a sheet of ice的意思|示意

The survey confirmed the West Antarctic ice sheet is melting rapidly with the loss of around 132bn tonnes of ice a year, but revealed unexpected melting in the larger East Antarctic ice sheet.

这项调查证实，南极西部冰盖正以每年约1320亿吨的速度迅速融化，但同时也显示，面积更大的南极东部冰盖正出乎意料地逐渐消融。

The 2007 report predicted a sea level rise of 30cm-60cm by 2100, but did not account for the impact of glaciers breaking into the sea from areas such as the Greenland ice sheet.

2007年的报告预言，至2100年，海平面会上升30至60厘米，但是没有算上如格陵兰冰盖这样地区的冰川破裂滑入海洋所造成的影响。

An ice age has been blamed for the extinctions - a huge ice sheet in the southern hemisphere caused climate change and a fall in sea level, and messed with the chemistry of the oceans.

大概是一次冰河时代导致了这场大灭绝。南半球表面形成的一个巨大的冰盖引起了全球气候剧变，海平面剧变下降，导致海水中化学成份变得混乱。

Melt along the southern edge of Greenland's ice sheet is now moving up its northwest coast, a new study shows.

一项新的研究表明，格陵兰冰盖南部沿线的冰融如今正蔓延到它的西北海岸线。

The road was covered with a sheet of ice.

路面结了一层冰。

Such a rise would bring a high risk of major extinctions, threats to food supplies and the near-total collapse of the huge Greenland ice sheet.

这种气温上升将带来大规模生物灭绝的危险，威胁到食物供给，并造成巨大的格林兰冰盖的整体倾覆。