glacier
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The team also made an unexpected discovery: cold-adapted yeast species that likely came from the glacier and have remained on the mummy into the present day.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026
The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers is expected to have all melted away by Monday, marking the alarming second-earliest arrival on record of the tipping point known as glacier loss day.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Little relief is expected in much of Europe over the weekend, and a glacier research team in Switzerland has warned that the heatwave is being felt in the mountains too.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
The fairways may be wide and forgiving, but hitting at the greens can feel like trying to land the ball on a glacier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The effluent glacier seems to run on a long curve westerly up to the Gobrin plateau.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Scandinavia rises from the sea, relieved of its Ice Age glaciers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Icelandic sense, he tells us, was that people may pass, but the glaciers were eternal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
In Scotland, glaciers advanced again in parts of the uplands.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
"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
It had been built into the side of a mountain, overlooking granite peaks and a valley carved by ancient glaciers.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Vocabulary lists containing glacier
Physical Geography - Introductory
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