The moon was once thought to be dry . Then came hints of ice in the polar craters .
月球曾被认为很干燥,而后又有迹象显示在极地的月坑有冰。
One concerned a 20-year-old hypothesis , supported by radar observations from earth , that suggested some polar craters might hide reserves of water-ice .
The deposits in the lunar craters may be as informative about the moon as ice cores from earth 's polar regions are about the planet 's past climates .
在月坑里的沉积物可能含有与月球相关的丰富信息,就像地球极地的冰芯那样,含有许多过去气候的信息。
Between now and early september , when the polar pack ice shrivels to its summer minimum , they will pore over the daily sea ice reports of america 's national snow and ice data centre .
从现在到九月初,极地的积冰逐渐缩减到夏季最小量,这都会在美国国家冰雪数据中心的海冰报告里得到关注。
The result , according to a modeling study published earlier this month the journal of geophysical research , is a strong high-pressure system over the newly exposed sea which brings cold polar air , swirling counter-clockwise , into europe .