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Where Is the World's Largest Ice Sheet Located Today

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Where is the world's largest ice sheet located today?


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LIDAR

A remote sensing technology that uses light in the form of pulsed laser to measure ranges (variable distances) to the Earth, providing precise 3D information about the shape of the Earth and its surface characteristics.

Shorelines

The boundary line where land meets a body of water, such as an ocean, sea, lake, or river, continually shaped and reshaped by dynamic natural processes.

Water Temperature

The measure of how hot or cold water is, an important physical quantity that affects the environment and life in aquatic systems.

West Antarctica

A region of Antarctica that lies west of the Transantarctic Mountains and includes the Antarctic Peninsula, characterized by its dynamic ice sheets and impact on sea-level rise.

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