场景:
环境保护:全球变暖;
全球变暖:人为or自然变化?人&自然;
政府政策:如何推进环保节能;
The collapse of the peninsula’s ice shelves can be interpreted as fulfilling a prophecy made in 1978 by a renowned geologist named John H. Mercer of Ohio State University. In a classic paper, Dr. Mercer warned that the western part of Antarctica was so vulnerable to human-induced climate warming asto pose a “threat of disaster” from rising seas.
南极半岛冰架的崩解可以被解释为俄亥俄州立大学著名地质学家约翰·H·默瑟(John H. Mercer)1978年所做预言的兑现。默瑟在一篇经典论文中警告说,南极西部对人类造成的气候变暖如此之脆弱,以至于该地区构成对海平面上升所致“灾难的威胁”。
collapse崩解
iceshelf冰架
interpret解读
fulfilling a prophecy预言兑现
renowned著名的
vulnerable to …脆弱、易受…影响
human-induced人类造成的
climate warming气候变暖
pose a threat to …对…构成威胁
rising seas海平面上升
He said that humanity would know the calamity had begun when ice shelves started breaking up along the peninsula, with the breakups moving progressively southward.
他说,当冰架开始沿着半岛崩解、而且崩解逐步向南扩展时,人类将会知道灾难已经到来。
humanity人类
calamity灾难
ice shelf冰架
peninsula半岛
progressively逐步地
The Larsen A ice shelf broke up over several years starting in 1995; the Larsen B underwent a dramatic collapse in 2002; and now,scientists fear, the calving of the giant iceberg could be the first stage in the breakup of Larsen C.
拉森A冰架已从1995年开始在几年的时间里崩解了。拉森B冰架在2002年发生了突然的崩溃。现在,科学家们担心,巨大冰山的脱落可能是拉森C冰架崩解的第一个阶段。
undergo经历
giant巨大的
… could be the firststage in … …可能是…的第一个阶段。
“As climate warming progresses farther south,” Dr. Rignot said, “it will affect larger and larger ice shelves, holding back bigger and bigger glaciers,so that their collapse will contribute more to sea-level rise.”
里格诺特说,“随着气候变暖进一步向南发展,受其影响的冰架将越来越大,挡在这些冰架后面的冰川也越来越大,因此,这些冰架的崩解将对海平面的上升有更大的影响。”
climate warming 气候变暖
progress前进
iceshelf冰架
hold back阻挡
glacier冰川
collapse崩解
contribute to致力于
sea-level rise海平面上升
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