Growing ice shelves would make the shallows uninhabitable.

生长的冰架使浅水处变的不适宜动物居住.

The ice shelves currently insulate the Antartic continent from wind.

冰架目前使南极洲和风隔绝.

As ice shelves break up , this accelerates movement of land ice to the ocean.

冰棚一旦断裂，会让岸冰加速往海洋移动。

Glaciers form ice shelves along about half of the coastline, and floating ice shelves constitute 11% of the area of the continent.

约半数的海岸沿线都有冰川形成的冰块，其中浮冰块占整个大陆面积的11％。

The presence or absence of sea ice affects both ocean surface waters and ice shelves.

南极海岸除了一年中来回变动的海冰外，还有长久存在的冰架（就是附着于海岸线，处于半漂浮状态的厚冰层）。

Large, flat sheets of the icecap called ice shelves float in water near Antarctica.

大而扁平状的冰冠称作冰架,它们漂浮在南极洲周边的水域中.

Large, flat sheets of the icecap called ice shelves float in water near Antarctica .

大而扁平状的冰冠称作冰架，它们漂浮在南极洲周边的水域中。

Disintegrating ice shelves in Antarctica have caused alarm among scientists who warn that ice loss here could mean a disastrous rise in sea levels worldwide.

南极破裂的冰架引发科学家们的警告，他们警告说南极冰的流失可能引起全球海平面上升的灾难性问题。

If coastal ice shelves buttressing the west Antarctic ice sheet continue to disintegrate, the sheet could disgorge into the ocean, raising sea levels by several metres in a century.

假如支撑西南极洲冰盖的沿岸冰架持续解体，那么冰盖就会泄入海洋，百年之内海平面便将上升数米。

Presently, most research is concentrated on the coastal ice shelves of WAIS (West Antarctic Ice Sheet), very few work has been done for in-land glaciers in East Antarctica.

目前的研究重点主要在西南极沿岸冰架地区，东南极内陆冰盖地区涉足很少。