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glacier

[glay-sher] / ˈgleɪ ʃər /
NOUN
mountain of ice, snow
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The impact of rising heat has been felt acutely in recent months by countries attending COP, with extensive wildfires across Europe and the sudden glacier collapse in Nepal which killed more than 1,000 people.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, Doug has made a confession that haunts the men as they follow a pregnant bison onto an unstable glacier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

Instead of treating the boundary between grounded and floating ice as a narrow line, researchers accounted for a much broader area where ocean water can reach beneath the glacier.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

As these natural supports lose their grip, the ice can flow faster, and the glacier can retreat more rapidly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Tomorrow we should get down onto the glacier.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

As glaciers continue to melt and oceans expand, average sea levels are expected to keep climbing and potentially accelerate.

From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2026

“I just tried to vote anti-data center for every single candidate,” said Wendi Deschamps, a Peltola voter and environmental scientist in Girdwood, Alaska, a small town surrounded by seven glaciers about 45 minutes from Anchorage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Beyond establishing the ice's age, researchers hope that a more precise timeline will help answer fundamental questions about the history of Earth's glaciers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

This has sped up the melting of glaciers, icefields, snowpacks, and ground that's normally frozen all year.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Scientists believed the rock was a remnant of the Ice Age, left behind by glaciers as they pulled back up into Canada, where they belonged.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx


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