数据显示:珠穆朗玛峰的冰川已经缩减28%

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珠穆朗玛峰高8844米，位于中国和尼泊尔边境上，是世界上最高的山峰。

Glaciers² on Mount Qomolangma have shrunk by 28 percent over the past 40 years due to climate change, according to a report released over the weekend.

据上周末一则报道称，由于气候变暖，在过去的40年里，珠穆朗玛峰的冰川已经缩减了28%。

The glacial shrinkage area is compared to the measurements taken in the 1970s. The glacier¹ area on the south slope of the mountain, in Nepal, has decreased 26 percent since the 1980s, according to the report co-released by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Hunan University of Science and Technology, and Mount Qomolangma Snow Leopard³ Conservation Center.

此次冰川退缩区域是与上世纪70年代的测量结果做比对后得出的。据中国科学院（CAS）,湖南科技大学和珠穆朗玛雪豹保护中心共同发布的报告称，珠峰南坡尼泊尔境内的冰川区域从上世纪80年代至今已减少了26%。

数据显示:珠穆朗玛峰的冰川已经缩减28%

Kang Shichang, a researcher with the State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences under the CAS, said the data was based on long-term remote sensing and on-site monitoring.

在中科院冰冻圈科学国家重点实验室的研究人员康世昌称，这些数据是基于长期的遥感及现场监测。

At present, there are 1,476 glaciers in China's Mt. Qomolangma national nature reserve, covering 2,030 square kilometers.

目前，在珠峰国家自然保护区内有1476处冰川，覆盖了2030平方公里的面积。

The shrinking glaciers have resulted in swelling⁴ glacial lakes and higher river levels downstream, said Kang, who has led several glacier inspection⁵ teams.

领导几个冰川监察组的康世昌说，萎缩的冰川导致冰川湖泊增大，更高水平线的河水流向下游。

Remote sensing data showed that the area of a glacial lake in Mt. Qomolangma nature reserve increased from about 100 square kilometers in 1990 to 114 square kilometers in 2013, Kang said.

此外，遥感数据显示，珠峰自然保护区的一个冰川湖已经从1990年的100平方公里扩大到2013年的114平方公里。

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