cryosphere

Noun

Meaning

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.

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Synonyms

ozone layer asthenosphere

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

cryosolvent cryosonde cryospectrophotometric cryospheric cryospray cryostabilisation