ice shelf
noun
: shelf ice
In 2002, a Rhode Island-size section of an ice shelf crumbled into the sea.—
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Siegert and Hogg's team looked at several factors including heat waves, loss of sea ice, collapse of ice shelves and impacts on biodiversity.
—Time, 8 Aug. 2023
The dead buck was stuck fast, his snout buried firm under the ice shelf.
—Nick Fasciano, Outdoor Life, 8 Feb. 2024
The behavior of ice shelves is one of the biggest uncertainties currently complicating these estimates.
—Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
Researchers used computer simulations to calculate future melting of protective ice shelves jutting over Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea in western Antarctica.
—Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
Some sections build up ice shelves, but the creek is still flowing and the fish are still biting.
—Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2024
These now warmer waters can eat away at the giant, buttressing ice shelves from below.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
That warming is melting ice shelves, causing sea-level rise and intensifying the water cycle.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
As the planet warms, larger volumes of warm water are bathing the undersides of West Antarctica’s ice shelves, the giant tongues of ice at the ends of glaciers.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
Time, 8 Aug. 2023
The dead buck was stuck fast, his snout buried firm under the ice shelf.
—Nick Fasciano, Outdoor Life, 8 Feb. 2024
The behavior of ice shelves is one of the biggest uncertainties currently complicating these estimates.
—Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
Researchers used computer simulations to calculate future melting of protective ice shelves jutting over Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea in western Antarctica.
—Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
Some sections build up ice shelves, but the creek is still flowing and the fish are still biting.
—Brittany Anas, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2024
These now warmer waters can eat away at the giant, buttressing ice shelves from below.
—Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
That warming is melting ice shelves, causing sea-level rise and intensifying the water cycle.
—Evan Bush, NBC News, 16 Jan. 2024
As the planet warms, larger volumes of warm water are bathing the undersides of West Antarctica’s ice shelves, the giant tongues of ice at the ends of glaciers.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2023
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“Ice shelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20shelf. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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