melting ice
Frozen water liquefying
Melting ice is ice in the process of becoming water, transitioning from solid to liquid as temperature rises.
The phrase appears in discussions of climate change, where melting ice in polar regions contributes to rising sea levels.
In everyday contexts, it describes ice cubes losing their form: The melting ice watered down my drink.
- glacierSlow-moving ice mass
- North PoleEarth's northern axis point
- thawReturn to liquid
- spring thawWarming that melts winter's ice
- drippingRendered cooking fat
puddle · slush · arctic · polar · polar bear · water · cold · climate · climate change · warmth · liquid · icicle · frost · snow · dissolving · runoff · shrinking · calving
- endothermicevaporation, melting, cold pack, cold packs, boiling water
- Polar Ecologypolar bears, permafrost thaw, glacier retreat, calving, thawing
- AlaskaFairbanks, Juneau, Denali, Sitka, Kodiak
- ArcticArctic Circle, Arctic Ocean, Arctic wildlife, Arctic exploration, Arctic research
- Climate Changeglobal warming, greenhouse gases, climate change, carbon dioxide, CO2
- environmental harmair pollution, water pollution, pollution, oil spills, acid rain
melting iceglaciation
Ice sheet spreading process
freezing · solidification · crystallization · icing · refreezing
melting icefrozen solid
Entirely turned to ice
deep freeze · permafrost · hard frost · pack ice · polar ice cap
melt, melts, melted, melter, meltdown, ice, ices, iced, icing