ice cap
noun
1
: a cover of perennial ice and snow
specifically
: a glacier forming on an extensive area of relatively level land and flowing outward from its center
2
: an ice bag shaped to the head
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When temperatures started heating up, ice caps began melting, causing water from the Appalachian Mountains to flow into the Apalachicola River and eventually all the way down to the coast.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
As the planet continues to warm, melting ice caps and expanding the volume of sea water, scientists project bay waters will rise nearly another foot by 2050 and 3 feet or more by 2100, depending on how much emissions of fossil fuels rise or fall over the next 75 years worldwide.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
And like our polar ice caps, that ice has yet to thaw.
—John Phillips, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
Orbiting observatories provided real-time observations of Earth’s surface, oceans, ice caps and atmosphere that improved models.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 7 Oct. 2025
As the planet continues to warm, melting ice caps and expanding the volume of sea water, scientists project bay waters will rise nearly another foot by 2050 and 3 feet or more by 2100, depending on how much emissions of fossil fuels rise or fall over the next 75 years worldwide.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
And like our polar ice caps, that ice has yet to thaw.
—John Phillips, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
Orbiting observatories provided real-time observations of Earth’s surface, oceans, ice caps and atmosphere that improved models.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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