glaciers

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of glacier.
  glacier

  noun

  an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.

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glaciers

The Cryogenian Period began around 720 million years ago, when massive glaciers expanded across the planet during episodes commonly called Snowball Earth.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

Switzerland’s glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice in the past year, typically losing between 8 and 13 feet, after a winter of meager snowfall and summer heatwaves.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Scientists say the climate is now too warm for many Alpine glaciers to survive.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Much of Nepal's hydropower infrastructure lies along steep river valleys fed by glaciers -- terrain exposed to floods, landslides and cascading geological hazards.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

But the snow concealed many of the glaciers crevasses, increasing the danger.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

Related Words

• ice floe
• iceberg