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[SIZE=18pt]5 Glaciers to See Before They're Gone[/SIZE]Full Article
By Ethan Schowalter-hay
[SIZE=12pt]Mountain and continental glaciers ebb and flow based on broad climatic cycles. In recent years, from New Zealand to Scandinavia, most have retreated at startling rates. Since 1980, for example, the world's alpine glaciers have receded by more than 36 feet. While the particular reasons for the widespread decline are not entirely clear, an increase in average global temperatures and variations in precipitation are likely causes.[/SIZE]
Columbia Glacier - Alaska
Southeastern Alaska is famous for tidewater glaciers: big ice fields spilling from mountains directly to the sea. While some continue to advance, the 2,000-square-kilometer Columbia Glacier, which sweeps from the Chugach Mountains into Prince William Sound, has been decreasing in size with great rapidity over the past several decades. After a long period of stability, it shrank from 41 miles long in 1980 to 33 in 2001. Icebergs calved from its retreating snout pose a threat to shipping.
I'm not sayin' I can go, but if Old Michael does, I won't have to....
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