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This kind of upward water flow could affect how ice sheets respond to a warming world, which has not yet been accounted for in current climate models.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 31 July 2025
But even after the ice sheet formed, the liquid water continued to boil.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2025
Over geological time, the gravitational pull of Sun and Moon, growing or shrinking ice sheets and the slow drift of the continents will move mass around and cause Earth’s poles to shift, but human activity can cause significant changes on a much shorter timescale.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The 660,000-square-foot single ice mass is second in size only to the Antarctic ice sheet, which measures a staggering 5.4 million square miles.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 31 July 2025
But even after the ice sheet formed, the liquid water continued to boil.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 July 2025
Over geological time, the gravitational pull of Sun and Moon, growing or shrinking ice sheets and the slow drift of the continents will move mass around and cause Earth’s poles to shift, but human activity can cause significant changes on a much shorter timescale.
—David Bressan, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The 660,000-square-foot single ice mass is second in size only to the Antarctic ice sheet, which measures a staggering 5.4 million square miles.
—Katherine Alex Beaven, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2025
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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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