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This would be bad enough on its own
這簡直糟透了
but if the melt water is also causing the glaciers to accelerate into the sea,it could have very serious consequences.
如果融化的冰水促使冰河加速流入大海 將產生非常嚴重的后果
There seems to be no doubt that Greenland's ice
毫無疑問，格陵蘭冰層
is moving and changing faster
正在加速流動和變化
than we ever conceived of even five years ago.
比我們五年前預測的要快得多
What's more, because this process continues every summer,
更重要的是，每個夏天這個過程都在加劇
the whole ice cap loses elevation1
整個冰帽的損失提高
which means it'll be sitting in warmer temperatures
將會導致溫度的進一步升高
and that, of course, means more melting,
當然，這就意味著更多冰層的融化
more of these moulins and so an even faster demise.
更多的冰川鍋穴產生冰層更快的消亡
And it isn't only Greenland's ice that's under threat.
而且不僅只有格陵蘭冰層正處于危險中
Around the world, it's the same story.
全世界都是一樣的
This is the Columbia Glacier in Alaska.
這是阿拉斯加的哥倫比亞冰河
LikeJakobshavn, this is a fast moving glacier that ends up in the sea.
類似雅各布港，冰河快速的流入大海
It's about a mile and a half wide and about half a mile thick.
冰河寬三千米，深五百米
But just 20 years ago, it was nearly twice as thick.
可二十年前是現在的兩倍深
