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Hey there! Welcome to Life Noggin! Guess what, friends?
大家好！欢迎来到脑洞大开的生命奇想！你猜怎么着，朋友们？
Today we’re doing something pretty special — exploring the Life Noggin north pole!
今天我们将做一件非常特别的事情，那就是去探索生命奇想世界的北极！
Just in time for after Christmas! Rhombus said that he found something here that we need to check out.
时间正好赶上圣诞节后！小菱说他在北极发现了一些东西，我们需要去看看。
Oooh I hope it’s Santa! Santa doesn't visit these parts, and i know it's after Christmas, but there's still a chance!
奥，我希望是圣诞老人！圣诞老人不会来这些地方，而且我知道现在圣诞节已经过去了，但是还是有机会的！
Hold up, gang! Do you see that?! It's probably Santa!
坚持住，小伙伴们！你们看到了吗！可能是圣诞老人！
Wait a minute… that’s not Santa. It’s just a big pile of plastics!
等下… 那不是圣诞老人。只是一大堆塑料！
Darn it. I was worried about this happening.
真讨厌。我还担心过会发生这个呢。
It seems that some of the plastic waste that we’re creating in the Life Noggin world is finding its way up here.
似乎我们在生命奇想世界中制造的塑料垃圾来到了这里。
Actually, similar problems are going on with your north pole too.
实际上，相似的问题也在地球上的北极出现了。
Just last year, in the middle of the Arctic Ocean,
就在去年，在北冰洋的中央，
researchers from a British-led expedition found decently-sized chunks of plastic lying around on frozen sheets of ice.
一个英国远征队的研究人员在冰冻的冰层上发现了大小适中的塑料块。
Now, we already knew that the world’s oceans were being polluted by plastics and other waste,
现在，我们已经知道世界上的海洋正在被塑料和其他废弃物污染，
but this was one of the most distant sightings of this type of pollution up north —
但是这次发现此类污染是在北部最偏远的地方之一，
only around 1,600 kilometers from the north pole itself.
那里距离北极只有1600公里。
We’re only really learning about this now because scientists couldn’t get to the area before because of ice in the sea blocking the way.
之前，因为海洋中的冰挡住了道路，所以科学家以前无法到达该地区，我们现在才真正了解到这一点。
Not only is this pollution not cool for my polar pals,
这种污染不仅对我的极地朋友来说是不好的，
but scientists are worried that these plastics and other trash could get dumped into the ocean as climate change causes the ice to melt —
但是科学家们担心，随着气候变化导致冰层融化，这些塑料和其他垃圾可能会进入到海洋中，
adding to our already bad problem of plastic pollution in the ocean.
导致我们已经很严重的海洋塑料污染问题变得更加严重。
It’s estimated that you humans produce about 300 million tons of plastic each year,
据估计，你们人类每年生产大约3亿吨塑料，
with around 8 million metric tons of the stuff ending up in the ocean. That’s a lot of plastic!
大约有800万吨最终流入海洋。那可是很多塑料啊!
And these plastics can last for a long time, which is great for consumer purposes, but really bad for the Earth’s ecosystems.
这些塑料可以持续存在很长一段时间，这对消费者来说很好，但对地球生态系统真的很不好。
We’ve all seen the heartbreaking pictures of turtles and other sea creatures with plastics around their mouths or deforming their bodies.
我们都见过海龟和其他海洋生物的令人心碎的照片，它们的嘴巴周围都是塑料，身体也变形了。
Unfortunately, the problem extends far beyond even that when we’re talking about what’s called “microplastics”.
不幸的是，当我们说到“微塑料”时，这个问题远远不止于此。
Microplastics are super small pieces of plastic that are less than five millimeters long.
微塑料是一种长度小于5毫米的超小的塑料。
Their small size makes microplastics especially harmful to aquatic life
微塑料的小体积使得它们对水生生物尤其有害，
as they can more easily enter the animal’s bodies and make their way into the food chain.
因为它们更容易进入动物的身体，进入食物链。
It’s bad for you too, as those microplastics can even end up in your seafood.
这对你也是有害的，因为这些微塑料甚至会在出现在你食用的海鲜中。
But plastic isn’t even the only type of pollution to be worried about in the Arctic, though.
但塑料甚至不是北极地区唯一需要担心的污染类型。
Human-made noise pollution could also be a problem,
人造噪音污染可能也是一个问题，
especially as the ice melts, potentially affecting how the sound travels up there.
尤其是伴随着冰层融化，噪音污染会潜在地影响声音传播到那里的方式。
Certain animals, like ringed seals and beluga whales,
某些动物，如环斑海豹和白鲸，
use sound to communicate and navigate through the dark depths of the ocean.
需要用声音在黑暗的海洋深处交流和导航。
Narwhals even use biosonar to hunt for fish, so if humans are making a bunch of noise up there, it could really throw things off.
独角鲸甚至用生物声纳来捕捉鱼类，所以如果人类在那里发出很大的噪音，它真的可以影响它们的捕食。
Well, we really learned a lot today, but i was kinda hoping i would run into... Ho Ho Ho! Santa? Santa! You're here?
我们今天学到了很多，但我希望我能遇到……吼吼吼!圣诞老人?圣诞老人!你在这里吗?
In the Life Noggin world!? Of course! I'm Santa! I'm made of magic!
在生命奇想的世界里？当然！我是圣诞老人！我会魔法！
How come I didn't see you last year? and how come you came so late?
去年怎么没看见你？怎么来的这么晚？
...uh...well. Santa was really busy. Oh, with what?
这个嘛，我很忙的。奥，忙什么呢？
Alright listen kid, you want your presents or not?
好了孩子，你想不想要礼物了？
Yes yes yes! Yes yes! Gimmie the presents! Please? Uh, please!
想想想！把礼物给我吧！快一点！
Here you go! Here you go! Here you go! And here you go Blocko! This one is very special.
给你这个！给你这个！给你一个！这个是给你的宝高！这个礼物非常特别。
Thanks Santa! Thank You! See you next year everyone!
谢谢你，圣诞老人！各位来年再见啦！
Ho ho ho! Oh wow it's....a bag of oatmeal stapled to a cactus....
吼吼吼！是钉在仙人掌上面的燕麦片....
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED! How did he know!? Wow!
这就是我想要的东西啊！他是怎么知道的！？哇！
I hope you had a great holiday season, and a great year!
希望你们有一个棒棒的节假日，希望你们一整年都棒棒的！
Thank you so much for watching, and supporting Life Noggin.
非常感谢观看我们的视频，支持大脑洞开的生命奇想。
Let me know what we should talk about next year in the comment section below!
在下面的评论区告诉我明年我们应该讨论什么!
Enjoyed this video? Check out the winter edition of Dear Blocko that we did!
喜欢这个视频吗?看看我们做的冬季版的《亲爱的宝高》吧!
Dear Blocko, can you explain flu season and why it happens?
亲爱的宝高，你能解释一下什么是流感季吗？还有它为什么会发生吗?
Ah, the human flu season, the time when those evil flu viruses are at their worst!
啊，人类流感季，那些邪恶的流感病毒正处于它们最坏的时候!
As always, my name is Blocko, this has been Life Noggin, don't forget to keep on thinking!
我是宝高，这里是脑洞大开的生命奇想。思考不要停！
