Without enough fresh snow to replenish it, Alaska’s Yakutat Glacier is in trouble.
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In the early summer of 2011, the Medvezhiy Glacier in Tajikistan slid abruptly down its valley, creating a glacial lake.
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The recent retreat of the glacier’s West Branch took scientists by surprise.
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The amount of ice flowing from the Antarctic glacier has doubled in the span of three decades, and scientists think it could undergo even more dramatic changes in the near future.
For half a century, it has been the one known Alaskan glacier to withstand the effects of climate change—until now.
Watch the glacier crumble away as it retreats about 15 miles from its initial position in the 1980s.
The fast-changing glacier is threatening a popular hiking area in the western Alps.
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Jakobshavn Glacier has grown for the third year in a row, and scientists attribute the change to cool ocean waters.
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The looping medial moraines on Tajikistan’s Bivachny glacier offer a clue of periods when it surged rapidly forward.
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