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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Scientists predict that within the next 15 years this ice cap will disappear in summer for the first time in millennia, accelerating global warming.
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
The Arctic eventually froze over, polar ice caps formed and the global climate system changed forever.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Although other icy moons in the solar system — notably Saturn and Jupiter — have oceans beneath their ice caps that could theoretically host life, Titan has something different.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 May 2025
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.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
The Arctic eventually froze over, polar ice caps formed and the global climate system changed forever.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
Although other icy moons in the solar system — notably Saturn and Jupiter — have oceans beneath their ice caps that could theoretically host life, Titan has something different.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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“Ice cap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20cap. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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