icehouse
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As ice locked up water, vast shallow seas dried out, triggering an "icehouse climate" and radically altering ocean chemistry.
From Science Daily • Jan. 11, 2026
The icehouse, used as a living space, became “a site of convivial socializing among musicians and cognoscenti.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
And as we well know from our present habit of turning an icehouse climate into a greenhouse one, an altered climate dramatically affects life on our planet.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024
The Earth today is like an icehouse, with ice sheets at both poles and comparatively lower carbon dioxide concentrations, but this has been rare rather than commonplace through the planet's history.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2024
We turned to see her pointing at the wrecked icehouse, where broken boards had begun to shift in the collapsed pile.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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