国务卿女士

Madam Secretary S04E07

Part 6 Dec. 15, 2019, 3:42 p.m.

太不幸了
Oh, that's awful.
好吧
Okay.
我们明天谈这件事
We'll talk about it tomorrow.
谢谢你告诉我
Thank you for letting me know.
怎么回事
What was that?
阿提姆·马尔克维奇俄♥罗♥斯♥的环保人士
Artem Markevich, the dissident we took in from Russia--
死了
he died.
阿提姆为拯救这个星球而献出了自己的生命
After Artem literally gave his life trying to save this planet,
我忍♥不住想
I mean, I can't help but thinking
我们能做的还有很多
that there is more that we could do.
没错我们正在限制
I mean, yes, we are taking care
我们的碳排放量
of our carbon footprint,
但我知道我们还能做更多
but I know that there's more that we can do,
特别是在保护永冻土的问题上
especially around saving the permafrost.
你们要无所保留
So, no filters.
你们那些灵光乍现不拘一格的想法
I mean, let's hear it-- your best
都跟我说说
half-past-midnight, out-of-the-box ideas.
什么都可以
Anything.
好吧
Okay.
这是一个可伸展的薄膜
This one is a stretch.
真的
Literally.
一位冰川学家想要在整个北极
Uh, a glaciologist wants to stretch Mylar
覆盖上这种可伸展薄膜
over the entire North Pole.
就像是一个巨大的可以反射紫外线的毯子
Sort of, um, a giant UV reflecting blanket.
但它下面就什么都不生长了
How does anything stay alive under it?
我认为这应该是可以接受的误差范围
I think that's supposed to be an acceptable margin of error.
没错有一个...
Right, there's a...
有一个非常前沿的地球工程理念
There's this pretty cutting edge geoengineering idea
讲的是把巨大的氦气球
of suspending giant
悬挂在湖面上方
helium-filled balloons over lakes,
把水吸起来变成气体
which, uh, pump water up
然后释放吸热晶体
into a gas that then releases heat-absorbing crystals.
这有什么风险吗?
Are there any risk factors?
完全没经过测验没人知道
Well, it's completely untested. No one knows.
谁有稍微靠谱一点的主意?
Anyone have anything a little closer to the box?
长毛猛犸象
Woolly mammoths!
早上好
Good morning.
对不起我完全不习惯这里的交通情况
Sorry, I'm completely out of practice with traffic.
哪儿来的这么多汽车
Where did all those cars come from?
各位这位是凯特·桑多瓦尔
Everybody, this is Kat Sandoval.
因为她我们才会开始谈论永冻土
She is the reason we are talking about permafrost.
还有长毛猛犸象
And woolly mammoths.
没错好吧...
Right. Okay. So...
在北极有永冻土
In the Arctic, you've got your permafrost.
在上面有一层薄薄的表层土
Above that, you've got a thin layer of topsoil
上面长草什么的
where the grass grows, et cetera.
在冬季
During the winter,
雪堆积在表层土上
the snow piles up on the topsoil.
所以现在你可能会想 "不错嘛"
So now you're probably thinking, "Sweet.
"雪会保持冻土低温"对吗你错了
The snow will keep it cool." Right? Wrong.
让地面保持冰冷的
What keeps the ground cool
是吹过冻土带的冷空气
is the cold air blowing through the tundra.
但雪的作用就像羽绒被
But this snow is actually acting like a down comforter,
防止空气冷却地面
preventing the air from cooling the ground.
在冰河时代
Well, back in the Ice Age,
这不是问题因为…
this wasn't a problem because...
当时有猛犸象
woolly mammoths existed
它们在雪地上走来走去
to kick the covers off
会把这层雪被子踢掉
by trampling the snow.
您说的是那个已经灭绝的猛犸象吗
This would be the extinct woolly mammoth?
有一群科学家
There is a group of scientists
正在研究克隆猛犸象
working on a mammoth clone,
但我们手边就有
but we are much closer
猛犸象和大象的混合体
to a mammoth- elephant hybrid.
总结一下我们可以用巨大的塑料毯子
So, to review, we have giant plastic blanket,
从未被测试过的气体云理论
gas cloud theory that's never been tested,
复活史前动物
and reanimating prehistoric animals.
野牛麝牛驯鹿都能行
It could also work with bison, musk ox, uh, reindeer...
-北美驯鹿 -是的你们都明白了
- Caribou. - Yes, you feel me.
我们需要动物来踢开这层雪
We need snow tramplers.
有一项研究他们把牲畜
There was a study where they reintroduced livestock
重新引入了自然保护区
to a contained area,
那期间永冻土的温度低得多
and the permafrost temperature was remarkably cooler.
坦克呢
What about tanks?
坦克有类似的除雪效应吗
Would-would tanks have a similar snow-trampling effect?
也许有但是...
Possibly, but...
我的想法还包括重新引入冰河时代植物
the whole idea is to reintroduce Ice Age plant life, too.
重新引入北极植物群和动物群
Reintroducing Arctic flora and fauna--
我可以用这个说服别人
I-I can sell that.
好吧我们可以先小范围试验一下
All right, we could start small,
在永冻土区国家建立试点项目
instituting pilot programs in countries with permafrost.
如果情况有改善就扩大规模
If there's improvement, expand from there.
我们必须让每个有永冻土的国家参与进来
We'd have to get every country with permafrost on board.
俄♥罗♥斯♥的冻土带最多
Russia has the most.
幸好我们的关系很好
Good thing we're on such good terms with them.
我们联♥系♥了气候学家
We checked with our climatologists.
其中的科学理论是成立的
The science holds water.
生态系统的恢复可以
Ecosystem restoration could have
对保护永冻土产生真正的影响
a real effect on saving permafrost.
通过带回长毛猛犸象
By bringing back woolly mammoths.
我记得《侏罗纪公园》里
I don't remember that kind of thing
都没有这样的情节
going well in Jurassic Park.
我们从野牛驼鹿和驯鹿开始
We'd start with bison, moose and reindeer.
值得一试
It's worth a shot.
我同意在阿♥拉♥斯加的试点计划
You have my okay for a pilot program in Alaska.
太好了加拿大搞定了
Okay, great. Canada is a lock.
格陵兰岛应该没问题
Greenland will be receptive.
俄♥罗♥斯♥呢
What about Russia?
呵呵
Yeah.
阿多宁躲着我所以我要去莫斯科
Avdonin's ghosting me, so I'm gonna have to go to Moscow
跟他当面交涉
and put it in front of him.
如果我能自♥由♥地谈判那将会有帮助
It would help if I had a free hand to negotiate.
你什么意思
What are you thinking?
推迟驱逐俄♥罗♥斯♥外交官
Hold off on expelling Russia's diplomats.
我不想让这件事情来而不往
I don't like letting that go unanswered.
让我们显得软弱
Makes us look weak.
他们已经同意
They've already agreed
让疾病控制中心帮忙控制首次疫情
to let the CDC help contain this first outbreak.
我认为他们已经准备好谈判了
I think they're ready to bargain,
特别是当我告诉他们永冻土层最终融化时
especially when I tell them about these giant bubbles
这些含有甲烷气体和二氧化碳
of methane gas and CO2 that will be released
的巨大的泡沫将破碎
when the permafrost finally melts,
到时我们的星球就基本上无法居住了
basically rendering our planet uninhabitable.
如果这都不能说服他们行动起来
Hell, if that doesn't convince them to try to fix it,
那就真的没戏了
I don't know what will.
好吧贝丝
All right, Bess.
试一试吧
Give it a shot.
谢谢您总统先生
Thank you, sir.
你要去莫斯科
So, Moscow.
有什么我需要知道的吗
Anything I need to know?
没有是为了另一个气候倡议书
No. Another climate initiative.
希望这次能有用
Let's hope maybe this one does something.
你和济慈谈得怎么样
Oh, hey, how'd the talk go with Keats?
还没谈呢
Oh, it hasn't happened yet.
亨利别这样我都快急死了
Henry, come on. I'm getting a little antsy here.
你能在周末之前跟他谈吗
Could you get it done by the weekend?
当然可以
Definitely, yeah.
你知道这和你教育咱闺女们的
Uh, you know, it's not gonna be the same talk
那种谈话不太一样
you gave the girls, exactly.
哪儿不一样
Why not?