Glaciers and meting and disappearing at a rapid rate providing evidence to the effects that global warming is having on the environment. In 1910 when glacier national park was created it had around 150 glaciers today it only has 30 glaciers as they have all melted and disappeared. This is only bad new as the ice that turns into water will only mean sea levels will rise putting millions of people near the coasts at risk as they could be displaced by rising sea levels. Furthermore, the current glaciers we have won't last much longer as most glaciers recede more and at a quicker rate than they normally do. This is mostly due to the high amounts of fossil fuels we keep using only making the greenhouse effect worse and further warming our earth.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/big-thaw/
"Rising sea level, sinking land, eroding coasts, and temperamental storms are a fact of life for Curole. Even relatively small storm surges in the past two decades have overwhelmed the system of dikes, levees, and pump stations that he manages, upgraded in the 1990s to forestall the Gulf of Mexico's relentless creep. "I've probably ordered more evacuations than any other person in the country," Curole says."
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