Thursday, May 13, 2010

Glacier NP 100 years old but glacier free soon?

Associated Press via MSNBC reports that 100-year-old Glacier National Park could be glacier free by 2020.
The forests are drier and disease-ridden, leading to bigger wildfires. Climate change is forcing animals that feed off plants to adapt.

Many experts consider Glacier Park a harbinger of Earth's future, a laboratory where changes in the environment will likely show up first.

The chance to see the glaciers that are now disappearing is what lures many visitors to the remote park.
Read the full story: Age has been unkind to Glacier National Park

Photo by Michael Albans / AP

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