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As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising


Environment  (tags: Alaska, ocean, glaciers, globalwarming, climate-change, CO2emissions, ecosystems, environment, humans, nature, conservation, salmon, forest, tectonics )

Tom
- 209 days ago - nytimes.com
Global warming conjures images of rising seas that threaten coastal areas. But in Juneau, as almost nowhere else in the world, climate change is having the opposite effect: As the glaciers here melt, the land is rising, causing the sea to retreat.
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mary f. (77)
Wednesday May 20, 2009, 11:39 am
noted
 

Mandi T. (268)
Wednesday May 20, 2009, 5:34 pm
Tx Tom
 

sue w. (153)
Wednesday May 20, 2009, 7:00 pm
Must be Palin killing off all the wildlife, nothing to hold it down except hot air!
 

Leigh B. (178)
Wednesday May 20, 2009, 8:26 pm
Unacceptable, but we all know that Sarah Palin isnt going to do anything about it! sadly noted Tom
 

Blue Bunting (855)
Sunday September 13, 2009, 1:09 pm
Dramatic Footage Of Climate Change, Glaciers In Retreat Time Lapse
 
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