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What happens when a glacier gains more snow mass than it loses it over a period of many years?
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∙ 11y ago
LOSE, Big time. When a glacier retreats it doesn't really retreat. The snow and ice melts and runs off into the ocean (or where-ever). So there is no preservation of snow and ice, it is a loss, pure and simple.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 11y agoSize increase, ice front advances.
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