: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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Last year, the team found a relict glacier in the geologically young region, a hopeful sign for future human habitation on a cold, arid, generally inhospitable world.
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Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
Scientists said the 29,600-foot-high volcano was active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2024
An aerial view of the partially melting glaciers as a polar bear, one of the species most affected by climate change, walks on a glacier in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, on July 15, 2023.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
The country's landscape is a patchwork of waterfalls, geysers, hot springs, glaciers, volcanic landscapes, and stunning coastlines that are accessible without admission fees.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
As countries face unprecedented heat waves, storms and melting glaciers, some farmers and international development organizations are reaching deep into the agricultural archives to revive these ancient solutions.
—Chelsea Fisher, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
Located on the country’s south coast, the black volcanic sand beach is famous for the thousands of icebergs that travel here from the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon that resembles large diamonds peppered along the seashores.
—Laura Hampson, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2024
Melting glaciers drowned Ireland’s land bridge 8,500 years ago, whereas Britain’s persisted for another 2,000 years.
—Sarah Fecht, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
By geologists’ current timeline of Earth’s 4.6-billion-year history, our world right now is in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago with the most recent retreat of the great glaciers.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
Scientists said the 29,600-foot-high volcano was active from ancient through recent times and with possible remnants of glacier ice near its base.
—Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 15 Mar. 2024
An aerial view of the partially melting glaciers as a polar bear, one of the species most affected by climate change, walks on a glacier in Svalbard and Jan Mayen, on July 15, 2023.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2024
The country's landscape is a patchwork of waterfalls, geysers, hot springs, glaciers, volcanic landscapes, and stunning coastlines that are accessible without admission fees.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
As countries face unprecedented heat waves, storms and melting glaciers, some farmers and international development organizations are reaching deep into the agricultural archives to revive these ancient solutions.
—Chelsea Fisher, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2024
Located on the country’s south coast, the black volcanic sand beach is famous for the thousands of icebergs that travel here from the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon that resembles large diamonds peppered along the seashores.
—Laura Hampson, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Feb. 2024
Melting glaciers drowned Ireland’s land bridge 8,500 years ago, whereas Britain’s persisted for another 2,000 years.
—Sarah Fecht, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
By geologists’ current timeline of Earth’s 4.6-billion-year history, our world right now is in the Holocene, which began 11,700 years ago with the most recent retreat of the great glaciers.
—Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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gla·cier
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: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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