If just three percent of the carbon locked up in the arctic permafrost is released as the world warms, it would offset all the savings that we need to make, in carbon, over the next 40 years to avoid runaway climate change.
如果北极永冻土中包含二氧化碳的3%， 在全球变暖中释放， 它将抵消我们所有为减少二氧化碳所做的努力， 在未来的40年间防范难以捉摸的气候变化。