Cryosphere

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.

    "Climate change has a strong effect on the cryosphere."

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"The Earth's cryosphere (the frozen water on our planet) currently covers about 10% of the Earth's surface."

Etymology

From cryo- + -sphere.

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