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Climate change impacts at Glacier National Park

Climate change impacts are changing the face of Glacier National Park/NPS

Climate change is changing landscapes and creating impacts throughout the world. Glacier National Park in Montana is no exception. Around 1850, an estimated 150 glaciers existed within the present boundaries of the park. Today, only 25 glaciers remain.

If the current rate of melting continues, scientists predict the remaining glaciers will disappear by 2030, if not earlier. This video explores current research on the park's melting glaciers and how the park's ecosystem is responding to climate change.


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This is a nice video.  The ranger in the video is Bob Schuster, who has been working summers at Glacier since 1967.  I had the pleasure of being a member of his hiking groups and attending his lectures in 2009 and 2010, and apparently he is still going strong (and stronger than me at his more advanced age).  He works at Many Galcier, where the daily hike starts for the Grinnell Glacier.  I hope he is still there when I return to Glacier, some day.

Also, his sons both became rangers, one in the Park Service and one in the Forest Service.

 

 

 

 

 


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