California’s Vanishing Glaciers: A Defining Moment
Jeremy Miller, KQED Guest Contributor | May 27, 2013
... Amid decades of rising average temperatures, the Lyell and Maclure have lost roughly 65 percent of their surface area and an even greater proportion of their volume. As a result of this mass melting, the Lyell Glacier has stopped moving altogether – transformed from a “living” glacier to a dead patch of ice.
Which is to say, the Lyell Glacier is a glacier no more.
http://blogs.kqed.org/science/2013/05/27/californias-vanishing-glaciers-a-defining-moment/
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