: a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface
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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.
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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
Global sea levels are also on the rise, driven mainly by the rapid melting of ice sheets and glaciers.
—Ritu Prasad, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The dynamics are complex; there's even a gravitational field produced by huge ice sheets and glaciers to take into account.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
The glaciers retreated around 10,000 years ago, exposing a land bridge between Europe and Britain, and another between Britain and Ireland, allowing easy passage to the islands.
—Sarah Fecht, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
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
Global sea levels are also on the rise, driven mainly by the rapid melting of ice sheets and glaciers.
—Ritu Prasad, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
The dynamics are complex; there's even a gravitational field produced by huge ice sheets and glaciers to take into account.
—Bill Chappell, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
The glaciers retreated around 10,000 years ago, exposing a land bridge between Europe and Britain, and another between Britain and Ireland, allowing easy passage to the islands.
—Sarah Fecht, Popular Science, 14 Mar. 2024
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.
—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
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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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