ice cap
noun
1
: a cover of perennial ice and snow
specifically
: a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center
2
: an ice bag shaped to the head
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Despite their assumption that the lake was frozen and devoid of organisms, ground-penetrating radar scans indicated the presence of liquid water underneath ice caps ranging between roughly 11 and 36 feet deep.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
One plant’s connection to our climate dates back roughly 50 million years to a time when Earth was too warm for polar ice caps.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
Other themes included plastic and chemical pollution, textile waste, rising sea levels, melting ice caps, rampant wildfires, and the pollinator crisis.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
Some scientists suspect that the plumes come from the sun heating through Triton’s ice cap until a pressure buildup causes a watery explosion, similar to the mechanism of popcorn.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Dec. 2024
One plant’s connection to our climate dates back roughly 50 million years to a time when Earth was too warm for polar ice caps.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 22 Nov. 2024
Other themes included plastic and chemical pollution, textile waste, rising sea levels, melting ice caps, rampant wildfires, and the pollinator crisis.
—Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 4 Dec. 2024
Some scientists suspect that the plumes come from the sun heating through Triton’s ice cap until a pressure buildup causes a watery explosion, similar to the mechanism of popcorn.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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