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Just looked up how much ice Alaska has lost since I moved here in 1998
Found a report from the Alaska Climate Research Center saying the state has lost about 75 billion tons of glacier ice a year since the mid-90s and it really hit me different because I remember when Portage Glacier came right up to the visitor center. Has anyone else noticed trails changing or creeks drying up in places they used to be reliable?
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cameron_owens4912d ago
Guess all that ice went on the same diet I did.
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the_fiona12d ago
Wait, hold on @cameron_owens49 - you're telling me that massive shelf of ice just vanished? Last I checked, that thing was like the size of Rhode Island or something crazy. That's honestly terrifying when you think about how fast things are changing up there.
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