glaciologist
Americannoun
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"Surge-type glaciers are very unusual and can be troublesome," said lead author Dr. Harold Lovell, Senior Lecturer and glaciologist from the University of Portsmouth's School of the Environment and Life Sciences.
From Science Daily • Apr. 17, 2026
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 • Dec. 19, 2025
An explorer and a glaciologist have embarked on a three-month mission to cross part of Antarctica on kite skis in search of ice that is 130,000 years old.
From Barron's • Nov. 1, 2025
Matthias Huss, a glaciologist with Zurich's Federal Institute of Technology, as well as glacier monitoring group Glamos, argues that climate change was a factor in the Blatten disaster.
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2025
Brugman was a glaciologist, a scientist who studied the movement of glaciers.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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