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glacier

[glay-sher] / ˈgleɪ ʃər /
NOUN
mountain of ice, snow
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Meanwhile, Doug has made a confession that haunts the men as they follow a pregnant bison onto an unstable glacier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

"This river can flood if the glacier collapses or if the glacial lake bursts out and we are living in constant fear."

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Tibet and Nepal were also recently devastated by massive floods and landslides less than two months ago, unleashed by a glacier collapse, which killed at least 1,400 people.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

We believe that the combination of weather and rapid glacier retreat in early August 2025 was likely sufficient to issue an alert notifying people that the hazard may be temporarily elevated in a general area.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

We have crossed the glacier, the dark land of grief.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

Researchers identified four ice caps, along with rocky cliffs extending above the ice and glaciers flowing outward from the ice caps.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Beyond establishing the ice's age, researchers hope that a more precise timeline will help answer fundamental questions about the history of Earth's glaciers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

This has sped up the melting of glaciers, icefields, snowpacks, and ground that's normally frozen all year.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

Between July and September, the country's glaciers released approximately 2.2 trillion liters of water, an amount exceeding four times the drinking water consumed by Swiss households in an entire year.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Cold air masses sliding down the sides of the glaciers speed up until they become winds of close to 200 miles per hour.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong


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