Pronunciation of the English word glacial.
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1. | Glacial lake outburst floods, or GLOFs, are increasing in frequency as climate change increases the rate of glacial melting. | |
2. | Glacial meltwater is not purer than other types of water. | |
3. | Glacial water gets its colour from rock flour. | |
4. | No one wished it so, but we are the first species to become a geophysical force, altering Earth's climate, a role previously reserved for tectonics, sun flares, and glacial cycles. | |
5. | There are three glacial fjords in Ireland. | |
6. | In a 2016 interview from the Everest basecamp, Dr. Nima Namgyal Sherpa told VOA that in the past, the glacial streams in the mid-Everest region started flowing in May, but the Sherpas now see the flow beginning in April. | |
7. | The melted snowpack seeps down to fill mountainside indentations to form glacial lakes. | |
8. | The melting of glaciers has put cities like Huaraz at risk of what scientists call a “glof,” or glacial lake outburst flood. | |
9. | There are more than a thousand glacial lakes on the Tibetan Plateau, with more than 130 larger than 0.1 square kilometer in Nepal alone. |