There is still a chance the rest of the ice shelf will survive until next year, Vaughan said, because this is the end of the Antarctic summer and colder weather is setting in.
沃恩认为,由于南极洲夏季的结束和寒冷天气的来临,其他冰架还能够保存到明年。
The rest of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, which totals about 14,500 square kilometers, is holding on by a narrow beam of thin ice.
总面积约在14500平方公里的威尔金斯冰架的其他部分正在支撑着一条狭长的薄冰。
Earth has more than enough water to completely fill the ocean basins, and the rest of it spreads onto edges of the continents, areas known as the continental shelf.
地球上的水量比充满洋盆所需的水量要多,剩余的部分分布在大陆的边缘,就是我们称为大陆架的地方。
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