glacier
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Sputnik Planitia is a vast glacier made largely of frozen nitrogen and is bigger than Texas and Oklahoma combined.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
It was sparked by the partial collapse of a glacier and some of its bedrock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
"These hot conditions can also explain permafrost thaw and combined slope and glacier collapse," said French climatologist Valerie Masson-Delmotte.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Virgin Islands, it marked the largest calving event from any Arctic glacier since 2020.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
The trip across the glacier and through the dark land of grief is crooked and dangerous but sometimes beautiful.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
Even so, parts of northern Sputnik Planitia have been darkened in patterns that resemble features seen on terrestrial glaciers after they are exposed to rainwater or to liquid emerging from beneath the ice.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The World Weather Attribution study, published on Thursday, said the disaster was the result of a "compound event" caused by rising temperatures, thinning glaciers, thawing permafrost and pre-existing geological weaknesses.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Scientists say glaciers in the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range, are melting faster as global temperatures rise.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Scientists say that similar to the bursting of lakes formed by retreating glaciers, these collapses reflect a complex intersection of causes, including the effects of climate change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
During the last ice age, as glaciers and ice sheets spread down from the Arctic, northern flora all over the world naturally tried to escape southwards.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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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