China's air pollution and smog could be caused by melting ice caps in the Arctic a new study claims.

一项新的研究称，中国的空气污染和雾霾可能是由北极冰盖融化引起的。

The study published by Science Advances says that melting Arctic sea ice and increasing Eurasian snow has helped create conditions that trap pollution over the country's populated areas reports the People's Daily Online.

据人民日报网络版报道，发表于《科学进步》的这篇研究报告说，正在消融的北冰洋冰川和增多的欧亚大陆积雪，创造了一定的气候条件导致该国人口稠密地带的污染无法散去。

Every winter parts of China chokes on poor air conditions keeping residents indoors unable to get to work or school.

每年冬天，中国部分地区因恶劣空气条件的扼制，使得居民只能呆在室内而无法去工作或上学。

The study was conducted by a Chinese researcher in the US.

这项研究由在美国的一个中国研究人员作出的。

It claims that the melting sea ice caused by climate change has shifted China's winter monsoon¹.

研究声称气候变化导致的冰川融化改变了中国的冬季季风。

This has helped to create atmospheric² conditions that have trapped pollution over China's major industrial hubs and populated areas like Beijing.

这种变化有助于形成将污染物局限在中国像北京这样的主要工业中心和重污染地区的大气环境。

The findings were based on the analysis of one of China's worst air pollution events ever recorded in China in 2013. During that period smog lingered over eastern China for a month.

这些发现基于对2013年中国有记载以来最严重的空气污染事件的分析。那段时间雾霾在中国东部徘徊了一个月。

Yuhang Wang a professor at Georgia's Institute of Technology told reporters: 'Emissions³ in China have been decreasing over the last four years but the severe winter haze⁴ is not getting better.

佐治亚理工大学的教授Wang Yuhang告诉记者们：过去四年以来中国的污染排放一直在减少，但是冬季严重的雾霾并没有什么改善。