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However, how fast and how much of the ice sheet will melt depends on future emissions, other climate actions and natural variability within the ice sheet.
—Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
What was Camp Century? Camp Century was built by the U.S. within the ice sheet in 1959, according to the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder (CIRES).
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
However, the unstable nature of the ice sheet made the project impractical, and it was eventually abandoned.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
This town, home to one of the island’s main international airports, has the only road in Greenland that connects to the ice sheet.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
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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 21 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
ice sheet
noun
: ice cap
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