暖冰川(warm glacier)又称海洋性冰川,发育于降水丰沛的海洋性气候地区的冰川,冰川温度接近零度或压力融点,冰川补给多,消融也多,活动性强,冰川作用较强.如挪威北部、阿拉斯加海岸山地的冰川和阿尔卑斯山的冰川以及我国藏东南、川西山地的冰川。
最近的暖期已导致冰川数量从1850年的150个下降到今天的26个。
The latest warm period has caused the number of glaciers to decrease from 150 in 1850 to 26 today.
近期北半球大多数山地冰川的物质平衡为负,冰川普遍退缩,表明北半球气候暖化的趋势。
Most of the mountain glaciers in the Northern Hemisphere are retreating recently because of the negative mass balance, reflecting the warm tendency of the climate change.
当初的规划者大概没有想到在接下来的一个世纪时光里蕴藏的沧海桑田:冰川公园里的每一处冰川都在消退甚至消失——原因是日益暖化的气候。
Those planners probably didn't imagine the dramatic changes that were in store in the following century: the retreat or disappearance of every glacier in the park due to warming climate.
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