west Antarctica

基本解释

Because of various uncertainties, its calculations excluded the melting of the Greenland and West Antarctica ice sheets.
由于各种各样的不确定因素，这个估计还没有把格林兰岛和西南极洲冰块的融化考虑在内。
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.
研究人员估计，西南极洲冰川的加速流动在已观测到全球平均海平面上升中所起的作用约占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，特别是地球两极，包括高山冰川，复盖着西南极洲和格林兰的大冰源，和北极的冰海。
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