- Slow at first, the thaw rapidly gathered pace.
起初较慢 但很快就加快了速度 - Before long,
不久之后 - glaciers hundreds of meters tall cascaded into the warming seas.
高达数百米的冰川 倾泻进入正在变暖的海洋 - Within a few millennia,
在几千年内 - almost half the planet's ice had melted.
地球上几乎一半的冰已经融化 - Within a few more, it had entirely gone.
又过了几千年 冰完全消失 - For those who had sought refuge in the deep,
对于那些在深海寻求庇护的生物来说