west Antarctica

基本解釋

Because of various uncertainties, its calculations excluded the melting of the Greenland and West Antarctica ice sheets.
由於各種各樣的不確定因素，這個估計還沒有把格林蘭島和西南極洲冰塊的融化考慮在內。
Researchers estimate that the accelerating flow of glaciers in West Antarctica is contributing about 10% of the observed rise in the mean global sea level.
研究人員估計，西南極洲冰川的加速流動在已觀測到全球平均海平麪上陞中所起的作用約佔10％。
Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth's poles. This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice.
冰正在在全球溶化，特別是地球兩極，包括高山冰川，複蓋著西南極洲和格林蘭的大冰源，和北極的冰海。
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