The Arctic sea ice holds a central position in the Earth's climate system and it's deteriorating faster than expected.
北极海冰在地球气候系统中占据中心位置，并且它恶化的速度比预期的更快。
Arctic sea ice usually melts in spring and summer, then grows in winter.
北极的海冰通常在春天和夏天融化，然后在冬天形成。
Data from submarines suggest that Arctic sea ice has thinned by 40 percent in the past 30 years.
从潜艇所获得的数据表明，北极海的冰层在过去30年里变薄了40%。
The Arctic sea ice is shrinking so fast that within the next few decades, if not years, it could be completely gone in summertime.
北极的海冰正在飞速消融，照此速度，在今后几十年里，可能就在某一个盛夏时节，它们将完全融化。
As Arctic sea ice melts, the darker ocean absorbs more sunlight and speeds melting.
覆盖在北极海面上的冰雪融化后，颜色更深的海水将吸收更多的阳光，从而加速了融化进程。
They show Arctic sea ice extent for the September 2009 minimum (left) and March 2010 maximum (right).
它显示的是北极海洋结冰程度在2009年9月的最低值(左)和2010年3月的最高值(右)。
The pair of images above shows Arctic sea ice concentrations for September 2010 (left) and March 2011.
上方的这组图片显示了北极海冰范围在2010年9月(左)和2011年3月的对比。
The Arctic sea ice extent averaged for July was the second lowest in the satellite record, after 2007.
根据来自国家冰雪数据中心(NSIDC)的最新数字，7月份平均北极海冰面积为2007年后卫星纪录中第2个最低点。
He also argued that much remains unknown about the interaction between Arctic sea ice, sea level, and temperature rise.
他还认为，有关北极海冰、海平面图和气温上升之间的相互作用还存在许多未知数。
In their model simulations, they artificially removed all Arctic sea ice at the beginning of June for selected years and examined if the ice would recover from such extreme event.
在模拟过程中，他们人为地把特定年份中六月初的所有北极海冰都转移走，观测冰层是否会在那样一场极限事件之后恢复。
If there were such a thing, now would not be a good time to buy shares in Arctic sea ice.
假设北极冰川真出现了这样的情况，那么现在一定不是个买股票的好时机。
As a result, sea ice extent for the Arctic actually peaked on March 31, 2010-the latest peak of wintertime Arctic sea ice extent in the satellite record.
结果导致2010年北极的海冰范围是在3月31日达到峰值——这是有卫星记录以来北极海冰范围最晚的冬季峰值。
And retreating Arctic sea ice provides even more visible data to support conclusions of warming.
而北冰洋冰块的后退为变暖的结论提供了更明显的数据支持。
Arctic sea ice is melting far faster than climate models predict.
北冰洋的冰，融化速度比气候模型预测的快很多。
Measures of Arctic sea ice this year show its area is the second lowest on record, and its volume is the lowest.
对北极海冰的检测表明，今年海冰面积下降到记录以来倒数第二，其体积则已经减少到有记录以来最小。
There's too little data to know—comprehensive records on Arctic sea ice go back only to 1979.
人们获知的数据太少：有关北极冰川的综合记录只能追溯到1979年。
The Russian Navy intercepted the Arctic Sea 300 miles off Cape Verde, a group of islands west of Senegal, three weeks after it vanished and sparked international intrigue.
俄罗斯海军在距佛得角300英里，塞内加尔以西的一处岛群拦截了这艘货船。三周前该船失踪并引发了国际骚动。
Arctic sea-ice cover reached its lowest ever recorded average level for the month of June.
六月，北极海冰的覆盖面积达到历史平均记录的最低点。
British coastguards speculated later that the routine communication from the Arctic Sea could have been made either by the hijackers or a crew member speaking under duress.
英国海岸护卫队后来猜测，那次来自“北冰洋”号的常规通讯可能来自劫匪，或者是船员在胁迫下完成的。
Arctic sea ice is also disappearing, reducing the territory of the polar bear's seal prey.
北冰洋的冰也开始消失，减少了北极熊捕捉海豹的领地。
Because the observed trajectory of Arctic sea ice decline appears to be underestimated by currently available models, this assessment of future polar bear status may be conservative.
由于目前现有的模型对北极海冰融化速度的估计可能不足，所以对北极熊未来命运的估计可能有些保守。
Arctic sea ice, for instance, is clearly shrinking faster than the climate-change computers predicted.
例如北极冰川融化的速度之快就超过了气候变化的电脑预测速度。
But in 2008, Arctic sea ice extent was the second-lowest on record, with losses particularly acute in the Beaufort sea.
但是2008年是北冰洋海冰面积有记录以来倒数第二小的年头，波弗特海地区海冰面积更是锐减得厉害。
The animals were forced to swim to shore after the Arctic Sea ice they usually live on disappeared from the Chukchi Sea.
楚科奇海面上它们赖以生存的北极冰面消失后，这些动物无奈中只能上岸。
Nonetheless, his testimony – with its credibly banal account of life on board the Arctic Sea – blows a hole in the official version of events.
然而，他的陈述——详实可靠地描述了“北冰洋”号船上的普通生活——却给官方的版本捅了娄子。
Nonetheless, his testimony – with its credibly banal account of life on board the Arctic Sea – blows a hole in the official version of events.
然而，他的陈述——详实可靠地描述了“北冰洋”号船上的普通生活——却给官方的版本捅了娄子。
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