glaciologist
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- noun
- /ˌɡleɪsiˈɑlədʒɪst/
- Specialized
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glaciologo
- According to Professor Veijo Pohjola, a glaciologist from Uppsala University in Sweden, "The basic facts in the article are mostly correct, but as always, when you deal with autodidacts, Goreham is not an expert himself in the field, you get errors."
- glaciologist Martin
- glaciologist at the University
- glaciologist at Penn State
Examples
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During the conference, the renowned glaciologist presented her findings on the impact of climate change on polar ice.
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Most glaciologists, including Dr. Vaughan, say that warmer ocean water is the primary cause.
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"This is a phenomenal piece of research, but it is what we expected," comments David Vaughan, a glaciologist at the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, UK.
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Glaciologists were skeptical.
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A team of a dozen researchers and engineers will assemble at a remote field camp in late November, and drilling is slated to begin in December, said Martin Siegert, the lead investigator for the project and a glaciologist at the University of Bristol.
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With the last one happening in 1889, this event is right on time," says Lora Koenig, a Goddard glaciologist and a member of the research team analyzing the satellite data.
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In 1999, I found Hasnain's claims about the eastern and central Himalayas melting away by 2035 sufficiently interesting, coming from a leading Indian glaciologist after a four-year study, to be newsworthy.
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Ice core samples taken by glaciologists in the Antarctic show stable CO2 gas levels and greenhouse gas levels in the atmospheric conditions for many thousands of years, with sudden gains made in greenhouse gases 150 years ago.
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The glaciologist studied the recent changes in the glacier's structure over the last decade.
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Experts like the glaciologist play a crucial role in understanding how glaciers respond to global warming.
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
glaciologist = glaciology (transparent) = glaciology + ist
Formed by adding the agentive suffix '-ist' to 'glaciology', producing a clear meaning 'a person who studies glaciers'.
Etymology
The word glaciologist comes from glacier, which comes from French glace, meaning 'ice', and the ending -logist, meaning 'a person who studies'. So a glaciologist studies ice, especially large, slow-moving sheets of ice called glaciers.