glacier

The glacier will starve, shrink and eventually disappear.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

According to the World Weather Attribution group, the massive rock-and-ice collapse was shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat and geological instability.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

For many Indigenous Papuans, the disappearance of the glacier is not an isolated event.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

Scientists from the World Weather Attribution group said the disaster was not caused by a single extreme weather event, but a "compound crisis" shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat, permafrost thaw and geological instability.

From Barron's

A flower was always in his grasp, as was a glacier, or a glimpse of the southern cross.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice in the past year, typically losing between 8 and 13 feet, after a winter of meager snowfall and summer heatwaves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Scientists say the climate is now too warm for many Alpine glaciers to survive.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Swiss glaciers started the summer in an already difficult place, covered by less snow than usual after a mild winter.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The major destruction of hydropower infrastructure underscored the risks of that strategy in a region where glaciers are retreating, permafrost is thawing and extreme hazards are becoming harder to predict.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

It is a hot, humid afternoon, and the river is livid with runoff from the fast-melting snowpack that still blankets the glaciers in the higher elevations of the Alaska Range.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer