glaciology

American  

[gley-shee-ol-uh-jee, -see-] / ˌgleɪ ʃiˈɒl ə dʒi, -si- /

noun

1. the branch of geology that deals with the nature, distribution, and action of glaciers and with their effect on the earth's topography.

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glaciology British  

/ ˌɡlæsɪˈɒlədʒɪ, ˌɡlæsɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ˌɡleɪ-, ˌɡleɪ- /

noun

1. the study of the distribution, character, and effects of glaciers

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Other Word Forms

• glaciologic adjective
• glaciological adjective
• glaciologist noun

Etymology

Origin of glaciology

First recorded in 1890–95; glaci(er) + -o- + -logy

Example Sentences

"In these regions, more than half of all glaciers are expected to vanish within the next ten to twenty years," says Van Tricht, who works at ETH Zurich's Chair of Glaciology and the WSL.

From Science Daily

"The results underline how urgently ambitious climate action is needed," says Daniel Farinotti, co-author of the study and Professor of Glaciology at ETH Zurich.

From Science Daily

Regine Hock, professor of glaciology at the University of Oslo, has been visiting the Alps since the 1970s.

From BBC

Neff has studied glaciology for 15 years and has traveled several times to the Antarctic region to study ice cores — cylinders of drilled ice that serve as records of past climate change and are extracted from ice sheets and glaciers.

From Los Angeles Times

Martin Siegert, a glaciology professor at the University of Exeter and former co-director of Imperial College London's Grantham Institute for Climate Change, elaborated on exactly why both heat waves and the other major extreme summer weather event linked to climate change — storms — are so dangerous.

From Salon