are melting quickly正在迅速融化
The world's glaciers are melting quickly.全球的冰川正在迅速融化。
is caused by climate change由气候变化引起的
Scientists say the melting is caused by climate change. 科学家表示，冰川融化是由气候变化引起的。
are shrinking glaciers around the world正在导致全球冰川缩减
They have long warned that warming temperatures are shrinking glaciers around the world.他们很早就一直警告称，全球变暖正在导致全球冰川缩减。
the thinning rate of glaciers冰川缩减的速度
The thinning rate of glaciers is twice as high as it was 20 years ago, and "that's enormous," he said.他领导了这份研究报告。冰川缩减的速度是20年前的两倍，“这一体量是巨大的，”他说道。
is losing about 35 meters a year以每年约35米的速度消融
Alaska's Columbia Glacier is losing about 35 meters a year, he added.他补充说，阿拉斯加的哥伦比亚冰川正在以每年约35米的速度消融。
solid glaciers/ˈɡleɪʃərz/坚硬的冰川
Even glaciers that used to be solid are now melting, such as ones in Tibet.即使是曾经坚硬的冰川现在也在融化，比如西藏的冰川。
is from the burning of coal, oil and gas是由煤炭、石油和天然气的燃烧造成的
The melting "mirrors" the worldwide increase in temperature and is from the burning of coal, oil and gas, Hugonnet said. 胡贡内特称，冰川融化“反映”了全球温度的上升，这是由煤炭、石油和天然气的燃烧造成的。
smaller glaciers较小的冰川
Some smaller glaciers are totally lost. 一些较小的冰川完全消失了。
use satellite images to examine all of Earth's glaciers使用卫星图像来检测地球上的冰川
The study is the first to use satellite images to examine all of Earth's glaciers that are not connected to ice sheets in Greenland or the Antarctic. 这项研究使用卫星图像来检测地球上所有与格陵兰岛或南极冰盖无关的冰川。
use regular glacial melt for drinking water依赖冰川融水作为饮用水
Shrinking glaciers are a problem for millions of people who use regular glacial melt for drinking water. 对于数百万的人来说，冰川的缩减是一个问题，他们依赖冰川融水作为饮用水。
cause deadly floods in places like India导致印度等地爆发致命的洪水
Very fast melting can also cause deadly floods in places like India, Hugonnet said.胡贡内特说，冰川的快速融化也会导致印度等地爆发致命的洪水。
expands when it gets warmer变暖时会膨胀
The world's oceans are already rising from climate change because water expands when it gets warmer. 由于气候变化，全球海洋的海平面已经在上升，因为海水变暖时会膨胀。
be responsible for 21 percent of sea level rise海平面上升21%的原因
Glaciers are responsible for 21 percent of sea level rise. 海平面上升21%的原因是由冰川造成的。
melting ice sheets冰盖的融化
Melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica also cause sea level rise, but to a lesser amount. 格陵兰岛和南极洲冰盖的融化也会导致海平面上升，但占比较小。
sea level rise海平面上升
He thinks "sea level rise is going to be a bigger and bigger problem as we move through the 21st century." The NSIDC was not involved in the study.他认为，“随着人类步入21世纪，海平面上升将成为一个日益严重的问题。”该机构没有参与这项研究。
regrow melted glaciers复原已经融化的冰川
Scientists said that it could take tens or even hundreds of years to regrow meltedglaciers.科学家们表示，已经融化的冰川可能需要数十年甚至数百年才能复原。
a worldwide reduction in emissions全球范围内（碳）排放减少
She is not confident the glaciers can regrow, even if there is a worldwide reduction in emissions and the planet's temperature is controlled.即使全球范围内（碳）排放减少，地球温度得到控制，她也不相信冰川能够复原。
keep as much ice as possible尽可能多地留住更多冰川slow that rate of loss减缓冰川的流失速度
"We're at a point where we're trying to keep as much ice as possible and slow that rate of loss," she said.她说：“我们正试图尽可能多地留住更多冰川，并减缓冰川的流失速度。”
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