US glaciers are melting at the fastest rate in recorded history


	US glaciers are melting at the fastest rate in recorded history

JohnWaterman

8-7-2009 1:10 PM

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8-7-2009 5:33 PM

Freewheelin Franklin

Hey deniers, it's called EVIDENCE. You know. Science.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/085f0a80-3ef1-479a-b5eb-2a3108a102e0/F9C65028-3440-4423-8910-9E3500A1C449/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/06/america-glacier-melt" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/06/america-glacier-melt" style="font-size: 11px;">www.guardian.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/06/america-glacier-melt"><P><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/climate-change">Climate change</A> is melting America's <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/glaciers">glaciers</A> at the fastest rate in recorded history, exposing the country to higher risks of <A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/drought">drought</A> and rising sea levels, a <A title="US government study of glaciers" href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3046/">US government study of glaciers</A> said today.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/06/america-glacier-melt"><P>The long-running study of three "benchmark" glaciers in Alaska and Washington state by the US geological survey (USGS) indicated a sharp rise in the melt rate over the last 10 or 15 years.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/06/america-glacier-melt"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.guardian.co.uk/img/AFD42329-5CEB-42BF-956C-B3A7C516DD7D" alt="Meltinggt glacier : South Cascade glacier, Washington state, US" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/06/america-glacier-melt">A composite image showing South Cascade glacier in Washington state (year 2000, left, 2006, right)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/06/america-glacier-melt"><P>Scientists see the three - Wolverine and Gulkana in Alaska and South Cascade in Washington - as representative of thousands of other glaciers in North America.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/aug/06/america-glacier-melt">"This certainly is a very strong indicator that climate change is occurring and its effects on glaciers are virtually worldwide."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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