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glacier

[gley-sher] / ˈgleɪ ʃər /
NOUN
mountain of ice, snow
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It was sparked by the partial collapse of a glacier and some of its bedrock.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Scientists are examining possible warning signs, including evidence that the glacier accelerated in the weeks before the collapse, and a sudden increase in meltwater shortly beforehand.

From Barron's Sep. 4, 2026

Preliminary investigations have pointed to a collapsed glacier and its bedrock as the cause of last week's flash flood.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Virgin Islands, it marked the largest calving event from any Arctic glacier since 2020.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

The skin across his cheekbones was cracked and reddened from a life spent outdoors, and his eyes were blue as glacier ice.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Scientists say glaciers in the Himalayas, the world's highest mountain range, are melting faster as global temperatures rise.

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Pelto noted that icebergs from Petermann are generally thinner and more fragile than those produced by Greenland glaciers such as Jakobshavn and Helheim.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

But the very glaciers and mountains giving Nepal this massive natural advantage are succumbing to global warming - and last Wednesday's deadly floods have laid bare the risks to the nation's hydropower ambitions.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Anthony Bourdain’s beach-bum youth becomes a refreshing biopic, Ridley Scott directs a post-apocalyptic adventure, documentaries examine Boeing’s failures and Iceland’s glaciers, and much, much more.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Some scientists believed, or hoped, that the bulge was swelling with water melted from the glaciers.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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