CNN原文：

Widespread ice losses from Greenland have locked in nearly a foot of global sea level rise that’s set to come in the near future -- and new research suggests there is no way to stop it, even if the world stopped releasing planet-heating emissions today. The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, found that the overall ice loss from Greenland’s ice sheet will trigger at least 10 inches of sea level rise, no matter the climate warming scenarios. That’s generally the same amount that global seas have already risen over the last century from Greenland, Antarctica and thermal expansion (when ocean water expands as it warms) combined.

格陵兰岛大面积的冰损失将导致全球海平面在不久的将来上升近一英尺，新的研究表明，即使世界从今天就停止排放导致全球变暖的温室气体，也没有办法阻止海平面上升。这项于周一发表在《自然气候变化》杂志上的研究发现，无论未来气候变暖的情况到底会怎样，格陵兰冰盖目前的整体冰量损失都将导致海平面上升至少10英寸。这基本上相当于上个世纪全球海平面的上升量的总和，其中包括来自格陵兰岛、南极洲和热膨胀(海水变暖时膨胀)导致的海平面上升。

1.Greenland 格陵兰岛

2.sea level rise 海平面上升

3.release planet-heating emissions 排放温室气体

4.Antarctica 南极洲

5.thermal expansion 热膨胀

【拓展】

6.global warming 全球变暖

例句：Extreme weather events have recently assumed a central role in the global warming discussion.

极端天气事件是最近关于全球变暖的讨论中的重点话题。

7.the melting glacier 冰川融化

例句：While the extra water from the melting glacier may be increasing the fertility of adjacent lowland areas in the short-term, water supplies would become critically low if it disappears.

虽然冰川融化带来的水源增加可能会在短期内提升邻近低地地区的作物生产力，但如果冰川一旦消失，水源供应就会变得非常低。

8.permafrost 永久冻土；冻土层

例句：Glacial melting has led to flooding and thawing permafrost has led to mudslides.冰川融化导致了洪水，永久冻土融化导致了泥石流。