As the climate warms (up) the ice caps will melt.
随着气候变暖,冰盖将融化。
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.
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。
Eventually, Agassiz and others convinced geologists and the general public that a great continental glaciation had extended the polar ice caps far into regions that now enjoy temperate climates.
最后,阿加西和其他人说服了地质学家和普通大众,一个巨大的大陆冰川作用已经把极地冰帽延伸到了现在享受温带气候的地区。
Most travel on cruise ships to view the ice caps and wildlife such as penguins.
大多数人乘坐游轮去观赏冰盖和企鹅等野生动物。
For major issues such as the melting ice caps and the greenhouse effect, governments and large companies are duty-bound to take necessary measures.
对于诸如冰冠融化和温室效应等重大问题,政府和大公司有责任采取必要的措施。
70 percent of freshwater is locked in ice caps.
70%的淡水被锁定在冰盖里。
Scientists say that polar ice caps are melting.
科学工作者说北极的冰冠正在融化。
It has an atmosphere, seasons, and distinctive pol ar ice caps.
它也有空气、季节和独特的极地冰冠。
The findings are based on detailed radar measurements of ice caps on Mars.
这些发现是基于对火星冰冠的详细雷达测定数据。
Most travel in cruise ships to view the ice caps and wildlife such as penguins.
大多数巡游船的旅行是为了观看冰盖和企鹅之类的野生动物。
Describes the characteristics, size, and movement of icebergs, ice caps, and glaciers.
书中介绍了冰山、冰冠和冰川的特征、大小和运动情况。
The melting of these ice caps is the evidence that the Earth is getting warmer, scientists say.
科学家们说,冰冠的融化表明地球正在变暖。
Unless the destruction of the ozone layer is stopped, the polar ice caps will melt with terrible consequences.
如果不停止对臭氧层的破坏的话,南北两极的冰冠就可能因融化而带来可怕的后果。
This is true whether we are speaking of melting ice caps in one part of the world or rising unemployment in another.
无论是极地冰盖融化,或是失业率上升,都在世界范围内有着深刻的影响。
Global warming may cause the ice caps in the poles to melt completely. That's a prospect that horrifies everyone.
全球变暖有可能使两级的冰盖彻底融化。这是大家都不愿意看到的一种情况。
Both rivers are fed by, and they flow in between, the world's two largest ice caps outside Greenland and Antarctica.
仅次于格陵兰和南极冰川的两块巨大冰盖为帕斯夸河和贝克河提供了水源,这两条河流正好从两块冰盖之间流过。
The glacier study predicts that mountain glaciers and ice caps will shrink by 15-27 percent in volume terms on average by 2100.
研究发现高山冰川和冰盖体积预计会在2100年之前平均缩小15%到27%。
The glacial epochs are characterized by great mountain glaciers ice caps piedmont glaciers and medium-to small-scale valley glaciers.
各次冰期的冰川性质分别为大型山岳冰川、冰帽、山麓冰川和中小型山谷冰川。
These ice caps can tell scientists about the role that climate played in the change of nature throughout history. The ice caps at Mt.
这些冰冠能够告诉科学家们,在悠悠的岁月长河中,气候变化对自然的变迁起到什么样的作用。
The glacial epochs are characterized by great mountain glaciers, ice caps, piedmont glaciers and medium- to small-scale valley glaciers.
各次冰期的冰川性质分别为大型山岳冰川、冰帽、山麓冰川和中小型山谷冰川。
Deserts will spread, ice caps melt, sea levels rise, coastal zones will be inundated and hundreds of millions of people will be left homeless.
沙漠化将扩张,冰盖融化、海平面上升、沿海地区将被淹没,成百上千万的人将无家可归。
Global Warming is an event that could possibly cause melting of the polar ice caps, rising sea levels, raised temperatures, and widespread famine.
全球变暖可能使极地冰块融化、海平面上升、气温升高以及遍布饥荒。
The rest (approximately 1.7%) is stored in polar ice caps, glaciers, and permanent snow, and another 1.7% in groundwater, lakes, rivers, streams, and soil.
其余的(大约1.7%)贮存在极地冰帽、冰川以及永久性积雪中,而另外1.7%则分布在地下水、湖泊、河流、溪流以及泥土之中。
Dr Marsden reckons the technique might even improve understanding of how water from melting ice caps will affect ocean currents, including the Gulf Stream.
马斯登博士估计该方法甚至可能帮助人们了解冰川融化生成的水会对洋流产生怎样的影响,包括墨西哥湾暖流。
If the polar ice caps melt any further, Russia would be able to drill for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean, where it's believed to have huge fossil-fuel reserves.
如果北极冰盖进一步融化,俄罗斯将有可能在北冰洋上进行石油和天然气的钻探,而众所周知那里有着丰富的能源储量。
"There are no troughs of that kind in any of the ice caps on Earth," said Global Surveyor project scientist Arden Albee of Caltech at the AGU press conference.
加利福尼亚理工学院的全球监测工程科学家阿登·阿尔比在美国地球物理学协会的记者招待会上说:“在地球的冰冠上没有类似的波谷。”
"There are no troughs of that kind in any of the ice caps on Earth," said Global Surveyor project scientist Arden Albee of Caltech at the AGU press conference.
加利福尼亚理工学院的全球监测工程科学家阿登·阿尔比在美国地球物理学协会的记者招待会上说:“在地球的冰冠上没有类似的波谷。”
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