Decline of our Glaciers / Rückgang unserer Gletscher / Declínio de nossas Geleiras / Disminución de nuestros Glaciares

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When President Taft created Glacier National Park in 1910, it was home to an estimated 150 glaciers. Since then the number has decreased to fewer than 30, and most of those remaining have shrunk in area by two-thirds. Within 30 years most if not all of the park's namesake glaciers will disappear. Everywhere on Earth ice is changing. ...