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ice tongue

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ice tongue [′īs ‚təŋ]
(hydrology)
Any narrow extension of a glacier or ice shelf, such as a projection floating in the sea or an outlet glacier of an ice cap.
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According to a report in New Scientist, a group of scientists and climate change activists who are closely monitoring the Petermann glacier's ice tongue believe that the rapid flow of ice is in part due to warm ocean currents moving up along the coast of Greenland, fuelled by global warming.
Biggest Arctic glacier on verge of losing Manhattan-sized 'tongue' by Asian News International
Nasa satellites have spotted the B- 15 A iceberg moving toward the Drygalski Ice Tongue and scientists expect a collision to occur no later than Saturday: ``It's a clash of the titans, '' said Robert Bindshadler, a Nasa research scientist.
Massive drifting iceberg set for clash of the titans by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The three sites all sit offshore from ice shelves or smaller ice tongues, aprons of glacial ice that extend into the ocean.
Warmth doth stretch Antarctica's tongues by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
 
 
 
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