Since then heat output has decreased and ice has accumulated.
The term glacier is applied only when ice has accumulated enough for the mass to achieve motion.
But snow and ice accumulate in a totally different way from sediment.
Einstein theorized that if enough ice accumulated on the polar caps, a shift could result.
When an airplane flies in icing conditions, ice can accumulate on the wings.
If enough snow and ice accumulates, runaway cooling would result.
The surface of these diamonds is likely to be porous, so snow and ice will not accumulate.
Eventually, ice accumulates along the eave and in the gutter.
Over time, the ice will accumulate on the windward shores of the lake.
The resulting ice, called glaze, can accumulate to a thickness of several centimeters.