{
  "id": 3496016,
  "title": "Utah mountain ranges may store a billion tons of hidden ice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/utah-mountain-ranges-may-store-a-billion-tons-of-hidden-ice",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-26T11:00:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-utah-mountain-ranges-billion-tons.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Unlike conventional glaciers, rock glaciers appear as piles of rock that obscure large masses of unaccounted-for ice. Rock glaciers are common in the Wasatch and Uinta ranges, even appearing on the Colorado Plateau in the La Sal Mountains near Moab.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}