Melting glacier to affect the climate

时间：2007-11-02 08:07:37

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Chinanews, Urumqi, November 2 – According to Qin Dahe, the famous glaciologist of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the melting of the Tianshan-1 Glacier1 will definitely affect the weather pattern of oases2 in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous3 Region.

 

Global warming should be blamed for the shrinking of glaciers4 in Xinjiang, particularly in the past 20 years.

 

The Tianshan-1 Glacier is one of the major water resources of Urumqi, the regional capital, where the freshwater reserve is only 475 sq m per capita. Thus the melting of Tianshan-1 will surely be a heavy blow to the city and its neighboring areas.

 

Xinjiang has 40%-50% of the total volume of glaciers in China. Tianshan-1 is located 180 km from Urumqi, where the snowline is averagely 4,050 m. It is also known as a typical glacier in arid5 or semi-arid areas.

 

Since the 1950s, Tianshan-1 has kept shrinking.

 

The fast melting of glaciers might lead to fatal disasters like flood, rockslide, etc, and eventually to drought.

 
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1 glacier YeQzw     
n.冰川，冰河
参考例句：
  • The glacier calved a large iceberg.冰河崩解而形成一个大冰山。
  • The upper surface of glacier is riven by crevasses.冰川的上表面已裂成冰隙。
2 oases ba47325cf78af1e5010defae059dbc4c     
n.（沙漠中的）绿洲( oasis的名词复数 )；（困苦中）令人快慰的地方（或时刻）；乐土；乐事
参考例句：
  • There was a hundred miles between the two oases. 这两片绿洲间有一百英里。 来自辞典例句
  • Where underground water comes to the surface, there are oases. 地下水流到地表的地方，就成为了绿洲。 来自互联网
3 autonomous DPyyv     
adj.自治的；独立的
参考例句：
  • They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
  • This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。
4 glaciers e815ddf266946d55974cdc5579cbd89b     
冰河，冰川( glacier的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Glaciers gouged out valleys from the hills. 冰川把丘陵地带冲出一条条山谷。
  • It has ice and snow glaciers, rainforests and beautiful mountains. 既有冰川，又有雨林和秀丽的山峰。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）
5 arid JejyB     
adj.干旱的；(土地)贫瘠的
参考例句：
  • These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.这些树能挡住旱风,保护农田。
  • There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。

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