A23a: Monster iceberg1 just shy of a trillion tonnes数据显示巨型冰山A23a重达近万亿吨
科学家们目前有足够的数据来描绘世界上最大冰山A23a的实质规模。卫星测量数据显示，这块冰的平均厚度刚超越280米。
Imagine a field of ice more than twice the area of Greater London, but as thick as itsskyscrapersare tall. This is A23a, currenttitle holderof the worlds biggest iceberg.
想象一下，一片冰原的面积是大伦敦面积的两倍多，而它的厚度却只有伦敦摩天大楼的高度那样厚。这就是 A23a 冰山，现在世界上最大的冰山。
Scientists have usedradar pulsesfrom a European Space Agency satellite to essentially2 take atape measureto thecolossus. The researchers from the UK Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling say theberghas lost quite a bit ofmasssincebreaking awayfrom the Antarctic coast in 1986, but it stilltips the scales at950 billion tonnes.
科学家以欧洲航天局的一颗卫星发出的雷达脉冲为测量尺，对这座庞然大物进行了测量。英国极地观测和建模中心的研究职员表示，自1986年脱离南极海岸以来，这座冰山已经失去了很多的冰，但目前仍重达9500亿吨。
As A23a moves north and warms in the coming weeks, its melt rate will accelerate, and itll bedumpingmore fresh water into the ocean daily than is consumed by the entire UK population.
在将来几周，伴随 A23a 向北移动并渐渐处于更温暖的环境中，它的融化速度将会加快，融化导致其天天向海洋倾入的淡水量将比英国总人口天天消耗的还要多。
词语表
skyscrapers 摩天大楼
title holder 冠军头衔维持者
radar pulses 雷达脉冲
tape measure 卷尺
colossus 庞然大物
berg 冰山
mass （物理）水平
breaking away 脱离
tips the scales at 达到重量
dumping 排放，倾入