Sentences with phrase «big glaciers and ice sheets»

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The ice field represents the remnant of an even bigger ice sheet from the last glacial period, and now feeds dozens of glaciers across the continent.

Gardner also notes that the study does not include Greenland and Antarctica — which contain 30 per cent of global glacier ice — and their «ice sheets are the big unknowns for future contributions to sea level».

Gardner also notes that the study does not include Greenland and Antarctica — which contain 30 % of global glacier ice — and their «ice sheets are the big unknowns for future contributions to sea level».

But we show that it is the glaciers and ice caps, not the two large ice sheets, that will be the big players in the sea rise for at least the next few generations,» said Mark Meier, the study's lead scientist.