Noun
cryosphere (plural cryospheres)
All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
Meronyms: glacier, ice cap, ice sheet, permafrost, sea ice, snow
Coordinate terms: hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere
Climate change has a strong effect on the cryosphere.
Now both are disappearing as the cryosphere succumbs to global warming. Source: Internet
The mission to provide basic geospatial services for Antarctica quickly evolved to encompass most of the cryosphere. Source: Internet
Remote sensors on aircrafts and satellites have become critical to studying the cryosphere. Source: Internet
Though they can be geographically very different, these cold regions fundamentally share the characteristics of what is known as the cryosphere: covered with frozen soil, snow and glaciers and with a fragile land-water ecosystem equilibrium. Source: Internet