icecap
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Evidence for such tipping points is growing — for example in the unexpectedly rapid melting of the Arctic icecap.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2020
Many natural processes can provide this tiny increment of stress, including the movement of plate tectonics, a melting icecap, and even human activities.
From Salon • Feb. 24, 2017
To hazards like icecap cracks, nuclear leaks and rising seas, add another environmental threat: language fallout.
From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2017
Simultaneously, the dark patches between the icecap and the Martian equator grow darker progressively, the color change advancing in a sort of wave at about 28 miles a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
The polar icecap had made Antarctica a frozen desert.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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