The forward movement, the melting at the base of the glacier where it meets the ocean, and waves and tidal action cause blocks of ice to break off and float out to sea.

冰川的向前移动，其底部与海洋接触处的融化，还有波浪和潮汐运动，导致冰块断裂，漂浮到海上。

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Melting snow and new snowfall in the midwest states of Iowa, Michigan and Indiana have driven rivers over their banks and have cut off electricity to thousands of customers.

美国中西部的爱荷华州、密歇根州和印第安纳州正在融化的积雪和新下的雪已经使河水漫过河岸，并切断了数千名用户的电力供应。

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But if warming is occurring across a wider area than previously observed, that could increase the possibility of large ice shelves melting off the continent and changing sea levels around the world.

但是，如果气候变暖发生的范围在比先前观测到的范围更广，这将增加南极大陆大冰架融化的可能性，从而改变世界海平面。

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The direct impacts are the run-off of melting waters into the sea.

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The problem is not only how to get rid of the heat, but how to cope with the very large electrical currents that must flow on and off the chip without melting the connecting leads.

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"Because of continuity we weren't allowed to pick up chocolate off the set, and it was melting under the lights, but I had some very good chocolate in my dressing room!"

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