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Transatlantic flights from northern Europe — London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Copenhagen — routinely cross the southern half of the island, the bright, barren ice sheet often visible for up to an hour of cruising speed.—Morten Høi Jensen, The Dial, 19 June 2025 To avoid the rapid collapse of one of more ice sheets means limiting global warming to closer to 1 degree above pre-industrial levels, the study authors concluded.—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 20 May 2025 The 60-minute documentary shows how the ice sheet has melted over decades and considers what steps are needed to slow or reverse the trend.—Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 17 May 2025 The great horse highway, sporadically broken by ice sheets and rising seas, ultimately collapsed 12,000 years ago as the climate warmed.—Saul Elbein, The Hill, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for ice sheet
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