Usually means: Melting and retreat of glaciers.
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  3. deglaciation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Definitions from Wiktionary (deglaciation)

▸ noun:  (climatology, paleontology) The removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.

Similar:
ablation, devegetation, deglutination, disintegration, deflation, decrustation, discalceation, deglorification, degredation, deglamorization, more...

Opposite:
glaciation, ice age, glaciation period

Types:
periglacial, interglacial, glacial, interstadial, stadial, more...

Adjectives:
last, latest, rapid, early, final, recent, penultimate, complete, subsequent, holocene, major

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Similar:
ablation, devegetation, deglutination, disintegration, deflation, decrustation, discalceation, deglorification, degredation, deglamorization, more...

Opposite:
glaciation, ice age, glaciation period

Types:
periglacial, interglacial, glacial, interstadial, stadial, more...

Adjectives:
last, latest, rapid, early, final, recent, penultimate, complete, subsequent, holocene, major



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