A Last Look at California’s Glaciers

EcoWatch: Beyond the world we know, in the shaded recesses of our highest mountains, lies another California. It’s a world of rock and ice, of brilliant light, of fearsome snowstorms that over time have formed a stunning collection of magnificent glaciers. Many people don’t realize that glaciers even exist in California. In fact, we have about 130. Most cling to steep slopes of the Sierra Nevada, but they’re disappearing at a rapid rate. Geologist Greg Stock of Yosemite National Park reports that even Lyell......

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