glacier
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Between blocks of talks, attendees partake in activities from the glacier show-and-tell to an iNaturalist BioBlitz in Stanley Park to a field trip to the local Renaissance faire.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
A glacier surge happens when ice that normally moves slowly suddenly speeds up.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
"We are left not knowing what criteria will be used, not knowing which technical bodies will be involved, and clearly, any glacier and any periglacial environment could be at risk," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Over the next six decades, as the glacier retreated, the wedge expanded into a long finger, and the size of the lake grew twelvefold.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Then the ice of the glacier fell into the crater.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Vocabulary lists containing glacier
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Geological Features
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