中英對照讀新聞》Study: Shrinking ice leads to more powerful waves in Sea of Okhotsk 研究：冰量減少致使鄂霍次克海海浪更強

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Winter waves in the Sea of Okhotsk have strengthened by 12 to 15 percent on average per decade since the 1980s as global warming has shrunk flow-blocking sea ice and drift ice, data showed.

數據顯示，隨著全球暖化讓阻礙海流的海冰與流冰減少，鄂霍次克海冬季海浪自1980年代以來，平均每10年增強12％到15％。

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Shinsuke Iwasaki, a researcher of

the Sapporo-based Civil Engineering Research Institute for Cold Region, used three types of observation data provided from Japan, the United States and Europe to run simulations of waves over the past 40 years in the Sea of Okhotsk from December to February.

總部設在（日本北海道）札幌的寒地土木研究所研究員岩崎慎介，利用日美歐提供的3種觀測數據，模擬過去40年從12月到2月的鄂霍次克海海浪。

Sea ice and drift ice can naturally dampen the force of waves. But the shrinking ice could also possibly reduce sea-level pressure, resulting in stronger sea surface winds in surrounding areas, according to Iwasaki.

海冰與流冰能自然抑制波力。但岩崎說，冰量減少也可能降低海平面氣壓，導致周邊地區的海面風更強勁。

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