Glaciers

A heck of a lot of people depend on the seasonal melting water from glaciers. Some places get the majority of their water from this. And, some glaciers keep streams cool enough for salmon and other wildlife to live.

Also, if the glaciers melt, the ocean level would rise about 230 feet, and that would threaten all shorelines and coastal cities.

And, less snow and ice on the surface of the earth would give the earth a lower albedo, which could, in turn, speed up global warming.

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Earth's glaciers can cause erosion of the land, create unique landforms such as moraines and fjords, influence global sea levels, and provide important freshwater resources for ecosystems and human communities.

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Glaciers first appeared on the continent of Antarctica. The oldest known glaciers on Antarctica have been dated to around 30 to 35 million years ago.

Glaciers do not form in oceans. Glaciers form on land. Sometimes the flow onto ocean in the form of ice shelves or ice bergs, but they still formed on land. Closer to the equator, they only form on mountains. They form when one year's snow does not melt during the summer. When the next year's snow falls on that, the snow underneath turns to ice. Gradually, the ice builds up. The pressure on top can make the bottom layer melt. The earth's heat can make the bottom layer melt. Melt water from the top layer melting can make the bottom layer slide. The weight of the glacier can make the glacier move. A lot of glaciers are always in motion. During warmer weather they melt more. During colder weather, they advance. In the Arctic Ocean, the salt water freezes during winter. That creates a polar ice cap. It is not a glacier. Parts of it are frozen all the time. For a period of about 3,000 years some 1,200 years ago and 500 years 2,000 years ago, there was no polar ice cap in summer. It was not a glacier.

Glaciers and erosion are both natural processes that shape the Earth's surface over time. Glaciers, however, are large bodies of ice that flow slowly over land, eroding and reshaping the landscape through the movement and melting of ice. Erosion, on the other hand, refers to the process of wearing away and transporting rock and soil by natural forces like water, wind, and ice, and can occur in various forms beyond just glaciers.

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Heaps of earth moved by glaciers are called moraines. These are composed of a mixture of rocks, sediment, and debris that are picked up and transported by glaciers as they move and are then deposited as the glacier melts.

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A glacier and a desert are both void of drinkable water that is easily accessed. There are both areas that animals have had to adapt to live in. A desert just has little rain fall and is hot, a glacier has little snow fall but has lots of frozen water that is of no use for drinking. It is very cold on a glacier as it is ice.

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The planet Mars has glaciers made of water ice, mostly located in its polar regions. These glaciers have been observed by orbiters and are thought to be composed of a mix of water and carbon dioxide ice.

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Ice bergs melt when they absorb heat (thermal energy) from sea water and from the air. Direct sunlight is largely reflected off them.
The icebergs are melting because of heat trapped in our atmosphere by global warming is being pushed by global wind patterns to the poles. This warm weather causes the melting. When winter comes, the glaciers will expand. In a number of cases, the amount that melts in the summer is significantly more than the expansion in the winter.

Because glaciers are huge chunks of ice that can ruin or tear down houses

Only if you're daft enough to build your house right in front of a growing glacier!

They are rivers of ice, not huge chunks, fed for the duration of their lives by snow avalanching off the mountain ridges around their heads, or by sustained snow-fall on an ice-cover.

They are called "nature's bulldozers" (are they? by whom?) because they carve out great U-shaped valleys, but most of the material they move is carried on them or dragged along underneath, then washed downstream by melt-water from their snouts, rather than being pushed in front of the ice.

So it's a misleading colloquialism.

Glacier ice covering a highland area can provide a vital source of fresh water for surrounding ecosystems and communities. It acts as a natural reservoir, releasing water during dry seasons and helping to maintain stream flow. However, with climate change, the retreat of glacier ice can lead to water shortages and impact the biodiversity of the region.

Glaciers typically do not form along the equator. Glaciers are formed from accumulated snowfall over long periods of time in regions where the snowfall exceeds the rate of snowmelt. The equatorial regions generally have high temperatures throughout the year, and the snowfall is limited or absent due to the warm climate.

Glaciers require a combination of factors, including cold temperatures, high-altitude mountainous terrain, and consistent snow accumulation. These conditions are more commonly found in polar regions and at higher latitudes, where colder temperatures prevail.

However, it's worth noting that there are exceptions to this general rule.

In extremely rare cases, glaciers or glacial remnants have been observed near the equator on very high mountains with exceptionally cold and snowy conditions.

For example, some high peaks in the Andes Mountains, such as Chimborazo in Ecuador, have small glaciers near their summits despite their proximity to the equator.

These glaciers are highly localized and do not exhibit the extensive characteristics typically associated with glaciers found at higher latitudes.

Cirques. They are the bowl-shaped depressions formed by the erosion of glaciers in the upper parts of alpine valleys.

Glaciers are large blocks of ice found in areas of high latitude or high altitude. They erode in two ways: abrasion and plucking. Abrasion can only occur when the glacier is moving. Subglacial debris embedded in the base and sides of the glacier scrapes the valley base and walls as it moves through the valley. Plucking involves the glacier moving over a resistant outcrop of rock where pressure-melting creates meltwater. The meltwater then flows to an area of low pressure where is subsequently refreezes attaching itself to both the surrounding rock and the glacier itself. The glacier then advanced physically ripping the rock out of the valley.

Icebergs have been naturally occurring longer than there have been humans. So the first human to see an iceberg was simply the first human that made it far enough north into the natural range of icebergs. And that's too far back in history for us who know who it was.

There are many states where you would find valleys. Some of these have been covered at one time by glaciers and when the glaciers melted the left behind gigantic pieces of ice. As a glaciers melted sand and gravel and even large rocks formed around these pieces of ice. And when the ice melted the left valleys and often lakes. These areas are called Kettle-Moraine areas. You can find these in Minnesota and in Wisconsin. Very large and deep valleys can be found in areas where water has washed away and worn down areas. You will find these areas in Wyoming and Utah and places like that.