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The slabs can then freeze together and form a solid ice sheet.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 Jan. 2025
Other scientists study fields ranging from changing ice sheets to next-generation wind turbines to mobile communications and the creation of the cell phone.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 18 Jan. 2025
The Arctic is becoming more contested as climate change melts ice sheets and opens up new sea paths.
—Brad Dress, The Hill, 17 Jan. 2025
The only place where average surface temperatures have cooled is the area immediately around Antarctica, and that’s probably due to meltwater from shrinking ice sheets, Schmidt said.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1831, in the meaning defined above
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“Ice sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20sheet. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
ice sheet
noun
: ice cap
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