世界上最大的问题是海平面上升，冰川造成了21%的海平面上升。
The biggest problem to the world is rising sea levels, glaciers are responsible for 21% of sea level rise.
美国国家冰雪数据中心（NSIDC）位于科罗拉多州，其主任马克·塞雷泽（Mark Serreze）认为，随着我们进入21世纪，海平面上升将成为一个越来越大的问题。
Mark Serreze, director of the American National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Colorado, thinks that sea level rise is going to be a bigger and bigger problem, as we move through the 21st century.
漂浮的城市会随着海平面上升。
冰盖消退，海平面上升。
海平面上升了近400英尺，淹没了沿海居住地，迫使人们向内陆迁移。
Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland.
海龟产卵的狭长海滩一边受到开发的挤压，另一边受到海平面上升的威胁，因为海洋变暖。
The narrow strips of beach on which the turtles lay their eggs are being squeezed on one side by development and on the other by the threat of rising sea levels as the oceans warm.
如果这种变暖发生，两极的冰帽将开始融化，从而使海平面上升数米，并严重淹没沿海城市。
If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities.
气候变化导致海平面上升。
融化的冰会导致海平面上升。
马尔代夫可能会因为海平面上升而消失。
The Maldives may disappear because of the rising sea levels.
现在，由于人类活动导致海平面上升，它下沉得更快。
Now, with rising sea levels caused by human activities, it's sinking faster.
最近的模型的贡献在于，它显示了厄尔尼诺现象的风在使海平面上升的同时，也向西方发出了海平面下降的信号。
The contribution of the recent model is to show that the winds of an El Nino, which raise sea level in the cast, simultaneously send a signal to the west lowering sea level.
然而仍然必须正视海平面上升的警告。
Yet warnings about rising sea levels must still be taken seriously.
文章没有评估海平面上升的速度和概率。
It did not assess the pace or the likelihood of a rise in seas.
海平面上升，洪水泛滥。
气候变化日益让全球海平面上升。
科学家们还发现海平面上升的速率同样在加快。
Scientists are finding that the rate of sea-level rise is increasing as well.
如果海平面上升，是修建海堤还是重新安置居民？
If sea levels go up, do you build sea walls or rehouse people?
认为海平面上升将威胁到他们的生存。
北极区域的海平面上升以及冰山的减少每年持续。
Sea levels are rising and the loss of ice coverage in the North Polar region continues to increase annually.
随着气候变化、海平面上升，几个世纪后将不复存在。
With the sea level rise associated with climate change, they could well not be here in a couple of generation’s time.
美国特别容易受荒漠化、海平面上升等极端天气的影响。
The US is particularly sensitive to desertification, rising sea levels, and extreme weather.
“这的确显示出岛屿已经能够适应海平面上升，”他说。
"It does suggest that islands have been able to adapt to sea-level rises," he says.
这没准能够保护那些受海平面上升影响的国家。
That would protect countries from the effects of rising seas.
这没准能够保护那些受海平面上升影响的国家。
That would protect countries from the effects of rising seas.
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