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glacier

[gley-sher] / ˈgleɪ ʃər /
NOUN
mountain of ice, snow
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Researchers used satellite data and the physics of how Antarctica's glaciers move to work out what the continent might look like beneath the ice.

From BBC

Iron reaches the oceans mainly through airborne dust from deserts and dry regions, as well as through meltwater released by glaciers.

From Science Daily

Accelerated melting of glaciers in the wake of global warming has long been a major crisis facing India's Himalayan states and other countries in the region.

From BBC

As these sudden drainages took place, the glacier surface began to fracture in unexpected ways.

From Science Daily

Don’t forget Canada’s zombie wildfires, the Texas floods, the late autumn Southwest heat waves, the calving Doomsday glacier and on and on.

From Salon