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1. Glacier National Park
Yes, that’s its name, but by 2030, there may be no more glaciers in this beautiful park.
Already, some of the most famous glaciers in the Montana park have shrunk by more than half, and only 17% of the glaciers found there in 1850 remain today (26 of 150). While the valleys below have warmed about 2 degrees in the last century, the peaks of Glacier National Park have warmed about 2 degrees every year for 15 years.
The visitor center at Glacier has two dramatic photos, side-by-side: Glacier in the 1930′s and Glacier now. If you have ever doubted the existence of global warming, this will change your mind.
First Photo: Bachspics; second photo: StevenLPierce
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+ add your ownThe way to preserve them is to remind our children of their connectedness with them...that we are part of all that...not meant to destroy it....
There are some really beautiful places in this world, the problem is that we simply take them for granted. Once we have destroyed this world's beauty it will be impossible to get it back.
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Noted. Thanks for the update.
This is terrible news and also very frustrating! Not enough people care about these issues.
That is sad news indeed. We need to preserve our national parks and other wild lands.
This just makes me very sad. Money for war, but none to preserve our wilderness.
Beautiful. And way too good to lose.
PRESERVE OUR NATIONAL PARKS THEY ARE SO BEAUTIFUL!
So sad but true.
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