The Quelccaya ice Cap, the largest body of ice in the tropics, feeds the streams and rivers of the valleys below.
凯尔·卡亚冰帽是热带地区最大的冰川体，它为下游山谷的溪湾和河流提供了水源。
The active volcano has been cited as one that could see large eruptions if warming starts to melt its ice cap.
如果气候变暖导致埃里伯斯火山的冰帽融化，那么一次巨大的火山喷发将呈现在眼前。
He said that further warming could trigger polar ice cap melting.
他说进一步的变暖可能触发极地冰帽融化。
A small ice cap on top of Eyjafjallajokull has promoted such shenanigans.
艾雅法拉火山顶的小冰帽促成了这些恶作剧。
He is expected to warn ministers in polar regions that the arctic ice cap may totally disappear in as little as five years if nothing is done to curb greenhouse emissions.
他会警告负责极区的部长，如果再不下措施抑制温室气体的排放，则北极的冰帽将在五年内完全消失。
When the annual snow is melted away, parts of the ice cap are exposed.
当全年的雪都融化时，部分冰帽就会暴露在外面。
Little has been said in the media about climate change and health - usually what we hear about is polar bears, loss of the ice cap, dying species and flood risks.
媒体总是把注意力放在北极熊、冰盖融化、濒危物种和洪水的危险上，极少提及气候变化对人类健康的影响。
Layers of frozen sea water, known as sea ice, cap the Arctic Ocean. The ice grows dramatically each winter, and melts just as dramatically each summer.
北冰洋的冰层由结冰的海水构成，这些冰层在每年的冬天急速冻结，又在每年的夏天迅速消融。
“Ice is expanding in much of Antarctica, contrary to the widespread public belief that global warming is melting the continental ice cap,” read one FoxNews story on the expansion.
“冰原正在南极大部分地区扩张，这与公众广泛认为的全球变暖正在令大陆冰盖消融的看法相违背”，福克斯新闻的一则有关冰原扩张的故事如是说。
At high pressures such as under an ice cap, they reckon that rocks cannot expand to turn into liquid magma even if they are hot enough.
他们认为在冰帽的强大压力下，即使温度很高，岩石也不可能成为液体熔岩。
2010 was an exceptional year for Greenland's ice cap.
2010年对格陵兰岛的冰帽来说是不同寻常的一年。
Platteville, Colorado: I'm curious as to weather the polar ice cap melt has increased pressure o the earth's plates?
普莱维尔，科罗拉多州(Platteville Colorado) ：我很好奇极地冰盖的融化会不会增加地球版块的压力。
Below that ice cap, no human, no robot had ever been in this place.
在那冰层以下，没有任何人，任何机器人曾经到过那里。
Much of the cooling during the ice ages was maintained by the presence of a large northern hemisphere ice cap reflecting away a lot of sunlight, but carbon dioxide levels were lower, too.
在冰河时期里，之所以有很多的气候冷却现象，是由于覆盖在北半球上的巨大冰盖将大量的阳光反射到外太空。但是，那时大气中的二氧化碳浓度也要低得多。
This lava field just north of the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap serves as one of many monitoring sites to track ground deformation that could serve as a signal of an impending eruption of Katla.
这片位于米达尔斯冰盖北部的熔岩原是用来追踪地面形变的监测点之一，这里地面的形变可以被视为卡特拉火山喷发的前兆。
The melting ice cap looks almost certain to create a navigable Northwest Passage and unleash a scramble for undersea resources.
随着冰盖的消融，“打开”一条可航行的西北航线看似已成定局，对海底资源的争夺也一触即发。
The Arctic ice cap fluctuates with the seasons, growing in the freezing winter and shrinking over the summer.
北极冰盖随季节而变化，在严寒的冬季增长而在夏季则会减少。
This year they noted that the Arctic ice cap had a late-winter growth spurt, reaching its maximum on March 31st, the latest date ever recorded.
今年，科学家们注意到晚冬时节北极冰盖突然迸出的现象，3月31日达到最高值- - -这是至今所记录的最新数据。
The ice cap could be thinner and still protect water if it were topped with a layer of frozen atmospheric gas, such as dry ice, which is solid carbon dioxide.
若冰层上方还存在一层固态气体层，如干冰——二氧化碳的固态形式，维持液态水存在的冰层厚度要求就能相对降低。
Its four submarines, bought second-hand from Britain, can operate under the ice cap only for short periods.
那四艘从英国购得的二手潜水艇只能在冰盖停留一小会儿。
In 2007, a Russian expedition descended in a pair of vessels more than two miles under the ice cap and deposited a Russian flag on the seabed at the North Pole.
2007年，一支俄罗斯探险队在北极用两艘潜水器潜到了两英里之下的冰层，并在海底放置了俄罗斯国旗。
The retreat of the polar ice cap is making the region easier to work in, and there is thought to be lots of oil and gas to tap.
北极冰盖的消融使得在该地区作业较为容易，而且该地区储藏有大量可开发的石油和天然气。
Much has been made about conflicts between Arctic states because of a retreating polar ice cap, which will make many natural resources accessible for the first time.
极地冰冠后退在环北极国家中引发了热议。 随着冰冠消融，下面蕴藏的丰富自然资源将首次浮出水面。
The other bright region in the image is the polar ice cap over the Arctic Ocean.
图中另一块明亮的区域则是北冰洋的极地冰冠。
The difficult journey was worth it when they reached the ice cap and saw the view.
他们一路艰难跋涉，但当他们爬上冰帽，看到美景时，发觉这一切都是值得的。
A nice example is that dreaded polar ice cap.
这儿有一个很好的例子：对于可怕的极地冰帽。
A nice example is that dreaded polar ice cap.
这儿有一个很好的例子：对于可怕的极地冰帽。
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