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glaciologist

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

noun

  1. glacialist.


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“It’s right here,” glaciologist Alison Criscitiello says, pointing to a nearly invisible gray smudge behind the glass, on a 5-foot-long, 1,550-year-old bisected cylinder of ice.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

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

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 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

The camera roll on his phone is brimming with videos and photos of his trips to Antarctica, where the glaciologist and climate scientist has spent days and weeks at a time collecting ice core samples.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2024

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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