glaciology

noun

gla·​ci·​ol·​o·​gy ˌglā-shē-ˈä-lə-jē 

-sē-

: any of the branches of science dealing with snow or ice accumulation, glaciation, or glacial epochs

glaciological

ˌglā-shē-ə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

-sē-

adjective

glaciologist

ˌglā-shē-ˈä-lə-jist 

-sē-

noun

Examples of glaciology in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This first-ever inventory of crevasses across the entire Greenland Ice Sheet will help do that, said William Colgan, a glaciology and climate professor with the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, who was not involved with the study. —Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025

Pettit calls it forensic glaciology. —Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 5 May 2017

Michèle Koppes, professor of glaciology at the University of British Columbia, will discuss the impact of rising sea levels and disappearing glaciers on communities that rely on the seas for tourism and their economies, and the impact on all of us who rely on fresh water to drink. —Alan Henry, WIRED, 28 Sep. 2022

While on the west ridge of the UAF campus, Alda also visited the glaciology lab at the Geophysical Institute. —Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Nov. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Latin glacies + International Scientific Vocabulary -logy

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

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