Analysis of the moon's surface suggests plumes of warmer water well up beneath its icy shell, melting and fracturing the outer layers.
Basically, a larger red sun might expose Europa to enough heat that the icy surface would melt, allowing liquid water to pool up and lead to an environment where organisms could grow and reproduce in relative stability.
Toss salt on icy walkways to melt the ice.
It was as though their icy hearts had melted and the leg whippings had never happened, as though they were bound by affection instead of grudging duty.
Stravinsky's ballet for Diaghilev's Paris 1910 season began with almost icy, dry precision, melting as the score grows into a scorching climax.
Turandot's icy resolve is melted not just by the determined ardor of her princely suitor, Calaf, but also by the example of sacrificial love offered by the devoted slave, Liu.
Alaska and other plaintiffs that include hunters and the California Cattlemen's Association are appealing a federal court ruling last year that upheld the Interior Department's 2008 designation of the bears as threatened because their icy habitat is melting away.
Nanny, meanwhile, manages to melt the icy self-absorption of Mrs. Daniels, so she, too, can weepily come to an understanding with her daughter.
The story of 9-year old Caine Monroy, who built an adorably functioning arcade out of cardboard boxes inside of his father auto parts store in East Los Angeles, is virtually guaranteed to melt the icy facade of even the most jaded cynic into a sniffling puddle of joyous inspiration.
Boulé skillfully shifted from sharp and icy to soft and melting.
