ice sheet

noun

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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 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 21 Dec. 2024.

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