ice sheets
常見例句
- They are also swollen by melting glaciers, ice caps and ice sheets: Greenland’s ice is on track to melt completely, which will eventually raise the sea level by about seven metres (23ft).
海洋也會(huì)因冰川、冰蓋和冰盾的融化而膨脹:格陵蘭島的冰正在処於完全融化的進(jìn)程中,這將最終使海平麪陞高大約七米(23英尺)。 - "For large periods of time the north was uninhabitable because of ice sheets coming and going, so there was less opportunity for culture to develop independently up there, " says von Petzinger.
“由於冰川來臨,北部在很長一段時(shí)間中都不適宜居住,所以獨(dú)立發(fā)展的人類文明在那裡出現(xiàn)的幾率比南部小。” 梵珮金格爾這樣說。 - Thinning penetrated deep into the interior of the ice sheets and continues to spread as ice shelves melt into the sea.
變薄的現(xiàn)象已經(jīng)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)滲透到冰原的腹地,而且隨著冰架曏海中延伸,冰川變薄的範(fàn)圍也在擴(kuò)大。 - Signs of climate change include an increase in rain when there used to be only snow, new plant life,and melting ice sheets.
- But scientists disagree about how much sea levels could rise if Antarctica's ice sheets continue to melt.
- Many of the lakes around the Grand Tetons were formed millions of years ago by slow-moving sheets of ice.
- Ice sheets are, by nature, located in the coldest, harshest, most inaccessible places on the planet.
FORBES: Why 'Chasing Ice' Is Better Than 'An Inconvenient Truth' - Sea Level is largely a function of the size of the ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica.
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