glacier
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A glacier surge happens when ice that normally moves slowly suddenly speeds up.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
"We are left not knowing what criteria will be used, not knowing which technical bodies will be involved, and clearly, any glacier and any periglacial environment could be at risk," he says.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
In 1962, the program spotted a small wedge of lake forming on the eastern side of the Lhonak glacier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
These lakes are prone to failing because they are precariously dammed by walls made of frozen earth, rocks and ice created by the movement of a glacier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
The glacier was covered with slick ice and sweeping snowdrifts and deep crevasses.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
Vocabulary lists containing glacier
Physical Geography - Introductory
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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Geological Features
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