Yet that is just what is happening in Greenland, whose relatively warm and wet sheet is on course to melt completely, bringing the prospect of a sea-level rise of perhaps seven metres.

• 这恰恰是正在格陵兰岛上发生的事情，格陵兰岛上相对暖而湿的冰盾正处于完全融化的进程中，这将导致海平面可能升高七米的前景。