ice cap
noun
1
: a cover of perennial ice and snow
specifically
: a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center
2
: an ice bag shaped to the head
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But the melting of ice caps at the poles is putting the brake on the rate of increase in the planet’s rotation rate, meaning the drop second now won’t be needed until 2029—not 2026, as previously thought.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On view in the new image are storms, rings, moons and a gleaming polar ice cap.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
But the ice cap's steady retreat suggests that these important supports will evolve.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
Ice fishing was particularly perilous on lakes covered by thin ice caps.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
Hernandez-Thorpe noted that global warming and melting ice caps have caused rising sea levels, which have contributed to saltwater contamination in the river.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
Earth’s critical reflective polar ice caps are at their lowest extent on record in the satellite era, with the sea ice around Antarctica at a record-low extent by far, spurring worried scientists to share dramatic charts of the missing ice repeatedly.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 July 2023
The rest is tied up in groundwater (30.1%) and glaciers and ice caps (68.7%).
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2024
Crowning ice caps, which form over rocks in the winter after heat has escaped from the underlying rock, can also be found on Earth.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2023
Jamie Carter, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
On view in the new image are storms, rings, moons and a gleaming polar ice cap.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
But the ice cap's steady retreat suggests that these important supports will evolve.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023
Ice fishing was particularly perilous on lakes covered by thin ice caps.
—Michael Levenson, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2023
Hernandez-Thorpe noted that global warming and melting ice caps have caused rising sea levels, which have contributed to saltwater contamination in the river.
—Judith Prieve, The Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2024
Earth’s critical reflective polar ice caps are at their lowest extent on record in the satellite era, with the sea ice around Antarctica at a record-low extent by far, spurring worried scientists to share dramatic charts of the missing ice repeatedly.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 6 July 2023
The rest is tied up in groundwater (30.1%) and glaciers and ice caps (68.7%).
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2024
Crowning ice caps, which form over rocks in the winter after heat has escaped from the underlying rock, can also be found on Earth.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2023
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