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Some truly shocking before and after photos of Alaska's glaciers (Original Post) Blue_In_AK Jun 2014 OP
have been to alaska twice dhol82 Jun 2014 #1
Here close to my home Blue_In_AK Jun 2014 #2
Oh god, my dear Blue... CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2014 #3
I wish people would wake up. I know you've been seeing babylonsister Jun 2014 #4
EVERY glacier on the planet is in full retreat BlueStreak Jun 2014 #5
And then we have Inhofe with his b.s. "I" know, but there are so babylonsister Jun 2014 #6
Thank You For Sharing cantbeserious Jun 2014 #7
Crazy that it's happening and even crazier that there are those that deny neverforget Jun 2014 #8
A picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words Samantha Jun 2014 #9
Damn. Wow. Solly Mack Jun 2014 #10
Republicans claim it's a massive world-wide plot by anti-capitalists and scientists to raise taxes. Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2014 #11
Really great before and afters. gvstn Jun 2014 #12
What makes the ignorance to this massive problem SO much worse is that the anti-science Grown2Hate Jun 2014 #13
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #14
Kicked and recommended! Thank you, Blue. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #15
but it's better for you swimmers out there! Doctor_J Jun 2014 #16

dhol82

(9,351 posts)
1. have been to alaska twice
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 11:31 PM
Jun 2014

once in 1995 and again 2005.

was bragging like crazy to friends on the cruise about how huge glacier bay was. at least it had been ten years previously.

we sailed into the bay and my mouth dropped open. it had shrunk so much i was flabbergasted.

don't have comparison pix. wish i did.

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)
2. Here close to my home
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 11:40 PM
Jun 2014

Portage Glacier is barely visible now. In 1972 when I first came up here, it was huge, out to the middle of the lake. You could walk out on it. It's so sad. It's still beautiful here, of course, but not the same.

babylonsister

(170,955 posts)
4. I wish people would wake up. I know you've been seeing
Fri Jun 13, 2014, 11:52 PM
Jun 2014

changes. I'm sorry so many people are so ignorant.

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
5. EVERY glacier on the planet is in full retreat
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 12:12 AM
Jun 2014

It isn't just Alaska.

This isn't complicated. The anti-science people want to make it complicated. It just isn't. The planet is getting hotter. Heat melts ice.

It really isn't any more complicated than that.

Grown2Hate

(2,005 posts)
13. What makes the ignorance to this massive problem SO much worse is that the anti-science
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 01:58 AM
Jun 2014

crowd doesn't realize (or doesn't care?) that the overall impact isn't just losing "pretty pieces of nature". The more ice that melts, the less ice there is around to reflect sunlight, the HOTTER it gets. It's a runaway train, and the new ice age will be upon us about 8,000 years ahead of schedule at this rate (as soon as 1000 years from now). Scary for the future of civilization (not so much "the planet"; Earth will do just fine without us, probably better).

 

Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
16. but it's better for you swimmers out there!
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 04:39 PM
Jun 2014

Or it would be, if it was really happening, which it isn't.

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