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ice shelf n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a thick mass of ice that is permanently attached to the land but projects into and floats on the sea How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The melting of icebergs and of the floating ice shelves that fringe Antarctica doesn't raise sea level. 64 billion liters a year in newly created ice--while Antarctica's ice shelves are very quickly losing ice, at 117. The ensuing action ranges from crumbling ice shelves in Antarctica and flash floods in the Arizona desert to a tsunami in the South Pacific. |
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ice shelf - ice that is attached to land but projects out to sea