ice sheet

noun

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At Summit, a research station located near the center of the ice sheet close to its highest point, temperatures soared by six times the global average between 1982 and 2011, forcing the equilibrium line to migrate skyward and widening the ablation zone. Rob Crossan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025 The site looked like the rest of the ice sheet—flat, white, windswept. Bypaul Voosen, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025 The study provides unprecedented detail of the distribution of crevasses at different elevations of the ice sheet, and how the fissures and their distribution have been changing, Colgan said. Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025 The slabs can then freeze together and form a solid ice sheet. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for ice sheet 

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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 16 Feb. 2025.

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