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glaciers

NOUN
mountain of ice, snow
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Satellite images examined by BBC Verify show shrunken glaciers, scorched areas left by wildfires, green fields turned arid and lower river levels.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

In a stable climate, glaciers would be expected to remain more or less the same size over the long-term.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

Magnason’s family is inextricably linked with the environment — they’ve lived in Iceland for centuries and his grandparents were among the first to explore and research the glaciers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 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

Brugman was a glaciologist, a scientist who studied the movement of glaciers.

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



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