: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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Officials blamed unseasonably fast-melting glaciers in several Khyber Pakhtunkhwa districts for the coming floods.
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Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
In the afternoon, another zodiac takes you for an hour-long cruise around glaciers and alongside porpoising chinstrap penguins.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
The smoking gun Initially, the research team’s efforts led to a study presented in March 2023 that suggested the Noctis Labyrinthus region may be home to a massive glacier covered in salt deposits.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
But the volcanic system on the Reykjanes Peninsula is far from the glaciers of Iceland.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
Although the route doesn’t have all the elements of most via ferratas—no ladders to climb or rungs to monkey around on—the narrow 600-foot crossing, with its bird’s eye view of more than half a dozen hanging glaciers and the lush Chugach temperate rainforest, still requires climbing safety gear.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
Because of the widespread use of PFAS, these chemicals are now present in water, soil and living organisms and can be found across almost every part of the planet, including Arctic glaciers, marine mammals, remote communities living on subsistence diets and in 98% of the American public.
—Kathryn Crawford, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2024
The oceans absorb 90 percent of the heat trapped by emissions, which is causing the ice sheets and glaciers to melt and the sea levels to rise.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Since glaciers disappeared from North America, the loss of ice on top of the continent has been slowly causing the East Coast to sink.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2024
In the afternoon, another zodiac takes you for an hour-long cruise around glaciers and alongside porpoising chinstrap penguins.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2024
The smoking gun Initially, the research team’s efforts led to a study presented in March 2023 that suggested the Noctis Labyrinthus region may be home to a massive glacier covered in salt deposits.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
But the volcanic system on the Reykjanes Peninsula is far from the glaciers of Iceland.
—Annabelle Timsit, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2024
Although the route doesn’t have all the elements of most via ferratas—no ladders to climb or rungs to monkey around on—the narrow 600-foot crossing, with its bird’s eye view of more than half a dozen hanging glaciers and the lush Chugach temperate rainforest, still requires climbing safety gear.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
Because of the widespread use of PFAS, these chemicals are now present in water, soil and living organisms and can be found across almost every part of the planet, including Arctic glaciers, marine mammals, remote communities living on subsistence diets and in 98% of the American public.
—Kathryn Crawford, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2024
The oceans absorb 90 percent of the heat trapped by emissions, which is causing the ice sheets and glaciers to melt and the sea levels to rise.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
Since glaciers disappeared from North America, the loss of ice on top of the continent has been slowly causing the East Coast to sink.
—Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
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glacier
noun
gla·cier
ˈglā-shər 
: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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