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EAIs1
noun
- pluralplural of EAI
EAIS2
proper noun
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
The EAIS is far larger than the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS), which hosts the so-called “doomsday” Thwaites glacier, which has lost significant stability. Total loss of the WAIS would cause 5 metres of sea level rise.
2022 August 10, Damian Carrington, “Fate of ‘sleeping giant’ East Antarctic ice sheet ‘in our hands’ – study”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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EAIs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EAIs
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“EAIs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EAIs. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “EAIs,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/EAIs.
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