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

Some international scientists fear that without the usual supply of easily frozen fresh water reaching the northern seas, the polar icecap will recede-and the consequent melting will flood the world's seacoasts.

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