glacier

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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

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

Using highly sensitive gravity measurements collected by BAS' Twin Otter aircraft and others, researchers detected an unusual signal beneath the glacier.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

Austria's largest glacier, the Pasterze in Carinthia, also continues to shrink.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

The front edge of the glacier was made up of frozen cliffs that towered above the waves, and high up, on one of those cliffs, was Roz.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown