ice shelf
noun
: shelf ice
In 2002, a Rhode Island-size section of an ice shelf crumbled into the sea.—
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Three hours prior, a super volcano under the Antarctic ice sheet exploded, sending a massive amount of ash up into the atmosphere, shattering large portions of the ice shelf, and instantly melting trillions of gallons of water, which then triggered a tsunami with a wave as high as 300 feet.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
The claim: Video shows giant tree stump in Antarctica
A Feb. 17 video (direct link, archive link) posted on Threads shows a helicopter flying over an ice shelf and arriving at an area where dark cliff faces stick out of the ice sheet.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The ice shelf breakups might just provide that feedback.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2012
Racing to the scene, Connolly found a child almost fully submerged and hanging onto an ice shelf as friends struggled to pull them ashore, the fire department wrote on Facebook.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2025
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Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
The claim: Video shows giant tree stump in Antarctica
A Feb. 17 video (direct link, archive link) posted on Threads shows a helicopter flying over an ice shelf and arriving at an area where dark cliff faces stick out of the ice sheet.
—Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2025
The ice shelf breakups might just provide that feedback.
—Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 July 2012
Racing to the scene, Connolly found a child almost fully submerged and hanging onto an ice shelf as friends struggled to pull them ashore, the fire department wrote on Facebook.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ice shelf
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“Ice shelf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ice%20shelf. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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