ice cap
1 : an ice bag shaped to the head
2 : 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
Recent Examples on the Web
//The statue is designed to melt throughout the day to represent the ongoing and dramatic change in our planet’s climate and illustrate the plight of the world’s ice caps if the world and its governments and businesses don’t act quickly enough.
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Melissa Locker, Time, "'#GretaIceberg.' Here's the Story Behind the Ice Statue of Greta Thunberg Swiftly Melting Today," 2 Oct. 2019
//Its tilt exceeds ours by only a degree and a half, and its polar ice caps (made of dry ice rather than frozen water) freeze and thaw with the seasons just like our own.
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National Geographic, "Fall equinox 2019: What it means, and why it matters," 23 Sep. 2019
//Environmental protection in this country is proceeding in slow motion even as the polar ice caps are melting in fast-forward.
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Anna Clauss, The Denver Post, "Guest Commentary: In Colorado, I realized Americans’ indifference to climate change is too seductive," 21 Sep. 2019
//Seawater expands when heated and rises more when topped up by meltwater from sweating glaciers and ice caps.
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The Economist, "One way or another the deluge is coming," 15 Aug. 2019
//By the end, the fern/algae hybrids had sucked out and sequestered 80 percent of the ambient CO2, and cooled the atmosphere so much that the ice caps returned.
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Ruth Kassinger, BostonGlobe.com, "How slime will save the world," 26 July 2019
//Greenland's melting ice cap threatens almost every coastal city on Earth, from Miami to Cape Town.
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Scottie Andrew, CNN, "Thinking about buying Greenland? Here's what you need to know about the icy island," 16 Aug. 2019
//More than 80 percent of the island is covered by an ice cap.
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Fox News, "Greenland says it’s 'open for business, not for sale' after Trump purchase report," 16 Aug. 2019
//Okjökull, better known as 'Ok,' Glacier has melted, thanks to climate change and scientists warn that this is just the beginning of a grim future for Iceland's ~400 glaciers—and us if climate patterns continue melting ice caps and glaciers.
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Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, "Climate Change Has Claimed Its First Icelandic Glacier," 22 July 2019
First Known Use of ice cap
1816, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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More Definitions forice cap
: a very large and thick sheet of ice that covers the North Pole, the South Pole, or another region
: a large more or less level glacier flowing outward in all directions from its center