: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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The trip was breathtaking, from towering glaciers and misty fjords to wildlife sightings that felt straight out of a nature documentary.
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
As of 2021, California had already lost roughly 75% of its Sierra Nevada glaciers compared with the beginning of the 20th century.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Overlooking the mountainous border between Austria and Italy, Weißseespitze is an alpine glacier.
—Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2026
The researchers behind the new study had previously found that climate change affects day length, as rising ocean levels—caused by the melting glaciers and the dwindling polar ice sheets—affect Earth’s spin.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
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Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 16 Mar. 2026
As of 2021, California had already lost roughly 75% of its Sierra Nevada glaciers compared with the beginning of the 20th century.
—Sacbee.com, 14 Mar. 2026
Overlooking the mountainous border between Austria and Italy, Weißseespitze is an alpine glacier.
—Nidhi Sharma, Popular Science, 13 Mar. 2026
The researchers behind the new study had previously found that climate change affects day length, as rising ocean levels—caused by the melting glaciers and the dwindling polar ice sheets—affect Earth’s spin.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
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“Glacier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glacier. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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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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