Rignot and Kanagaratnam found that ice loss due to glacier flow has increased from 12 cubic miles of ice loss per year in 1996 to 36 cubic miles of ice loss per year in 2005.
他们发现，由于冰山移动所造成的冰川流失从1996年的每年12立方英里上升到了2005年的每年36立方英里。
If you have a glacier in a slightly warmer region, it will flow faster than a glacier in a cooler region.
如果你看到一个在稍微温暖的地区的冰川，它会比一个较冷地区的冰川漂动得更快。
During the winter, the rate of iceberg calving usually slows significantly; the glacier tongue advances, and its flow speed drops.
在冬季，冰山的崩离率往往会显着放缓；冰川生长出冰舌，其流动速度随之下降。
They found it was marching forwards at a greater pace than a glacier had ever been observed to flow before.
他们发现，冰川向前流动的速度比以前曾经观察到的流速更快。
In 2001, Jakobshavn glacier extends westward, showing typical features of a glacier, including flow stripes and crevasses.
2001年的时候，雅各布港冰川向西延伸，呈现出包括流动条纹和裂隙在内的冰川的典型特征。
"Some decades ago, the glacier was sitting on this ridge and the friction of the ridge was restraining the flow of the glacier," he explained.
“几十年前，冰川坐落在这道海脊上，其摩擦力阻止了冰川流动，”他解释道。
The grey stripe down the middle of the glacier is called a medial moraine. It is formed when two glaciers flow into each other and join on their way downhill.
沿冰川中部而下的灰色条纹被称为中碛，它是由于两条冰河在下坡时汇合在一起而形成的。
The continental shelf here is about 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep, and as the warm water from the open ocean meets the shelf, it continues to flow toward land and rises beneath the floating glacier.
在这个地方的大陆架是大约600米深，当从外面来的暖流碰上大陆架，就会沿大陆架向上升到浮着的冰川下面。
The continental shelf here is about 600 meters (2, 000 feet) deep, and as the warm water from the open ocean meets the shelf, it continues to flow toward land and rises beneath the floating glacier.
在这个地方的大陆架是大约600米深，当从外面来的暖流碰上大陆架，就会沿大陆架向上升到浮着的冰川下面。
The glacier displays alarming signs of increased melt and flow rate.
该冰川显示了令人担忧的迹象：融速和流速越来越快。
When the glacier became detached from the ridge, the ice flow was able to accelerate significantly.
当冰川和海脊分开，冰流速度就大大加快。
the glacier tongue advances, and its flow speed drops.
冰川生长出冰舌，其流动速度随之下降。
the glacier tongue advances, and its flow speed drops.
冰川生长出冰舌，其流动速度随之下降。
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