glacier
Example Sentences
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As these sudden drainages took place, the glacier surface began to fracture in unexpected ways.
From Science Daily
Don’t forget Canada’s zombie wildfires, the Texas floods, the late autumn Southwest heat waves, the calving Doomsday glacier and on and on.
From Salon
These included vibrations from small earthquakes, glacier motion, slope deformation, and other sources of seismic background noise.
From Science Daily
When scientists focus on the number of individual glaciers that are vanishing, rather than total ice volume, they find that the Alps could reach their highest rate of glacier loss between 2033 and 2041.
From Science Daily
“There was snow on the roof that he fell from. I saw his footprints,” says Smilla, who has experience exploring glaciers.
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