glacial
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The findings extend the known glacial record from the region by more than 100,000 years, making these the oldest ice cores ever recovered from this part of Tibet.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
This also has important implications for understanding whether large ice masses in Tibet persisted as the planet emerged from the last glacial period.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
She brings us to Greenland where, remarkably, new peat is slowly forming in areas where glacial ice is melting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Nepal was overwhelmed by the sheer scale of destruction from the tsunami-like wall of freezing water and debris triggered by a glacial and rock collapse on the Nepal-China border on August 26.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
While Neanderthals lived in glacial times and were adapted to the cold, they penetrated no farther north than northern Germany and Kiev.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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