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glaciers

NOUN
mountain of ice, snow
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"These landscapes are changing fast, and arctic and alpine glaciers might be some of the first habitats lost completely to climate change," she said.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Huss said Switzerland had already lost 1,200 glaciers in the past 50 years, and there now only 1,300 left.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

The single AIR system has created a more reliable water source and he hopes the village will build at least two more of the artificial glaciers.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

Global warming means that the smaller, low altitude glaciers they relied on to water their crops have disappeared.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

It is a hot, humid afternoon, and the river is livid with runoff from the fast-melting snowpack that still blankets the glaciers in the higher elevations of the Alaska Range.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer



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