Glacier
noun
A huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
The glacier moved down the mountain over many years.
Often appears as...
- melting glacier
- glacier movement
noun
A period of very cold weather which causes glaciers to spread.
The last major glacial period occurred during the Ice Age.
Often appears as...
- glacial period
- glacial advance
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noun
A huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land.
The glacier moved down the mountain over many years.
Often appears as...
- melting glacier
- glacier movement
noun
A period of very cold weather which causes glaciers to spread.
The last major glacial period occurred during the Ice Age.
Often appears as...
- glacial period
- glacial advance
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Ice
Glaciers are made of compacted snow, not just frozen water like ice cubes.
The giant glacier comprised layers of ancient snowfall.
Pro Tip 2/3Slow Movement
Though glaciers move slowly, they can reshape the earth's surface over time.
The valley was carved by the slow-moving glacier.
Pro Tip 3/3Climate Indicator
Glaciers are sensitive to climate changes, often used as indicators of global warming.
Scientists study glacier melting to understand climate change.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Ice
Glaciers are made of compacted snow, not just frozen water like ice cubes.
The giant glacier comprised layers of ancient snowfall.
Pro Tip 2/3Slow Movement
Though glaciers move slowly, they can reshape the earth's surface over time.
The valley was carved by the slow-moving glacier.
Pro Tip 3/3Climate Indicator
Glaciers are sensitive to climate changes, often used as indicators of global warming.
Scientists study glacier melting to understand climate change.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Just Ice
Glaciers are made of compacted snow, not just frozen water like ice cubes.
The giant glacier comprised layers of ancient snowfall.
Pro Tip 2/3Slow Movement
Though glaciers move slowly, they can reshape the earth's surface over time.
The valley was carved by the slow-moving glacier.
Pro Tip 3/3Climate Indicator
Glaciers are sensitive to climate changes, often used as indicators of global warming.
Scientists study glacier melting to understand climate change.
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What's below the tip of...
Here are some thing you might not know about the icy islands. The life of an iceberg begins many thousands of years before it reaches the ocean. Unlike sea ice or pack ice, which form when the ocean freezes, glaciers are made of fresh water. For thousands of years, these glaciers build layer upon layer of ice,
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My glacier cave...
At the end of this hole, we found a huge tunnel going right up the mountain underneath thousands of tons of glacier ice. We followed this cave back for about a half mile until it came to an end. And then with the help of our survey tools, we made a three-dimensional map of the cave on our way back out.
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What’s so great about...
and the glaciers that cloaked the Earth's surface began their slow retreat. These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins. Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins,
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The warning sounds of a...
the and document the retreating glaciers worldwide due to our changing climate these images though tell you the story through one perspective a visually striking but silent one and what I want to do today is tell you the story through a completely different
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Climate 101: Glaciers PIPE...
- Glaciers have been shaping our world for millions of years. But as climate change warms the planet, glaciers are disappearing, not only altering the landscapes they leave behind, but changing our oceans, weather, and life on earth as we know it.
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What's hidden under the...
to extract natural gas from deep within the earth. Pressurized fluids fracture rocks. All it takes is a crack to get started. Well, we recently discovered that there are cracks available in the Greenland ice sheet near this glacier aquifer.
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How to grow a glacier -...
fragments of ice from male and female glaciers, then covering them with charcoal, wheat husks, cloths, or willow branches so they can reproduce. Under their protective coverings, these glacierets transform into fully active glaciers
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An urgent call to...
the entire planet will eventually suffer. And right now, with our glaciers melting rapidly, the region is not just sick -- it is crying out for help. And how will it affect the rest of the world?
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Filming an Impenetrable...
you can't help but feel drawn into what's happening there's just so much change every day and to witness one of the fastest melting glaciers in the world as filmmakers watching that it
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The Antarctic's...
it's very poignant because record high temperatures are being observed in the antarctic peninsula in the last few years and what we're seeing is that the glaciers are carving at a
Video examples
What's below the tip of...
Here are some thing you might not know about the icy islands. The life of an iceberg begins many thousands of years before it reaches the ocean. Unlike sea ice or pack ice, which form when the ocean freezes, glaciers are made of fresh water. For thousands of years, these glaciers build layer upon layer of ice,
Video examples
My glacier cave...
At the end of this hole, we found a huge tunnel going right up the mountain underneath thousands of tons of glacier ice. We followed this cave back for about a half mile until it came to an end. And then with the help of our survey tools, we made a three-dimensional map of the cave on our way back out.
Video examples
What’s so great about...
and the glaciers that cloaked the Earth's surface began their slow retreat. These immense ice sheets carved out a series of basins. Those basins filled with water as the ice began to melt, creating the world's largest area of freshwater lakes. Over time, channels developed between these basins,
Video examples
The warning sounds of a...
the and document the retreating glaciers worldwide due to our changing climate these images though tell you the story through one perspective a visually striking but silent one and what I want to do today is tell you the story through a completely different
Video examples
Climate 101: Glaciers PIPE...
- Glaciers have been shaping our world for millions of years. But as climate change warms the planet, glaciers are disappearing, not only altering the landscapes they leave behind, but changing our oceans, weather, and life on earth as we know it.
Video examples
What's hidden under the...
to extract natural gas from deep within the earth. Pressurized fluids fracture rocks. All it takes is a crack to get started. Well, we recently discovered that there are cracks available in the Greenland ice sheet near this glacier aquifer.
Video examples
How to grow a glacier -...
fragments of ice from male and female glaciers, then covering them with charcoal, wheat husks, cloths, or willow branches so they can reproduce. Under their protective coverings, these glacierets transform into fully active glaciers
Video examples
An urgent call to...
the entire planet will eventually suffer. And right now, with our glaciers melting rapidly, the region is not just sick -- it is crying out for help. And how will it affect the rest of the world?
Video examples
Filming an Impenetrable...
you can't help but feel drawn into what's happening there's just so much change every day and to witness one of the fastest melting glaciers in the world as filmmakers watching that it
Video examples
The Antarctic's...
it's very poignant because record high temperatures are being observed in the antarctic peninsula in the last few years and what we're seeing is that the glaciers are carving at a
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Heidi Hammel
American Scientist
It's very clear that global climate change is occurring on earth, but it's also been very clear that that has always happened on earth. We've always had a changing climate on earth. We all know about ice ages. We know when our continent was covered with ice sheets. We know glaciers come and they go. It puzzles me that people forget that.
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Frances Perkins
American Politician
But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan for stopping it. Everyone tried to get out of its way.
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Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
You could engineer a human to survive the greenhouse effect because you think that's what's going to happen, and then all of a sudden the glaciers are creeping down on you.
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Scott Tipton
American Politician
Is there climate change? I live in the shadow of some of the greatest climate change the world has ever seen. It's called the Rocky Mountains. When the glaciers went back.
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Sonam Wangchuk
Indian Activist
We try to make children problem-solvers. That gave birth to solar-heated mud buildings, using greenhouses to grow things and ice stupas - artificial baby glaciers.
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Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
In the Andes and the Alps, I have seen melting glaciers. At both of the Earth's Poles, I have seen open sea where ice once dominated the horizon.
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Reinhold Messner
Italian Explorer
The museum at Ortles is dedicated to the world of ice so we wanted visitors to feel like they were inside a glacier.
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James Balog
American Photographer
This air we breathe is precious, and the glaciers helped me understand that and stay focused on that.
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Barbara Kingsolver
American Novelist
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
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Donella Meadows
American Environmentalist
Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park.
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Heidi Hammel
American Scientist
It's very clear that global climate change is occurring on earth, but it's also been very clear that that has always happened on earth. We've always had a changing climate on earth. We all know about ice ages. We know when our continent was covered with ice sheets. We know glaciers come and they go. It puzzles me that people forget that.
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Frances Perkins
American Politician
But with the slow menace of a glacier, depression came on. No one had any measure of its progress; no one had any plan for stopping it. Everyone tried to get out of its way.
Quote examples
Paul Di Filippo
American Writer
You could engineer a human to survive the greenhouse effect because you think that's what's going to happen, and then all of a sudden the glaciers are creeping down on you.
Quote examples
Scott Tipton
American Politician
Is there climate change? I live in the shadow of some of the greatest climate change the world has ever seen. It's called the Rocky Mountains. When the glaciers went back.
Quote examples
Sonam Wangchuk
Indian Activist
We try to make children problem-solvers. That gave birth to solar-heated mud buildings, using greenhouses to grow things and ice stupas - artificial baby glaciers.
Quote examples
Ban Ki-moon
South Korean Leader
In the Andes and the Alps, I have seen melting glaciers. At both of the Earth's Poles, I have seen open sea where ice once dominated the horizon.
Quote examples
Reinhold Messner
Italian Explorer
The museum at Ortles is dedicated to the world of ice so we wanted visitors to feel like they were inside a glacier.
Quote examples
James Balog
American Photographer
This air we breathe is precious, and the glaciers helped me understand that and stay focused on that.
Quote examples
Barbara Kingsolver
American Novelist
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier.
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Donella Meadows
American Environmentalist
Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park.
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