研究极地冰的专家担心，冰川的消融将影响广阔的西南极冰盖(West Antarctic Ice Sheet)的稳定性，该地区冰层中的水容量足以使全球海平面上升10英尺（合3米）左右。
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但是西南极冰盖的不稳定性可能随气候持续变暖而增强，成为引起海平面上升的最重要潜在因素。
However, the instability of West Antarctic Ice Sheet will increase with the climatic worming and thus will become the most important in the factors causing the sea level rise.
假如支撑西南极洲冰盖的沿岸冰架持续解体，那么冰盖就会泄入海洋，百年之内海平面便将上升数米。
If coastal ice shelves buttressing the west Antarctic ice sheet continue to disintegrate, the sheet could disgorge into the ocean, raising sea levels by several metres in a century.
目前的研究重点主要在西南极沿岸冰架地区，东南极内陆冰盖地区涉足很少。
Presently, most research is concentrated on the coastal ice shelves of WAIS (West Antarctic ice Sheet), very few work has been done for in-land glaciers in East Antarctica.
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