Well, you know, that or there were numerous cataclysmic events that kept resetting our civilization.

而大家都知道未来可能有无数的浩劫来重置人类的文明。

In fact, it took decades for scientists to finally accept that these cataclysmic events really did happen.

事实上，科学家们花了几十年时间才最终接受这些灾难性事件确实发生了。

It was a cataclysmic event for scholars, who believed at the time that the universe was unchanging.

这对于当时那些认为宇宙是永恒不变的学者来说是一场灾难性的事情。

Some of that technology can be used to create cataclysmic events such as hurricanes and floods.

其中一些技术可用于制造灾难性事件，例如飓风和洪水。

Luckily, however, throughout history, the majority of sunken cities were not submerged by a single cataclysmic event, but by a combination of more gradual processes.

然而， 幸运的是， 纵观历史，大多数沉没的城市并不是被单一的灾难性事件淹没，而是被更渐进的过程组合淹没。

With our limited understanding of the Universe, it’s possible that it could keep going on forever, but it’s also possible that it could end in a final cataclysmic event.

由于我们对宇宙的了解有限， 它有可能永远持续下去，但也有可能在最后的灾难性事件中结束。

With our limited understanding of the Universe, it's possible that it could keep going on forever, but it's also possible that it could end in a final cataclysmic event.

由于我们对宇宙的了解有限，它有可能永远持续下去，但也有可能以最终的灾难性事件结束。

Because should the world face a cataclysmic event, such as a comet impact or nuclear war, the vault contains enough seeds to bring almost every kind of plant species imaginable back to life.

因为如果世界面临灾难性事件，例如彗星撞击或核战争， 保险库中的种子足以让几乎所有可以想象到的植物物种复活。