glaciology

[ gley-shee-ol-uh-jee, -see- ]

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.

glaciology

/ ˌɡlæsɪˈɒlədʒɪ; ˌɡlæsɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl; ˌɡleɪ-; ˌɡleɪ- /

noun

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

Derived Forms

• ˌglaciˈologist, noun
• glaciological, adjective

Other Words From

• gla·ci·o·log·i·cal [gley-shee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l, -see-], glaci·o·logic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glaciology¹

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

Example Sentences

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

"It may likely not be as hot as 2023 — because that was an El Nino event, which has now died down," said Imperial College London glaciology professor Martin Siegert.

From Salon

Zekollari, now an Associate Professor of Glaciology at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, calls for a major international effort to preserve the scientific value of meteorites, "We need to accelerate and intensify efforts to recover Antarctic meteorites. The loss of Antarctic meteorites is much like the loss of data that scientists glean from ice cores collected from vanishing glaciers -- once they disappear, so do some of the secrets of the universe."

From Science Daily

Co-lead author, Professor Robert Bingham, Professor of Glaciology and Geophysics, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, said: "What we are seeing around Antarctica is a sustained attack by climate warming to the buttresses, that slow the conversion of ice melting, into global sea-level rise. This reinforces the need for us to take action where we can to reduce global carbon emissions."

From Science Daily