The total amount of ice is even more awesome if we estimate the water released upon the hypothetical melting of the world's glaciers.

如果我们估算一下假设世界冰川融化所释放的水，那么冰的总量就更惊人了。

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When an ice age begins, the continental ice sheets grow, steadily reducing the amount of water evaporated from the ocean that will eventually return to it.

当冰河时代开始时，大陆上的冰原逐渐增大，从海洋中蒸发出来的水逐渐减少，而这些水最终又会回到陆地上。

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Satellite observations since 1979 have shown that amount of ice that survives the summer is getting smaller; declines have been especially dramatic in the past decade.

1979年以来的卫星观测显示在夏季依然存在的冰的数量正在减少，在过去十年减少的速度尤其快。

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The amount of ice cover and its thickness are two measures of the health of the Arctic Sea.

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They will look, too, at the amount of ice in the ground, and the temperature and the moisture of the soil.

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Conditions on Everest have been especially difficult this year because of the less-than-usual amount of snow and ice on the ground for climbers to dig into.

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