The Southern Alps in New Zealand are the latest icy region to be devastated by global warming.
新西兰南阿尔卑斯山是最新遭受全球变暖重创的冰川覆盖区。
A study finds the mountains have lost up to 62 per cent of their glaciers since the end of the Little Ice Age, around 400 years ago.
一项研究发现,自从约400年前小冰期结束以后,该地区山脉的冰川减少了多达62%。
This, according to the study, equates to a maximum ice loss of 73 square km (30 square miles), an area half the size of Liechtenstein.
研究显示,这相当于最多损失了73平方公里的冰(30平方英里),约占列支敦士登公国面积的一半。
By contrast, Patagonia, which is home to the largest body of ice in the southern hemisphere outside of Antarctica, has seen just 11 per cent of its Little Ice Age volume vanish.
相比之下,在南半球除南极之外冰川覆盖面积最大的巴塔哥尼亚小冰期冰川面积只损失了11%。
New Zealand's Southern Alps are best known for being the set of many scenes from the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies.
新西兰南阿尔卑斯山作为《指环王》和《霍比特人》的电影拍摄地而著名。
The Southern Alps is the highest mountain range in Australasia, with Mount Cook's summit standing at 12,218ft above sea level.
南阿尔卑斯山是澳大拉西亚最高的山脉,库克山峰顶海拔12,218英尺。
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