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

Mountain glaciers account for 27% of sea level rise since 1960, while the Greenland Ice Sheet contributes 15% and the Antarctic Ice Sheet adds another 12%.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

As temperatures continue rising around the Antarctic Peninsula, more glaciers are losing their protective ice tongues and becoming tidewater glaciers, meaning their termini rest directly on the seabed.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

As polar regions continue warming and glaciers melt, the same basic pressures that shaped ancient human migration could once again influence where people are able to live.

From Science Daily • May 13, 2026

Scientists believed the rock was a remnant of the Ice Age, left behind by glaciers as they pulled back up into Canada, where they belonged.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx