A small glacier or a patch of permanent snow that persists year-round, usually in high mountain valleys.
From French 'glacieret,' a diminutive of 'glacier.' Used in Alpine geography and mountaineering to distinguish small ice features from major glaciers.
Glacierets are climate change canaries—they melt before big glaciers, so scientists watch them closely to detect warming trends, making them early warning systems for environmental change.
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