Friday, August 17, 2007

The Park formerly known as Glacier

The Glaciers in Glacier National at park will be gone at by 2030. Read about it here

Table 1. Projected mean summer temperature, precipitation, glacier melt, and glacier area remaining in Glacier National
Park, based on a carbon dioxide–doubling scenario.
Mean temperature, Percentage of 50-year
July to August (1931–1980) mean Glacier area predicted Remaining glacier area


Year, predicted glacier area (km2)

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1990, 5.05
2000, 3.89
2010, 2.44
2020, 0.62
2030, 0.00




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