ice sheet

noun

Examples of ice sheet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Nuclear remains in Greenland ice If greenhouse gas emissions continue at their current rate, the Greenland ice sheets that contain nuclear waste from Cold War testing could melt within the next 75 years. Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Mar. 2024 That’s a key difference between sea ice and ice on land, such as glaciers or ice sheets in Greenland, which take thousands of years to grow. Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024 Melting glaciers and polar ice sheets are raising sea levels. Liz Kreutz, NBC News, 23 Feb. 2024 The ice covering Earth’s polar regions has a profound influence over the planet’s climate, which is why scientists have keenly monitored the planet’s ice sheets via satellite imaging for decades. IEEE Spectrum, 27 Jan. 2024 The mine’s discovery is fairly rare in North Dakota and the region, as many remains of animals alive during the last Ice Age were destroyed by glaciations and movements of ice sheets, Ullmann said. Jack Dura, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2024 The steadily warming climate has caused ocean levels to rise across the world in recent decades as glaciers and polar ice sheets have melted and warming seawater has expanded. Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2024 There’s tundra hikes, a sail to the Tasiusaq Fjord system that involves off-roading to two glaciers and an ice sheet. Jillian Dara, Robb Report, 29 Feb. 2024 Parts of Greenland’s ice sheet and glaciers that melted over the past three decades have been replaced by wetlands, shrub vegetation and areas of barren rock, according to a new study that used satellite images to track changes since the 1980s. Denise Chow, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024

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First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ice sheet was in 1831

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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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