icecap
Example Sentences
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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
Next day the shifting icecap swallowed up the lake.
From Time Magazine Archive
The serious, systematic study of medicine was intensifying, and to scientists the human body was like the polar icecap, something to be studied and explored.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Vocabulary lists containing icecap
Physical Geography - Middle School
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Physical Geography - High School
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