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Quick facts, basic science, and information about snow, ice, and why the cryosphere matters The cryosphere includes all of the snow and ice-covered regions across the planet. What is a glacier? A glacier is an accumulation of ice and snow that slowly flows over land. Alpine glaciers are frozen rivers of ice, slowly What is the lifecycle of a glacier, and what factors influence its lifecycle? The amount of precipitation, whether in the form of snowfall, freezing rain, avalanches, or wind-drifted snow, is important to glacier survival. Ice sheets exist only on Greenland and Antarctica, and they spread out in broad domes in multiple directions. At lower elevations, there is usually a higher rate of melt or icebergs break off that removes ice mass. They continue to flow and shape the landscape in many places today. Geographic Coordinates If no latitude or longitude is specified, the search defaults to the full geographical range. On occasion, there is data delay which is usually resolved within a few days. What is a glacier? A glacier is an accumulation of ice and snow that slowly flows over land. The World Glacier Inventory (WGI) contains information for over 130,000 glaciers.

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