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ablation

The loss of snow and ice from a glacier by melting and evaporation. It is the opposite of accumulation.

Ablation is most significant near the snout (foot or end) of a glacier, since temperatures tend to be higher at lower altitudes. The rate of ablation also varies according to the time of year, being greatest during the summer. If total ablation exceeds total accumulation for a particular glacier, then the glacier will retreat.



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Of the Mexican WNV isolates, only the 2003 Tabasco raven isolate had the E-156 Pro residue, which ablates the N-linked glycosylation site found in most North American strains.
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While recognizing the varied and complex activities engaged in by the ablates, Huel, in this particular study, focuses on their missionary work among the Indians and the Metis More specifically, he concentrates on their efforts only in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, from 1845 to 1945, with the expressed hope that historians will provide more studies related to the Oblate experience in British Columbia and among the Inuit people of the North.
 
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