glacial melting
Frozen mass shrinking
Glacial melting is the process by which glaciers and ice sheets lose mass through warming temperatures.
The term appears frequently in climate science discussions: Glacial melting has accelerated dramatically over the past century.
Rising sea levels, habitat loss, and freshwater release into oceans are among its documented effects.
Also called glacial melt.
- ice core analysisStudying drilled glacier samples
- sea level riseIncreasing ocean surface height
- iceWater's solid form
- polar ice capsFrozen regions at Earth's extremes
- waterClear essential liquid
coastal flooding · calving · thermal expansion · water scarcity · extreme weather events · thaw · desertification · heat absorption · permafrost thaw · greenhouse gases · albedo · polar · crevasse · warming · climate · retreat · shrinking · ice age
- climateclimate change, climate, weather, global warming, temperature
- Climate Changeglobal warming, greenhouse gases, climate change, carbon dioxide, CO2
- Antarctic climatepolar climate, ice sheets, sea ice, blizzards, ice cap
thermal process
glacial meltingfreezing
Extremely cold
ice formation · refreezing · solidification · crystallization · icing