glacier
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The explosion has triggered more movement, with another glacier headed toward Alaska.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
The sea level is rising at a record pace, driven by warming oceans and glacier melt, according to a UN report.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Snow is like glacier food - and under stable conditions some of it would eventually compact into ice.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The glacier will starve, shrink and eventually disappear.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Shadowed by the rim above for most of the year, a new glacier began to form.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice in the past year, typically losing between 8 and 13 feet, after a winter of meager snowfall and summer heatwaves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Swiss glaciers started the summer in an already difficult place, covered by less snow than usual after a mild winter.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Scientists estimate that Swiss glaciers released 2.2 trillion litres of meltwater between July and September.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The major destruction of hydropower infrastructure underscored the risks of that strategy in a region where glaciers are retreating, permafrost is thawing and extreme hazards are becoming harder to predict.
From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026
Cold air masses sliding down the sides of the glaciers speed up until they become winds of close to 200 miles per hour.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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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