The overall thawing of Arctic climates, as well as increasing sea level rise, have these islands retreating more rapidly than elsewhere in the world.

北极地区气候的整体解冻变暖以及海平面逐渐上升，使得这些岛屿比起地球上其他任何地球都消逝更快。

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Proof of warming is widespread across Russia. Glaciers and Arctic sea ice have dwindled, and as many as 385, 000 square miles of Siberian tundra are thawing.

变暖的证据遍布俄罗斯，冰川和北冰洋的冰雪面积开始缩减，面积多达三十八万五千平方英里的西伯利亚冻土带正在融化。

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Other positive climate feedbacks that operate in the Arctic include the thawing of permafrost and vegetation changes.

在北极发生的其它气候正反馈还包括永久冻土融化和植被变化。

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Increased evaporation from the exposed sea should also mean more snowfall to compensate for the ice cap's losses (though together with rapid erosion at the margins this could increase the gradient of the ice cap, making it less stable.) But this is small consolation for another big fear: rapid thawing of the Arctic permafrost.

ECONOMIST: The science

Last, the project will try to work out how thawing permafrost will affect the numerous streams, rivers and lakes of the Arctic.

ECONOMIST: Global warming and the permafrost