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glaciologist

American  
[gley-shee-ol-uh-jist, -see-] / ˌgleɪ ʃiˈɒl ə dʒɪst, -si- /

noun

  1. glacialist.


Example Sentences

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Brugman was a glaciologist, a scientist who studied the movement of glaciers.

From Literature

“If that eruption had happened a half hour later, we would’ve driven right in the path of the mudflows that came down,” said glaciologist Mindy Brugman, echoing the same thoughts as Don Swanson up in the air.

From Literature

"I'm just so excited to look at that and just see the whole bed of Antarctica at once," said Prof Robert Bingham, a glaciologist at the University of Edinburgh who co-authored the study.

From BBC

Scientists who study glaciers tend to focus on ice volume loss rather than individual glaciers, says glaciologist Lander Van Tricht, because that metric has the more dire global consequences.

From Slate

"This is the best feeling ever," declared the Russian-born glaciologist in the thin mountain air of Kon Chukurbashi.

From Barron's