Greenland Ice Sheet

Today , rapid melting from the Greenland ice sheet would send massive amounts of fresh water into the North Atlantic Ocean , changing the marine environment .

今时今日，格陵兰冰原的迅速融化将会使大量的淡水注入北大西洋，造成海洋环境的变化。

Seven hundred and fifty miles across , and up to two miles thick , the northern cap has a volume just half that of the Greenland ice sheet .

北部冰冠有750英里宽，两英里厚，体积正好是格陵兰冰原的一半。

He 's camped on the Greenland ice sheet .

他在格陵兰冰盖上扎了营。

This matters because the Greenland ice sheet is so large that if all of it melted the global sea level would rise by seven metres - around 20 feet . No one is suggesting that could happen soon .

这很重要，因为格陵兰冰盖十分巨大，如果它全部融化，那么全球海平面将上升七米，约20英尺。没有人认为这种情况将很快到来。

The Inversion of Ice Mass Change in Greenland Ice Sheet Using GRACE Data

利用GRACE数据反演格陵兰冰盖冰雪质量变化

The Greenland ice sheet is by far the largest in the Arctic .

格林兰冰原是目前北极最大的冰原

The Greenland ice sheet is melting three times faster today than it was five years ago , according to a new study .

根据最新消息，格林兰的冰雪与五年前相比融化速度快了五倍。

Melting from Arctic glaciers , ocean ice and the Greenland ice sheet will make that sea level rise , the report finds .

报告发现，北极冰川、冰帽和格陵兰岛冰盖所消融的冰，将是海平面升高的主要因素。

Such an outcome would have severe consequences , such as the collapse of the Greenland ice sheet and disruption of the Gulf Stream ocean current .

这样的结果会造成严重后果，例如格陵兰冰层崩塌以及墨西哥湾流受阻。

ON THE GREENLAND ICE SHEET - The midnight sun still gleamed at 1 a.m. across the brilliant expanse of the Greenland ice sheet .

格陵兰冰盖——凌晨1点，子夜太阳仍在照射着广阔的格陵兰冰盖。

The American space agency , NASA , recently revealed satellite images showing that this summer alone , 552 billion tons of ice had melted from the Greenland ice sheet .

美国太空总署最近发布的卫星影像显示，单是2007年夏天，格陵兰冰原就有五千五百二十亿吨的冰融化了。

In July , satellite data showed that 97 percent of the surface of the Greenland ice sheet had turned to slush over four days , a rate faster than at any time in recorded history .

而在今年7月，卫星数据显示格陵兰岛冰原表面在超过四天后97%已经变成了融雪，这个速度已经超过了以往的任何历史记录。

The likelihood was also that it would take centuries for the Greenland ice sheet to melt , which was fortunate , as such melting would raise sea levels by 4m to 6m , or more .

格陵兰岛的冰原融化，也可能需要数百年时间，这值得庆幸，因为冰原融化将使海平面升高4到6米，甚至更多。

It pointed out the potentially devastating effects of rapid melting of the Greenland ice sheet and the likely extinction of up to a third of plant and animal species if global temperatures increased by 2 ° C above pre-industrial levels .

它指出，如果全球气温较工业化之前的水平上升2°C，将可能造成毁灭性后果：格陵兰岛冰原迅速融化，多达三分之一的动植物物种面临灭绝。

The scientific data he and a team of six other researchers collect here could yield groundbreaking information on the rate at which the melting of Greenland ice sheet , one of the biggest and fastest-melting chunks of ice on Earth , will drive up sea levels in the coming decades .

他和其他六名研究员组成的团队在这里收集的科学数据，可能会提供有关格陵兰冰盖融化速度的突破性信息。该冰盖是世界上最大且融化速度最快的冰块之一，会在未来几十年抬高海平面。

Glaciologists on the 18 April publish the first account of the plumbing of the Greenland ice sheet . It explains how meltwater that forms on top of the ice in summer reaches the base of the sheet and lubricates its flow into the sea .

冰河学家4月18日发布了第一份关于格陵兰岛冰原渗水的研究报告，解释了冰原表面的夏季融水是如何到达冰原底部，并充当了冰层滑入大海的润滑剂的。

The full melting of Greenland 's ice sheet could increase sea levels by about 20 feet .

格陵兰冰盖全部融化会将海平面抬高20英尺。

The melting of Greenland 's ice sheet is accelerating , threatening an increasing rise in sea levels .

格陵兰岛冰层的融化速度正在加快，可能导致海平面加速上升。

It was detected by aircraft , because satellites are too far up to see through Greenland 's ice sheet .

一架飞机发现了它，因为卫星隔得太远了，没法看透格陵兰岛的冰盖。