Sentences with phrase «important part of the ice sheet»

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What is important is that we recognize the existence of gigantic parts of the earth's climate system — such as West Antarctica's three - quadrillion - ton ice sheet — that can be tipped when a fractional temperature rise occurs in key locations.

Second, and less important but still rather spectacular, was the melting of virtually every square inch of the surface of this ice sheet over a short period of a few days during the hottest part of the summer, a phenomenon observed every few hundred years but nevertheless an ominous event considering that it happened just as the aforementioned record ice mass loss was being observed and measured.

Ice shelves are perhaps the most important part of the Antarctic ice sheet for its overall stabiliIce shelves are perhaps the most important part of the Antarctic ice sheet for its overall stabiliice sheet for its overall stability.