Definition of ice sheet
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Even a small change in the Antarctic ice sheet might make a big change to sea level.
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Scientists attribute the sea-level rise to the melting of the Greenland ice sheet and Arctic sea ice loss as the climate changes, mostly due to fossil fuel burning.
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The team concluded the islands had been covered by ice sheets up until about 15,000 to 17,000 years ago.
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Launched in 2002, GRACE helped provide a better understanding of many of Earth’s most pressing conditions, including rising sea levels, melting ice sheets and droughts.
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From 2007 to 2011, the ice sheet shrunk by about 290 billion tons per year.
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Researchers reported last year that a section of Greenland’s ice sheet suddenly started melting 80 percent faster.
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However, under a model of severe global warming no amount of uplift could save the ice sheet.
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That melted the ice ever more rapidly, sending the ice sheet into full-blown collapse.
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First Known Use of ice sheet
1831
ICE SHEET Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of ice sheet for English Language Learners
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: a very large and thick area of ice that covers a region
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