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2024考研英语同源外刊8月:海洋面积相当于阿根廷大小

When the area near Antarctica covered by sea ice fell to 1.8m km² (800.000 square miles) on February 19th—the smallest extent since satellite-based data became available in 1978—few climatologists were surprised. Such records fall frequently in a warming world, as they did at the same time of year in 2017 and 2022. In March ice cover in the Antarctic began bouncing back at a rate of 70.000 km2 per day, close to the historical average.

2月19日，南极洲附近被海冰覆盖的面积降至180万平方公里(80万平方英里)，这是自1978年有卫星数据以来的较小面积，气候学家几乎并不感到惊讶。在全球变暖的情况下，这样的记录经常出现，就像2017年和2022年的同一时期一样。在3月，南极的冰盖开始以每天7万平方公里的速度反弹，接近历史平均水平。

However, between April and June the ice did not recover as expected, with a growth rate around 15% lower than normal. And at the start of July its edge turned south, receding at a time when it should have been advancing rapidly. By July 6th Antarctic sea ice covered just 12m km2. roughly as large as Brazil and India put together. Compared with the average for that date in 1981-2010. its area was 2.84m km2 smaller—a gap as large as Argentina or Kazakhstan.

然而，在4月到6月期间，冰并没有像预期的那样恢复，其增长率比正常水平低了15%左右。在7月初，冰的边缘向南转移，在它应该迅速前进的时候退缩了。截至7月6日，南极海冰覆盖面积仅为1200万平方公里，大致相当于巴西和印度的面积总和。与1981-2010年同期的平均值相比，其面积缩小了284万平方公里，相当于阿根廷或哈萨克斯坦的面积。

This abrupt decline looks even more extreme set against long-run patterns. Unlike the Arctic—where, in recent decades, the maximum sea-ice extent has been gradually shrinking, and the minimum has plummeted—the range of ice cover in the Antarctic has been relatively stable during the past half-century. Between 1976 and 2014. the average area covered by mid-winter sea ice in the region actually grew slightly.A wide range of factors account for the historical divergence in ice-cover trends between Earth's poles, one a continent surrounded by water and the other an ocean surrounded by land. But after years in which Antarctic waters appeared to be a rare ocean of climatological calm, the region's sea-ice charts now look just as stormy as the notoriously turbulent Southern Ocean.

与长期趋势相比，这种突然的下降显得更加极端。与北极不同的是，在过去的半个世纪里，南极的海冰覆盖范围相对稳定。在北极，近几十年来，较大海冰面积逐渐缩小，较小海冰面积急剧下降。1976年至2014年间，该地区冬季中期海冰覆盖的平均面积实际上略有增长。一系列的因素可以解释地球两极之间冰覆盖趋势的历史差异，一个是被水包围的大陆，另一个是被陆地包围的海洋。但是，多年来，南极海域似乎是一个罕见的气候平静的海洋，现在该地区的海冰图看起来就像臭名昭著的南大洋一样的动荡不安。

 

单词：

extent/ɪkˈstent/ n. 程度，范围;

newly exposed 新暴露的，新显露的;

Argentina/ˌɑːrdʒənˈtiːnə/ n. 阿根廷;

climatologist/ˌklaɪməˈtɑːlədʒist/ n. 气候学家;

frequently/ˈfriːkwəntli/ adv. 频繁地，经常地;

bounce back 反弹，恢复;

recover/rɪˈkʌvər/ vi. 恢复，复原;

as expected 如预料的;

recede/rɪˈsiːd/ vi. 后退，减弱，减退;

roughly/ˈrʌfli/ adv. 大致地，粗略地;

be compared with 与…相比;

abrupt decline 急剧下降;

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