Posted on 04/07/2010 4:44:21 PM PDT by LouAvul
Glacier National Park has lost two more of its namesake moving icefields to climate change, which is shrinking the rivers of ice until they grind to a halt, a government researcher said Wednesday. Warmer temperatures have reduced the number of named glaciers in the northwestern Montana park to 25, said Dan Fagre said, an ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. He warned many of the rest of the glaciers may be gone by the end of the decade. "It's continual," Fagre said. "When we're measuring glacier margins, by the time we go home the glacier is already smaller than what we've measured."
The meltoff shows the climate is changing, but does not show exactly what is causing temperatures to go up, Fagre said.
The park's glaciers have been slowly melting away since about 1850, when the centuries-long Little Ice Age ended. They once numbered as many as 150, and 37 of those glaciers eventually were named.
A glacier needs to be 25 acres to qualify for the title.
If it shrinks any smaller, it does not always stop moving right away. A smaller mass of ice on a steep slope would still continue to grind its way through the Rocky Mountains.
Glacier melting has accelerated in recent decades as global temperatures have increased. Over the past century, Glacier National Park's mean summer temperature has risen by about 3 degrees Fahrenheit.
Everything is Obama's fault now.
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Handling was a bit vauge but but they sure had a great ride.
I took ‘em, and if you want them back, place a million... no wait, make that a billion... no, better yet a gazzillion dollars in umarked bills...
Bush's fault???
Partially. It was called Glacier.
global penguin warming debunked
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x44pxa_penguin-slap-debunk_shortfilms
Probably be MORE penguins.
Seals eat penguins. Polar bears eat seals.
A government researcher. It's always a government researcher. You know, those honest, non-biased government workers who live off the government and stand to gain government recognition, (and continued funding), when they 'discover' more 'evidence' of global warming.
Because these fake 'proofs' of global warming will gain them endless government funding for their 'crucial research'.
A 25 acre glacier? LOLOL! You know how tiny that is in the wilderness? How the heck can a glacier be a glacier at only 25 acres?
Hey, why not break them into ice cubes and stage a death watch as each cube melts! Bwahahahaha!
Who stole ‘em, Mother Nature? In a few thousand years they’ll be back...it’s called a cycle. Contact Al Gore and let him know.
So do I. I'll never forget how wonderful it is, & I sure wish I could go back.
I would like to go back by train.
Trains would take you only to the outskirts of the Park, wouldn’t they?
I want to try to climb Triple Divide Peak again....& actually MAKE it to the summit this time!
Caused by the grinding heat of iron clad Conestoga wagon wheels on granite no doubt.
Yes, but you can rent a car from there.
OK wise guys, where did you put them?
U ready to go? LOL
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