Meaning of Thwaites Glacier | Babel Free
Definitions
A retreating glacier in Antarctica.
Examples
“Scientists have⟳ known for years that the Thwaites glacier is the soft underbelly of the Antarctic ice sheet, and first found that it was unstable decades ago.”
“In 2014 scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory tracked the movements of the glaciers using satellite measurements and computer models. They determined that the largest mass of ice, Thwaites Glacier, might disappear⟳ completely in two hundred years.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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