Melting of Sea Ice的意思|示意

Global Warming is an event that could possibly cause melting of the polar ice caps, rising sea levels, raised temperatures, and widespread famine.

全球变暖可能使极地冰块融化、海平面上升、气温升高以及遍布饥荒。

The ice sheets at the poles can disintegrate rapidly once they start melting, and sea-level rises of a few meters per century are not unheard of.

地球两极的大冰原一旦开始融化就会快速地分解，而海平面每世纪升高几米也不是危言耸听。

The fear is that melting ice, along with increased snow and rain, could reduce the density and salinity of the top layers of the sea, making them more buoyant.

人们担忧的是正在融化的冰和不断增加的雨雪可能降低海洋表层水体的密度和盐度，导致其更容易滞留在海洋表层。

Satellite monitoring by the NSIDC in Boulder, Colorado, shows that the melting of sea ice has been unusually fast this year, with as much as 40, 000 sq km now disappearing daily.

美国冰雪数据中心在博尔德和科罗拉多州的卫星监测显示：今年海冰的融化速度异乎寻常地快，冰层以每天高达4万平方公里的速度在消失。

They found that sea ice, where polar bears spend much of their lives, is melting faster than experts predicted it would.

他们发现，海冰正在快速地融化，比专家预测的还要快，而北极熊一生中的大部分时间都是在海冰上度过的。

The melting of an ice shelf, which is merely a floating projection into the sea, would not affect sea levels.

冰架仅仅是底部向海里突出的漂浮物，它的融化不影响海平面。