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Interior Secretary Releases Long-Term Report Detailing Glaciers Shrinking in Alaska and Washington

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News release: “A report on long-term glacier measurements released today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar shows that glaciers are dramatically changing in mass, length and thickness as a result of climate change. Over the past 50 years, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists have monitored the melting of Alaska’s Gulkana and Wolverine Glaciers and Washington’s South Cascade Glacier, yielding the longest such records in North America.”

  • You can view a video of South Cascade Glacier aerial photos from 1928 to 2006 at here.
  • For more information on this study of glacier change in Washington and Alaska, visit here.
  • More information about the USGS Benchmark Glacier Program is here.
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