meltwater

No one quite knows why glaciers and ice shelves are melting so fast, or how a meltwater lake on the Greenland ice sheet covering six square kilometres could drain away in 24 hours, as it did in 2006.

没有人非常了解为什么冰架这么迅速的融化，也没人知道格林兰冰架上的一个覆盖6平方千米的融水湖会在24小时内流干——这在2006确实发生了。

Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with meltwater and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.

蓝色条纹通常是当冰层上的裂缝被融冰填充再极速凝固的过程中没有产生气泡而形成的状态。

The Gulf Stream carries tropical heat from the Caribbean to northern Europe but is already being disrupted by meltwater pouring from the Arctic as global warming intensifies.

墨西哥湾流从加勒比海向北欧输送热带的热量，但是，随着全球变暖日益严重，它已经被北极注入的融冰水截断了。