Sentence examples for could be ice from inspiring English sources

"It could be ice, grass, clay.

Both Rose and Dixon referenced a 2007 BBC article quoting Professor Wieslaw Maslowski saying that the Arctic could be ice free in the summer of 2013.

Scientists have been alarmed by the increasingly rapid melting of Arctic sea ice, which reached a new record minimum this year and, if melting continues at similar rates, could be ice free in summer by the end of the decade.

"We're not sure what we'll encounter on the comet - the surface could be soft and fluffy, mostly made up of dust, or it could be ice mixed with pebbles, or even solid rock.

A report that the Arctic Council's internal working group released last month found the region could be ice free far earlier than expected ― and that would significantly contribute to sea level rise and a host of climate-related effects.

Another possibility could be ice volcanoes, but even Pluto's moon Charon does not seem to orbit close enough for gravitational stresses to heat up Pluto's interior to make 'cryovolcanoes' happen.

Scientists think the North Pole could be ice-free in summertime within 20 years.

At current rates, Arctic waters could be ice-free in summer by the end of the decade, scientists say.

It is estimated that the North Pole could be ice-free in the summer within the next 10-20 years. 10-20 years

Experts have predicted that the Arctic seas could be ice-free in winter in the next decade.

By the end of the century, scientists say that Baikal could be ice-free a month or more longer than today.