The Earth is putting on ‘weight’ around its ‘midriff’ - and global warming is to blame.
你相信吗?地球的腰围正在变得更粗,这全都是全球变暖惹的祸。
Melting ice in Antarctica and Greenland is adding volume to the oceans and this extra water is being pulled towards the Equator, adding to the girth at the widest part of our planet, according to scientists.
Earth had been ‘slimming down’ following the Ice Age, which finished about 20,000 years ago.
早在20000年前,地球正值冰河时期,那时的“腰围”可以说是比较苗条。
During this geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth‘s surface and atmosphere, the weight of ice sheets was so great that they deformed the Earth’s crust and mantle, causing it to bulge at the middle.