glacier
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Researchers found that the glacier lost not only this floating ice tongue, but also a large section of grounded ice resting on a flat area of bedrock.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Future retreat is expected to continue more slowly as the glacier loses mass and elevation.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Between blocks of talks, attendees partake in activities from the glacier show-and-tell to an iNaturalist BioBlitz in Stanley Park to a field trip to the local Renaissance faire.
From Slate • May 8, 2026
By this stage in April they would normally have fixed the route as far as Camp 3, but are still blocked by the chunk of glacier about 600m below Camp 1.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
She waves her hand, and our glacier spurts stalagmites of ice.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing glacier
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Geological Features
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