ClimateAugust 27, 2026
moraine
muh-RAIN
Definition
An accumulation of earth, stones, and debris carried and deposited by a glacier.
Etymology
Derived from the French word 'moraine' (originally meaning a heap or pile), which likely comes from a Savoyard dialect term related to the word 'morra', meaning a pile of stones or a mound.
In the news
In this article, moraines are described as land features that were once stabilized by permafrost but have become saturated and unstable due to climate-driven glacial retreat, contributing to catastrophic floods.
The day after catastrophic flash flood, Nepal contemplates enormous cost of climate change
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