This risk is no longer merely theoretical. For the first time, findings based on observations and computer simulations all point to the same conclusion: the huge Amundsen Sea sector of West Antarctica has begun an irreversible ice discharge, and nothing can now halt the subsequent drainage of the entire basin.
这已经不仅仅是理论上的风险。观察和计算机模拟演算首次得出了一模一样的结论：南极洲西部巨大的阿蒙森海冰盖已经开始不可逆转的融化，此后的任何因素都无法阻止整个盆地逐渐融化成水。南极洲西部冰盖已经踏上了不归路。