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ice sheet
noun
- a broad, thick sheet of ice covering an extensive area for a long period of time.
- a glacier covering a large fraction of a continent.
ice sheet
noun
- a thick layer of ice covering a large area of land for a long time, esp those in Antarctica and Greenland
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of ice sheet1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Today, global warming appears to be making the water in the north Atlantic less salty, due to extra freshwater from a melting Greenland ice sheet and more rainfall.
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It's the world's largest island and 80% of it is covered by an ice sheet.
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Camp Century, the Army’s nuclear-powered base, hummed inside the ice sheet.
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It was the start of a grand plan that would have intermediate range tactical nuclear missiles moving back and forth through ice sheet tunnels.
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Like an ice cube on a sultry summer day, Greenland’s ice sheet is melting, and that water, flowing into the ocean, is steadily raising sea level globally.
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