But until then I would rather climb away, not wait for the last piece of ice to melt, but climb into the airless cold of outer space where I too can be a witness to what happens next.

不过，在那之前，我宁愿攀升，不等最后一片冰融化，就爬上空气稀薄、寒冷的外太空。在那里，我也能成为目击随后发生事情的见证人。

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With controllable cold fusion, many of the world's energy problems would melt away: no wonder the us Department of energy is interested.

如果有可控制的冷聚变，那么，许多世界能源问题就能够化解：难怪美国能源部对此这么感兴趣。

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The problem with ice being younger and thinner, of course, is that deeper cold is required each winter to build it up, and less warmth is required each summer to melt it.

当然，要解决冰川年轻化和稀薄化的问题，我们需要的是寒冬而不是酷夏。

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But the snow does melt. Ice cold water travels down the mountains and forms several rivers -- the Gila River,the Green River, the Little Colorado,the San Juan, the Virgin and the Gunnison Rivers.

VOA: special.2010.10.27

"Antarctica is so cold that even if warming occurs it won't melt" at the rate seen in Greenland, said Ian Joughin, a glaciologist at the University of Washington in Seattle and a co-author of the new paper.

WSJ: Polar Ice Sheets Melt at Faster Pace