Definition of «glacial melting»

"Glacial melting" refers to the process by which large masses of ice known as glaciers slowly melt and turn into liquid water.

And we have it on pretty good authority that the same sort of glacial melting occurred with the last ice age. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
A new study shows that we can not stop glacial melting in this century - no matter what we do. (digitaljournal.com)
If the ocean goes up more than it should from heat expansion, the extra may be from glacial melting. (skepticalscience.com)
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