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雙衛星發現南極冰層正在縮水

2006年03月08日
ENS美國,科羅拉多州,波布爾德報導;蘇家億編譯;莫聞審校

南極冰層根據衛星對整個冰層做出首次的重力測量所得到的分析數據指出,佔全球冰層90%的南極,在過去3年內減少了相當可觀的數目。研究並發現南極每年流失的冰層質量,相當於美國在3個月內所消耗的水。

Twin Satellites Reveal Shrinking Antarctic Ice Sheet
BOULDER, Colorado, March 3, 2006 (ENS)
The Antarctic ice sheet, which contains 90 percent of the planet's ice, has lost significant mass in the past three years, according to satellite data analyzed in the first-ever gravity survey of the entire ice sheet. Every year the Antarctic ice sheet is losing about as much water as the United States consumes in three months, researchers found.