west Antarctica

基本解釋

Because of various uncertainties, its calculations excluded the melting of the Greenland and West Antarctica ice sheets.
由于各種各樣的不確定因素，這個(gè)估計(jì)還沒(méi)有把格林蘭島和西南極洲冰塊的融化考慮在內(nèi)。
Researchers estimate that the accelerating flow of glaciers in West Antarctica is contributing about 10% of the observed rise in the mean global sea level.
研究人員估計(jì)，西南極洲冰川的加速流動(dòng)在已觀測(cè)到全球平均海平面上升中所起的作用約占10％。
Ice is melting worldwide, especially at the Earth's poles. This includes mountain glaciers, ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland, and Arctic sea ice.
冰正在在全球溶化，特別是地球兩極，包括高山冰川，復(fù)蓋著西南極洲和格林蘭的大冰源，和北極的冰海。
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