While 75% of our planet is covered with water, only about 2% is fresh water that comes from rivers, lakes, ice and snow.
虽然地球的75%被水覆盖，但只有大约2%是来自河流、湖泊、冰雪的淡水。
'Geo-engineering plans to inject stratospheric aerosols or to seed clouds would act to cool the planet, and act to increase the extent of sea ice,' says Rasch.
拉施说：“地球工程计划将平流层的气溶胶注入到云层中，这将起到冷却地球的作用，并增加海冰的范围。”
Although we live on a water-covered planet, only 1% of the world's water is available for human use, the rest locked away in oceans, ice, and the atmosphere.
虽然我们生活的地球大部分都被水覆盖，但是世界上水资源只有1%可供人类利用，其余的大部分都存在于海洋，冰块以及大气层中。
And it was believed that the rebound effect following the Ice Age would result in our planet becoming more of a perfect sphere.
据信，由于在冰川时候之后的“反弹”的作用力，我们的地球正在向一个正规的球体逼近。
With matte painters creating magnificent vistas of the ice Planet, and the best modelers in the world generating the Enterprise and those alien creatures, they had the best chance of success.
绘景师创建了冰冻星球上的宏伟景观，再加上由世界上最优秀的模型师制作的进取号和外星生物模型，都造就了这部影片的成功。
A huge ice shelf in the Antarctic is in the last stages of collapse and could break up within days in the latest sign of how global warming is thought to be changing the face of the planet.
南极的一个巨大的冰架正处于崩塌的最后阶段，并在最近几天就可能断裂。这将是全球性气候变暖如何改变地球面貌的最新迹象。
The chances of northern Europe facing a new ice age, or of catastrophic sea-level rises of almost four metres that swamp the planet over the next century, have been ruled out by leading scientists.
北欧地区将会迎来新的冰河世纪，海平面会毁灭性的上升高达4米以至于在下个世纪内淹没我们的星球。 气候研究领域顶尖科学家们已经排除了先前的这种预测。
A 2007 study by the U.S. Geological Survey found that two-thirds of the polar bears on the planet could disappear by mid-century if Arctic ice keeps melting.
美国地质调查局2007年进行的一项研究发现：如果北极地区的冰层持续融化，那么地球上三分之二的北极熊在本世纪中叶前就可能消失。
The catastrophe was caused by a disintegrating comet and saw the planet sprayed by thousands of frozen boulders made of ice and dust.
这次飞来横祸是由一颗彗星瓦解造成的，同时地球完全被无数由冰和尘埃组成的冰石所覆盖。
The Great Lakes comprise the largest collective body of fresh water on the planet, containing roughly 18 percent of Earth's supply. Only the polar ice caps contain more fresh water.
五大湖区是全球最大的淡水“蓄水池”，地球上大约18%的可利用淡水（都在这）——除此之外，只有极地的冰盖才能贮藏更多的淡水。
From the moment life began on the planet billions of years ago, the climate has swung drastically and often abruptly from one state to another - from tropical swamp to frozen ice age.
自从几十亿年前地球上出现第一个生命开始，气候就剧烈地变化着，时常是从一个时期突然进入另一个时期——从炎热的湿季到冰冻期。
The icy rings of Saturn could be what's left of an ancient ice-rock moon that got stripped and swallowed by the gas-giant planet. Christopher Intagliata reports.
土星外面有一圈冰冷的土星环，可能是遥远时期它的一颗由冰和岩石组成卫星的遗留物，而这颗卫星已经被土星这个巨大的气质行星撕裂、吞噬了。
Since the era of industrialization, Fenner said, humans have had an effect on the planet rivaling any ice age or comet impact.
Fenner说，自从工业化时代以来，人类活动对地球产生作用，其影响堪比冰河时代或彗星的破坏作用。
Through the use of thousands of probe droids dispatched to comb the galaxy, Vader eventually located the new Rebel base on the ice planet Hoth.
维德派遣了数以千计的侦察机器人到银河系中进行地毯式调查，终于找到了冰雪行星霍斯上的反抗军新基地。
Last month the Mars Phoenix Lander found ice on the surface of the planet, but it is frozen hard and covered by red dust.
上月，凤凰号登陆火星发现火星表面有冰的痕迹，但它是结冰的并被红色的灰尘覆盖着。
Especially if you did something really dumb, like jump out of hyperspace close enough to be detected from the ice planet Hoth.
尤其是你做了蠢事，譬如等到近得足以令冰雪星球霍斯上的叛军觉察，才跳出超空间。
When the planet Kamino began to come out from the deep freeze of an ice age, and its oceans swelled with melting ice, the native inhabitants were forced to adapt.
当卡米诺星球开始走出冰川期的极度深寒，其海洋随着冰川的融化而扩大时，当地居民被迫适应新环境。
Here is why: Saturn is the cold, icy planet, and the Sun is the hot, fiery planet, but together they produce a meeting of fire and ice.
原因是：土星是个冷冰冰的星球，而太阳则是炽热的星球，而当他们相遇，则制造出了一个冰于火的世界。
The usual metaphor for this is "glacial", which is apt since the retreat of the glaciers (and polar ice caps) tells us the primary datum of the decade has been physical degradation of the planet.
它常被比喻为“冰川的”，这个词恰如其分，因为冰川(以及极地冰帽)的消退告诉我们，这个十年的首要情况，正是地球的自然界的退化。
Despite other Suggestions, Trioculus decided on the ice planet of Hoth as a new base.
在排除了所有建议后，特里奥·库鲁斯决定在冰雪星球霍斯上建立他的新基地。
The NASA spacecraft has detected vast stores of suspected water ice in other areas of the red planet as well, including the south polar region.
NASA航天器也已经在红的行星的其它地区查明怀疑的水冰的巨大的商店，包括南方极地的地区。
From the ice sheet of Antarctica to the jungles of Papua New Guinea, here are some of the most pristine places on the planet.
比如说冰雪覆盖的南极洲还有巴布亚新几内亚的热带丛林都还保留着最原始的生态环境。
The 6th planet from the Sun and frequently used as an illustration due to easy recognition, it's rings are composed mainly of ice, dust and cosmic debris.
土星距离太阳的位置排在太阳系各行星的第6位，并且由于其易于辨认，经常被用于图解，土星的光环主要由冰、尘埃以及宇宙碎片组成的。
There are three large rings around the planet which are made up of billions of pieces of ice, rock, and metal, all in beautiful colors.
有三个环围绕着土星，它们由亿万片冰物质、岩石、和金属物质构成，它们都有美丽的颜色。
Melting of Arctic ice presents several dangers for the planet.
北极冰的融化使地球面临着若干危险。
Previous studies have found temperatures below the ice sheet, caused by the warmth of the planet below, that could melt water.
先前的研究发现这块冰盖之下的温度来自地内之温，这种温度可能会产生融水。
As you know, although our planet looks so big, we can live on only 10%of it, because 70% is covered by sea and water, and 20% is deserts of ice and rock.
尽管我们的星球看起来很大，但只有它的10%的面积我们可以居住，因为70%是海洋和水，而另外的20%是沙漠、岩石以及冰。
As you know, although our planet looks so big, we can live on only 10%of it, because 70% is covered by sea and water, and 20% is deserts of ice and rock.
尽管我们的星球看起来很大，但只有它的10%的面积我们可以居住，因为70%是海洋和水，而另外的20%是沙漠、岩石以及冰。
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