【澳大利亚人20111026】中国喜马拉雅山冰川正在融化

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【中文标题】中国喜马拉雅山冰川正在融化

【原文标题】China's Himalayan glaciers melting away

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【来源地址】  http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/chinas-himalayan-glaciers-melting-away/story-e6frg6so-1226176157808

【译者】 我思我走

【翻译方式】人工

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SHARP increases in temperature driven by global warming are melting China's Himalayan glaciers, threatening habitats, tourism and economic development.
全球变暖导致的气温急剧升高，中国喜马拉雅山冰川正在融化，对于当地自然环境、旅游的经济发展造成极大威胁。
Of 111 weather stations scattered across southwestern China, 77 per cent showed significant temperature rises between 1961 and 2008, according to a study published in the British peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research Letters.
根据英国环境研究会的学科期刊发布的一份报告，遍布中国西南地区的111个气候监测站中，77%的监测站显示气温从1961年到2008年有显著上升。
At the 14 monitoring stations above 4000m, the jump was 1.73 degrees Celsius, roughly twice the average global increase over the last century.
在14个位于4000米的监测中，气温约上升了1.73摄氏度，基本上是上个世纪全球平均上升幅度的二倍。
Researchers led by Li Zhongxing of the Chinese Academy of Sciences identified three changes occurring in glaciers that could be caused, at least in part, by this steady warming trend.
中国科学院的研究者李忠兴指出三个可能导致冰川变化的原因，至少部分能够说明持续的全球变暖是原因之一。
Many of the glaciers examined showed a "drastic retreat" as well as large loss of mass, they reported.
他们的报告显示，通过勘察发现许多冰川雪线急剧撤退，大量融化。
The Pengqu basin's 999 glaciers, for example, had a combined area loss of 131 sq km over two decades, from 1980 to 2001.
The study also showed that glacial lakes - fed by runoff from melting ice masses - had expanded in size.
例如，朋曲盆地（音译，未查到确切的中译名）的999座冰山，在从1981到2001的十年间融化了131平方公里的雪。
研究同样显示了，冰川湖泊——因冰雪融水而形成——面积大大扩大。
"The implications of these changes are far more serious that simply altering the landscape," the researchers warned.
研究者警告说：“这些变化暗示的问题远远比风景改变要严重。”
"Glaciers are an integral part of thousands of ecosystems and play a crucial role in sustaining human populations."
“冰川是构成多样生态系统整体的不可分割的一部分，而且对于人类可持续发展起到至关重要的作用”。
All told, southwestern China has 23,488 glaciers, covering an area of 29,523 sq km across the Himalayas and the Nyainqntanglha, Tanggula and Hengduan mountains.
报告还提及，中国西南地区有23488座冰山，覆盖了29523平方公里，横越喜马拉雅山脉、念青唐古拉山、唐古拉山和横断山脉。
Changes in rain and snowfall were less marked, but still consistent with predictions by climate change models, the study found.
研究发现，降水和降雪的变化并不明显，但是仍然与气候变化模型的预测一致。
"It is imperative we determine the relationship between climate change and glacier variations, particularly the role of precipitation, as the consequences of glacier retreat are far reaching," Li said.
“我们目前最紧要的工作发现气候变化与冰川变化的联系，尤其是冰川大量减少，其变化原因仍需要进一步研究。”

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mingyunu

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沐霜

未来水世界，中国还有西藏这个世界屋脊可以去，澳大利亚有什么地方可以去呢？

ustari

沐霜 发表于 2011-11-1 00:00
未来水世界，中国还有西藏这个世界屋脊可以去，澳大利亚有什么地方可以去呢？ ...

突然想起未来水世界 玛丽亚凯莉唱的主题曲

shfbh

的确如此，很紧迫