全球气温越高，南极洲其他部分达到类似临界点的风险必然也就越大；事实上，我们现在知道南极东部跟西部冰盖面积相仿、甚至更胜一筹的威尔克斯盆地很有可能也面临着同样的威胁。
It is inevitable that the warmer the world gets, the greater the risk that other parts of the Antarctic will reach a similar tipping point; in fact, we now know that the Wilkes Basin in East Antarctica, as big or even bigger than the ice sheet in the West, could be similarly vulnerable.