Posted on 11/27/2025 4:24:41 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
MOUNT RAINIER, Wash. - A new study has revealed that Mount Rainier is experiencing a significant reduction in size due to shifting climate patterns.
The findings, published in the "Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research" journal, indicate that since 1950, Mount Rainier has decreased by more than 20 feet.
Researchers attribute this shrinkage to the melting of snow and ice over the years.
Researchers have been tracking the height decline using satellites, laser measurements and historical photographs.
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Soon to become Rainier Valley, joining the ranks of the Sahara Forest
It’s shrinking due to gravity and natural erosion, not because of some made up claims.
I don’t believe a word of it. I’d sooner believe plate tectonics are responsible.
At first I thought this must be from the Babylon Bee. If there is any shrinkage I would place my bet on tectonic movement, not climate change. Besides, wouldn’t less snow and water make the mountain lighter? It is quite possible and most likely the measurements of years ago were less accurate than today’s technology. If so-called climate change (aka Global warming) is real and shrinking mountains, it would be occurring to many mountains, imho.
I’ll become alarmed when it’s Mound Rainer.
LOL
When Raniererupys, the mass will be reduced and the pyroclastic flow will endanger Seattle
Go Ranier!!
How do they know how high it was before they cared about measuring such things?
In other news, forecasts show climate change will shrink Mount Everest to four feet tall by the end of next year.
These whackos are so pathetic. They’ll never give up.
Now, they’ll want more taxes to make sure mountains don’t shrink. Mountains are welcome to grow... just not shrink.
Maybe it was in the pool. /s
Maybe they have a special pill that they can give the mountain to help it stand proud a tall?!
It should be getting higher because it’s losing the weight of the ice and snow.
Your statement is most likely correct, but our climate change overlords make this stuff up to keep the mindless wonders in the useful idiots department scared stiff.
Around 10,000 years ago most of north America was covered in glaciers, if the green cult was around then they would be running around putting out camp fires because they were causing the ice to melt.
Stupid people who don’t have the ability to understand how the earth’s climate has been changing since creation. Humans have no effect on the world’s climate (in some cases they can effect local environments).
The Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina were once higher than The Rocky Mountains...
It happens....
The Smoky Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina were once higher than The Rocky Mountains...
It happens....
Plus the fact we are coming out of an ice age.
That means things slowly warm.
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