glaciers
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Up here, in a starkly beautiful landscape of snowy peaks and glaciers, excavators are carving huge chunks out of the mountains to mine for copper and other minerals.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
At the same time, massive ice sheets and glaciers continue melting long after temperatures rise.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Since 1993, however, the rapid melting of glaciers and ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica has become a much larger driver of the accelerating trend.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
That ice shelf had acted as a stabilizing barrier for Hektoria and neighboring glaciers.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
The valleys, far beneath them, were so green, and all the streams which tumbled down from the glaciers into the main river were so blue, that it was like flying over gigantic pieces of jewelry.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
