ice sheet

noun

: ice cap sense 1

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The warning comes from a new study by researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who developed an ice sheet model to better understand how Thwaites is changing. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026 At the same time, higher temperatures have meant record losses in the Greenland ice sheet and glaciers. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026 The central regions of the Antarctic ice sheet have low winds, long winter darkness and an exceptionally clear, stable atmosphere. — Daniella McCahey, The Conversation, 12 Oct. 2026 As glaciers and ice sheets melt, causing sea levels to rise, some nations are at risk of being washed away entirely. — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026 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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