Cryosphere Fact Wall by Keesha Landis

Facts About the Crysosphere

klandis16 — 2025-10-16 17:48:48 UTC

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Share three fascinating facts you’ve learned about ice sheets, glaciers, or polar regions.

Isaiah Lewis

2025-10-16 18:52:54 UTC

Ice sheets hold the majority of Earth's fresh water.
Glaciers can move and carve out valleys over long periods.
Polar regions are home to unique ecosystems adapted to extreme cold.

sawyer payumo

2025-10-16 18:53:37 UTC

ice can become a positive feedback loop once it melts because the tempature decreases and causes it to melt and then lets the tempature drop further due to it being warmer. (the 2 others will be in replies)

Dakota Yarborough

2025-10-16 18:58:27 UTC

ice sheets hold fresh water which is trapped in the earth, glaciers are rivers of ice that can carve landscapes, and polar regions experience large variations in the daylight.

Sheriece Watkins

2025-10-30 14:08:55 UTC

Some parts of Antarctica's ice sheet are more than 1 million years old, trapping tiny air bubbles that give scientists clues about Earth's past climate and atmosphere.
Glaciers and ice sheets hold about 69% of the world's freshwater, if all that ice melted, global sea levels would rise by more than 200 feet (60 meters)!
Glaciers might look still, but they actually flow slowly like rivers, carrying out valleys and shaping entire landscapes as they move under their own weight.