Huge sections of the ice around the South Pole of Mars are melting in this summer's warm weather.

在这个夏日炎热的天气里，火星南极周围的巨大冰面正融化。

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That's because the dust lands on the white ice and makes it darker, absorbing radiation and accelerating melting in the Himalayas.

尘土附着于白色冰雪上方会使得冰雪颜色变暗，因此使得冰雪会吸收更多的辐射从而加速喜马拉雅地区冰川的融化。

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The rate of melting in the Arctic isn't just a function of temperature change;

北极冰的融化速度加快只是气温变化的一种后果；

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They concluded there was a one-in-20 chance that the melting ice would drive up sea levels by more than 84cm, essentially saying there is a 95% chance it would not go above this figure.

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Lilliputian's engineering miracle was in designing a tiny solid-oxide fuel cell that instead of melting everything in its vicinity is merely warm to the touch.

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It concluded that speedups in melting rates are strictly short-term, transient phenomena, occurring primarily during summer months.

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