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As ice sheets warm, however, the meltwater spreads out across the global ocean, and most of the ocean is at lower latitudes, farther from the rotation axis than the ice caps are.
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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
On average, this river produces 21.3 billion liters of water each year, almost entirely meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet.
—Ole Ellekrog, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
They were stunned to discover that the creatures regularly traveled hundreds of miles — likely headed for warmer pastures with more abundant plants and glacial meltwater, says Ludovic Landry-Ducharme, a PhD student at the University of Quebec at Rimouski who is continuing the research.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
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Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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
On average, this river produces 21.3 billion liters of water each year, almost entirely meltwater from the Greenland ice sheet.
—Ole Ellekrog, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
They were stunned to discover that the creatures regularly traveled hundreds of miles — likely headed for warmer pastures with more abundant plants and glacial meltwater, says Ludovic Landry-Ducharme, a PhD student at the University of Quebec at Rimouski who is continuing the research.
—Christine Peterson, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Meltwater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meltwater. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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meltwater
noun
melt·wa·ter
ˈmelt-ˌwȯt-ər 
-ˌwät-
: water that comes from the melting of ice and snow
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