glacial
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She brings us to Greenland where, remarkably, new peat is slowly forming in areas where glacial ice is melting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
A tsunami-like wall of water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26 killed nearly 1,500 and left 5,800 missing in the two countries.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The August 26 flood, triggered by a glacial mountain collapse near the China-Nepal border, has killed more than 1,400 people, the majority in Nepal.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The government told parliament in July that 56 glacial lakes had been classified as "very high risk", external following a 2025 scientific assessment of 189 high-risk lakes in the Indian Himalayan region.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
While Neanderthals lived in glacial times and were adapted to the cold, they penetrated no farther north than northern Germany and Kiev.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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