"Widespread melting" means that a large area of something, like ice or snow, is thawing or turning into a liquid.
Sentences with «widespread melting»
The decreasing trend in global snow cover and widespread melting of glaciers is consistent with a widespread warming. (ipcc.ch)
The ongoing widespread melting of high - elevation glaciers and ice caps, particularly in low to middle latitudes, provides some of the strongest evidence to date that a large - scale, pervasive, and, in some cases, rapid change in Earth's climate system is underway. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
Maximum temperature extremes were also associated with widespread melting of the Greenland ice sheet. (sciencedaily.com)