polar ice

基本解释

He said that further warming could trigger polar ice cap melting.
他说进一步的变暖可能触发极地冰帽融化。
More moisture in the air results in more snowfall which, in turn, means more polar ice... read more.
空气含水量越高导致更多的降雪，反过来，这意味着更多的极地冰盖
In the largest airborne survey of Earth’s polar ice, the airplanes of Operation IceBridge carry an array of instruments to measure the ice from top to bottom.
在对地球极地冰川进行的最大的一次空中调查中，执行“冰桥行动”的飞机携带了很多仪器从头到脚对冰川进行了测量。

Warmer temperatures cause water to expand,a phenomenon called thermal expansion, and cause glaciers and polar ice caps to melt.
He says this piece of work is more about the melting ice of the Arctic than polar bears.
These glaciers are the largest body of ice outside the polar caps.

First we were accused of causing melting polar ice caps, rising oceans and sweaty polar bears.
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