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北極冰棚融化 歐洲科學家瞠目

2006年09月25日
ENS報導;法國,巴黎;丁秋仁編譯;莫聞審校

2006.8.29衛星拍攝到的北極冰棚照片,顯示冰棚正在萎縮(圖片來源:ESA)歐洲太空局19日指出,經上個月衛星影像所示,北極圈內終年冰封的海冰棚出現多處缺口。科學家進一步表示,海冰融化消退的程度,足以讓一艘船從北西伯利亞或挪威的斯匹茨卑爾根島,無虞通行至北極。 


European Scientists Stunned by Arctic Ice Melt
PARIS, France, 2006 (ENS)
Satellite images from last month revealed dramatic openings over large areas of the Arctic’s perennial sea ice pack, the European Space Agency said Tuesday. The ice had retreated to such an extent that a ship likely could have sailed from Northern Siberia or the Norwegian island of Spitzbergen to the North Pole without difficulty, the scientists said.