cryosphere

noun

cryo·sphere ˈkrī-ō-ˌsfir How to pronounce cryosphere (audio)

plural cryospheres

: the part of the earth's surface characterized by the presence of frozen water

The cryosphere consists of mountain glaciers and continental ice sheets, seasonal snow and ice cover on land, and sea ice.

Raymond S. Bradley

The third component of the climate system, after the atmosphere and oceans, is the cryosphere—extensive ice fields of Antarctica and Greenland plus other stretches of continental snow and ice and sea ice.

Stephen H. Schneider

also : a region that is part of the earth's cryosphere

We know that sea levels are rising because of thermal expansion of the ocean as well as the disintegration and the melting of the cryospheres of the world's glaciers.

Elizabeth Rush

cryospheric

ˌkrī-ō-ˈsfir-ik How to pronounce cryosphere (audio)

-ˈsfer-

adjective

cryospheric changes

cryospheric science

Word History

Etymology

cryo- + -sphere, after Polish kryosfera

Note: The Polish term was introduced by the geophysicist and meteorologist Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski (1872-1954) in Historja naturalna lodu (Warsaw, 1923), p. ii: "… lód tworzy naprawdę powłokę globu, składem nadzwyczaj jednostajną, wyglądem nadzwyczaj urozmaiconą. Ta powłoka lodowa—kryosfera—wchodzi w stosunki ścisle, określone i osobliwe z hidrosferą, z litosferą, z atmosferą." ("… the ice comprises in truth a global envelope, extremely uniform in composition, extremely diverse in appearance. This envelope of ice—the cryosphere—enters into a close, definite and peculiar relationship with the hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere.")

First Known Use

1935, in the meaning defined above

单词	cryosphere
释义	cryosphere noun cryo·sphere ˈkrī-ō-ˌsfir plural cryospheres : the part of the earth's surface characterized by the presence of frozen water The cryosphere consists of mountain glaciers and continental ice sheets, seasonal snow and ice cover on land, and sea ice. Raymond S. Bradley The third component of the climate system, after the atmosphere and oceans, is the cryosphere—extensive ice fields of Antarctica and Greenland plus other stretches of continental snow and ice and sea ice. Stephen H. Schneider also : a region that is part of the earth's cryosphere We know that sea levels are rising because of thermal expansion of the ocean as well as the disintegration and the melting of the cryospheres of the world's glaciers. Elizabeth Rush cryospheric ˌkrī-ō-ˈsfir-ik -ˈsfer- adjective cryospheric changes cryospheric science Word History Etymology cryo- + -sphere, after Polish kryosfera Note: The Polish term was introduced by the geophysicist and meteorologist Antoni Bolesław Dobrowolski (1872-1954) in Historja naturalna lodu (Warsaw, 1923), p. ii: "… lód tworzy naprawdę powłokę globu, składem nadzwyczaj jednostajną, wyglądem nadzwyczaj urozmaiconą. Ta powłoka lodowa—kryosfera—wchodzi w stosunki ścisle, określone i osobliwe z hidrosferą, z litosferą, z atmosferą." ("… the ice comprises in truth a global envelope, extremely uniform in composition, extremely diverse in appearance. This envelope of ice—the cryosphere—enters into a close, definite and peculiar relationship with the hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere.") First Known Use 1935, in the meaning defined above
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