This cycle of warming, as huge areas start to absorb rather than reflect heat廣闊的區域并不反射而是吸收熱量

rather than:而非...

I'll plump for noodles rather than buns.

我要吃面條而不要吃饅頭。

The police suspect foul play rather than suicide.

警方懷疑是謀殺不是自殺。

But there's another kind of ice that could have an even more dramatic impact on our world.但還有另外一種冰雪可能會對我們的世界造成更深刻的影響

kind of:有點兒

I hate this kind of cheap emotion.

我討厭這種膚淺的感情。

impact on:對 ... 產生影響

Her speech made a tremendous impact on everyone.

她的演說對大家震動很大。

The Greenland ice sheet is by far the largest in the Arctic.格林蘭冰原是目前北極最大的冰原

by far:到目前為止

This is by far the largest cake in the world.

這是目前世界上最大的蛋糕了。