能这么好的适应热带草原和极地冰盖。
If the polar ice caps melt any further, Russia would be able to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean, where it's believed to have huge fossil-fuel reserves.
如果北极冰盖进一步融化，俄罗斯将有可能在北冰洋上进行石油和天然气的钻探，而众所周知那里有着丰富的能源储量。
The Great Lakes comprise the largest collective body of fresh water on the planet, containing roughly 18 percent of Earth's supply. Only the polar ice caps contain more fresh water.
五大湖区是全球最大的淡水“蓄水池”，地球上大约18%的可利用淡水（都在这）——除此之外，只有极地的冰盖才能贮藏更多的淡水。
And, so now, when the polar ice caps melt, my recording studio will rise up like an ark, and I'll float off into the drowned world like a character from a J.G. Ballard novel.
要是现在北极的冰川融化，我的这艘录音室就会浮起来有如诺亚方舟，在这个淹没的世界里漂向远方，就像英国作家J·G·巴拉德小说里的角色一样。
But while the iconic images might be of the polar ice caps melting, paediatrician Dr Tony Waterston warns there will also be a devastating human health cost unless we reduce our carbon footprint.
但儿科专家托尼·沃特斯顿博士提醒我们，如果不采取措施减少我们的“碳足迹”，除了极地冰层，我们的健康也要付出沉重的代价。
The melting of glaciers, ice caps and polar ice sheets on land, however, has the potential to account for much more.
然而，陆地上的冰川、冰盖和极地冰盾的融化有更大的潜在力量。
Global Warming is an event that could possibly cause melting of the polar ice caps, rising sea levels, raised temperatures, and widespread famine.
全球变暖可能使极地冰块融化、海平面上升、气温升高以及遍布饥荒。
It's still 'warm' enough, relatively speaking, to make the 'dry ice' of the polar ice caps boil off.
相对将极地的冰冠气化成“干冰”，这样的温度仍然足够“温暖了”。
And I care about what happens with the Big 3 because they are more responsible than almost anyone for the destruction of our fragile atmosphere and the daily melting of our polar ice caps.
而且我关心三巨头更因为他们对天天破坏我们脆弱的环境，融化我们的两极冰盖负的责任比谁都大。
This may result in either a) the polar ice caps melt, forcing mankind to live on boats with Kevin Costner or b) the gulf stream stops, turning New York City into an enormous icecube.
这要么会a）造成南北极冰盖融化，让人类以后只能和凯文卡斯塔（ KevinCostner ）一样住在船上，b）要么洋流会停止，把纽约变成大冰块。
Eventually, % this could melt the polar ice caps and cause devastating costal flooding all over the world.
最终，这会融化极地冰盖和世界各地的沿海洪灾造成毁灭性的。
The usual metaphor for this is "glacial", which is apt since the retreat of the glaciers (and polar ice caps) tells us the primary datum of the decade has been physical degradation of the planet.
它常被比喻为“冰川的”，这个词恰如其分，因为冰川(以及极地冰帽)的消退告诉我们，这个十年的首要情况，正是地球的自然界的退化。
Scientists say that polar ice caps are melting.
科学工作者说北极的冰冠正在融化。
Increased temperatures will also cause the polar ice-caps to melt, raising sea levels, and flooding coastal areas.
温度升高还会引起极地冰水融化，海平面上升，沿海地区洪水成灾。
The last time I was in the Six Pack Diner in Detroit, the car-workers guzzling their cholesterol were not opining about the melting polar ice-caps.
上次我去底特律的时候，正在紧张生产汽车的工人们并没有意识到全球变暖导致的冰川融化问题。
European Union leaders have recently been warned that climate change may well lead to a protracted battle with Russia over natural resources freed up by melting polar ice caps.
欧盟领导人于近期收到警告：气候变化或会引起未来在北极由于冰山融化而产生的资源的所有权上与俄罗斯出现争端。
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. Ice can appear in nature as snowflakes, icicles, hail, frost, glaciers, pack ice, ice spikes and candles and polar ice caps.
热水比冷水结冰的速度更快。冰在自然界的不同形态有雪花、冰锥、冰雹、霜、冰川、浮冰、冰凌，和极地冰。
Hot water freezes faster than cold water. Ice can appear in nature as snowflakes, icicles, hail, frost, glaciers, pack ice, ice spikes and candles and polar ice caps.
热水比冷水结冰的速度更快。冰在自然界的不同形态有雪花、冰锥、冰雹、霜、冰川、浮冰、冰凌，和极地冰。
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