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Glaciers in the tropical Andes have been retreating faster than most other glaciers since scientists began keeping detailed records in the 1970s, because tropical latitudes get more direct sunlight and radiation.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2019

He said that the glaciers in recent years have been retreating and that the only way to view them up close is by helicopter.

From US News • Nov. 21, 2015

TV market last year but sees an opening: Japanese companies have been retreating from TVs, squeezed between high-end South Korean models and cheaper Chinese ones.

From BusinessWeek • Jul. 31, 2014

In Greenland, the seeps tended to be concentrated around the margins of ice caps that have been retreating over the past 150 years, since the end of the Little Ice Age.

From New York Times • May 21, 2012

Translating these facts into words, we see that the glaciers to which these ancient moraines owe their origin must have been retreating gradually while the moraines were accumulating.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 by Various