Let's start with the Antarctic ice sheet.

先从南极冰原说起。

Now, it looks like the continent's ice sheet is growing.

现在, 看起来这片大陆的冰盖正呈现增加趋势。

They extend from the ice sheet into the water.

它们从冰盖延伸到水中。

How does the water in Lake Vostok remain liquid beneath an ice sheet?

沃斯托克湖的水在冰原下是如何保持液态的？

The edges of an ice sheet are known as ice shelves.

冰盖的边缘叫做冰架。

28. What does the latest information reveal about the West Antarctic ice sheet?

问题28. 最新的信息揭露了南极西部冰盖的什么？

The study said Greenland's ice sheet and glaciers have been melting.

该研究称，格陵兰岛的冰盖和冰川一直在融化。

Ice keels as long as 150 feet extend down from the ice sheets.

冰骨长达150英尺，从冰盖延伸下来。

But a lot of that is covered by the territory's ice sheet.

但许多资源被冰川覆盖。

Images from the Danish territory show melting across 56 percent of the ice sheet.

从丹麦领土上看，冰盖的56%都在融化。

On June 27, about 11.7 million square kilometers were covered by the ice sheet.

6月27日，冰盖覆盖面积约为1170万平方公里。

They form where a glacier or ice sheet reaches a coastline and into the sea.

它们在冰川或冰原贴近海岸以及到达大海深处的地方形成。

The ice sheet is melting, of course. But just how much, compared to the past?

当然，冰盖正在融化。 但与过去相比，有多少呢?

The frozen muddy sediments once lay nearly one and a half kilometers beneath the Greenland ice sheet.

冻结的泥质沉积物曾经位于格陵兰岛冰盖下近1。5公里处。

Ice sheets the world over are melting back and that's particularly true in the Arctic. The meltdown is picking up pace, too.

全世界的冰川都在消融，北极圈尤其如此。而且冰川融化还在加速。

It's going to get too warm you're going to melt the ice sheets.

天气会变得太热，会融化冰原。

A 1.7 million-square-kilometer ice sheet covers 80 percent of the Arctic territory.

170万平方公里的冰盖覆盖了北极80%的领土。

The icebergs — created from the shrinking Greenland ice sheet — serve as hunting grounds, scientists say.

科学家表示，这些冰山是由不断缩小的格陵兰岛冰盖形成的，是狩猎场。

The icebergs – created from the shrinking Greenland ice sheet – serve as hunting grounds, scientists say.

科学家表示，这些冰山是由不断缩小的格陵兰岛冰盖形成的，是狩猎场。

In Greenland, melting on the vast Greenland ice sheet has started a month earlier than usual.

在格陵兰岛，格陵兰大冰原的融化比往常早了一个月。