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[2010.06.15] Thinning on top“稀”想顶层 - 专栏 Columns - 经济学人 经济学人|经济学家 - Powered by Discuz!注册成为ECOer 登录 每周选题新手报到公告栏通天塔各地联谊搜索Blog默认blue风格jeansfashionfervorgreenwalluchome2009christmas私人消息 (0)公共消息 (0)系统消息 (0)好友消息 (0)帖子消息 (0)应用通知 (0)应用邀请 (0)经济学人 ? 专栏 Columns ? [2010.06.15] Thinning on top“稀”想顶层 新手必读TE译文规范 | ECO英语沙龙 ECO 招聘启事 译文奖励计划 “通天塔”TE授权声明 | QQ 第30群 腾讯微博订阅The Economist 返回列表 发帖 suezhang815 发短消息 加为好友 suezhang815 当前在线 UID90812 帖子12 主题0 精华0 积分0 积累0 点 现金0 GBP 原创译作0 篇 本周之星0 次 奖励译文0 次 来源朋友推荐 阅读权限10 在线时间3 小时 注册时间2010-2-28 最后登录2010-6-22 初级士官 帖子12 积分0 原创译作0 篇 注册时间2010-2-28 1楼 跳转到 ? 倒序看帖 打印 字体大小: tT 发表于 昨天 05:52 | 只看该作者 [Green.view] [2010.06.15] Thinning on top“稀”想顶层 本帖最后由 suezhang815 于 2010-6-21 16:25 编辑 囧死，翻完了发现在专栏发不了贴。麻烦哪位版主大哥帮我转一下帖子并赐我权限吧。 顺便问下，Word的格式可以直接导入吗？ Thinning on top “稀”想顶层 Predicting the Arctic’s summer fate is not so simple 北极今夏命运难料 Jun 15th 2010 MARCH is the maximum month. In March 1979, the first year for which satellite records are available, the sea ice in the Arctic Ocean covered 16.4m square kilometres (6.4m square miles). By the time summer was gone, the ice was down to about 7.2m square kilometres. Every March since, the ice has returned to an annual maximum, but never again has it been as large as the one observed that first year. Every summer, it shrinks back down, and the minimum has for the most part been getting smaller and smaller. In 2007 it was just 4.3m square kilometres. At first, polar scientists watched the planet’s icy pulse with academic interest and justifiable pride in their new observational capabilities. Now they monitor its every hiccup as if it were a patient on life support. But tha