Meanings
plural glaciologists
- A scientist who studies glaciers.
To most people, the huge ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland are merely water that once was snow. To glaciologists and climatologists, they are storehouses of the Earth's former atmospheres.
1988 April 14, Richard Fifield, “Frozen assets of the ice cores”, in New Scientist, number 1608, page 281 more example
The 10-inch increase forecast in the new study, which does not give a timeline, could be much higher if temperatures continue to rise, as they almost certainly will, said Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland who was the paper’s lead author.
2022 August 29, Elena Shao, “New Research Forecasts More Dire Sea Level Rise as Greenland’s Ice Melts”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2022
Origin
Translations
Dutch glacioloog, glaciologe
- glacioloogone who studies glaciers
- glaciologeone who studies glaciers
Estonian glatsioloog
- glatsioloogone who studies glaciers
French glaciologue
- glaciologueone who studies glaciers
German Glaziologe, Glaziologin
- Glaziologeone who studies glaciers
- Glaziologinone who studies glaciers
- Gletscherforscherone who studies glaciers
- Gletscherforscherinone who studies glaciers
Hindi हिमानी विज्ञानी
- हिमानी विज्ञानी (himānī vijñānī)one who studies glaciers
Italian glaciologo, glaciologa
- glaciologoone who studies glaciers
- glaciologaone who studies glaciers
Romanian glaciolog, glaciologă
- glaciologone who studies glaciers
- glaciologăone who studies glaciers
Turkish buzul bilimci
- buzul bilimcione who studies glaciers
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