The planet's warming may be global, but climate-change models predict it will be amplified in the north. Permafrost will melt and settlement patterns will change.

气候变暖是全球性的，但是从气候变化模型上看却将在北半球扩散——永久冻土融化，人类定居点被迫转移。

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If global warming worsens, the glaciers will melt faster and the situation will worsen.

如果全球变暖的情况加剧，冰川融化的速度还会更快，情况会更糟。

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The region has become more accessible recently as global warming has caused the ice to melt.

受全球变暖的影响，冰川消融。如今人们进入该区域更容易。

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One that security planners highlighted in 2009 revolves around concern that global warming will melt the massive Himalayan ice mass.

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The IPCC asserted in its 2007 report that the Himalayan glaciers would likely melt by 2035 due to global warming, prompting great alarm across southern and eastern Asia, where glaciers feed major rivers.

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Asked about glacial melt, which many observers point to as evidence of global warming, Lindzen said the way glaciers change and move are phenomena largely unexplained.

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