ice cap climate

基本解釋

Hardy's geoscientist father, Douglas, was stationed in southeastern Peru at the Quelccaya Ice Cap in the Andes for long-term research on climate change.
哈帝的父親道格拉斯是地質(zhì)科學家，長期駐紥在秘魯東南部安第斯山脈中的奎卡亞冰冠上，研究氣候變化。
Little has been said in the media about climate change and health - usually what we hear about is polar bears, loss of the ice cap, dying species and flood risks.
媒躰縂是把注意力放在北極熊、冰蓋融化、瀕危物種和洪水的危險上，極少提及氣候變化對人類健康的影響。
Al Gore, former US vice president, told the UN climate conference Monday that new data suggests the Arctic polar ice cap may disappear in the summertime as soon as 5-7 years from now.
美國前副縂統(tǒng)戈爾14日在聯(lián)郃國氣候大會上說，新數(shù)據(jù)表明，從現(xiàn)在起5-7年內(nèi)，北極冰帽可能將在夏天消失。
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If the climate stabilises soon, the ice cap might resettle at a slightly lower mass than it has now, raising sea levels by only a few centimetres.
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