glacier
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Over the next six decades, as the glacier retreated, the wedge expanded into a long finger, and the size of the lake grew twelvefold.
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
Gerhard Lieb, who runs the glacier monitoring service with Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer, said the weather conditions in recent years had been "extremely unfavourable for glaciers".
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
The isotope data also point to processes occurring beneath the glacier itself.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2026
Just then, the glacier rumbled, and Roz leaped away as enormous icicles crashed to the ground.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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