When heading out for a day in the park, be sure to bring rain gear and extra clothes. Going-to-the-Sun Road is a spectacular marvel and a must see on your trip to Glacier. Going-to-the-Sun Road connects the east and west sides through the middle of the park, crossing the Continental Divide at Logan Pass.
Covering 50 miles of awe-inspiring landscapes, glaciers, and cascading waterfalls, this drive is certainly a quintessential part of your visit. Evidence of human use in the area dates back over 12, years. Archeological evidence shows human occupation of this landscape dating back to the retreat of the Ice Age glaciers 12, years ago. These mountains still hold spiritual significance for the local Blackfeet, Salish, and Kootenai Tribes. Glacier has welcomed over million visitors to the park.
Glacier has certainly come a long way since with an annual visitation of only 4, The largest glacier in the park is 0. When a prediction is based on the best available science, then I think it is.
I mean, well, even then, it's a personal call, right, where you put your faith. But, you know, I think also the level of scrutiny and faith is going to vary, whether you're somebody walking through a visitor center in a national park versus whether you're the mayor of Miami making decisions about how the city is run and how city planning happens; or if you're a congressperson deciding how money will be allocated based on some other, you know, consideration of where water mass is located.
But I can tell you with a straight face and with confidence that there is, the people that I interact with professionally are earnestly dedicated to using science to connect — both expose and connect — all of us to, you know, as capital 't' truth as we can get. And it's an imperfect process. But the whole process of peer review is that things are honestly poked and prodded and analyzed many different ways, and still seems to be true.
That's the information to be trusted in. Bolton What is the latest and I guess greatest in terms of predicting when we might see some of the major glaciers in the park melt. Florentine In terms of the predictions, the latest that I've seen actually comes from a group of Swiss researchers. So I would have to look at their results in more detail than is possible from looking at the paper they published to be able to say definitively when all the glaciers are are hosed and no longer present, but certainly by Search Query Show Search.
Support MTPR. Show Search Search Query. Play Live Radio. Figure 1. Figure 2. Key Points The total surface area of the 37 named glaciers in Glacier National Park decreased by about 34 percent between and see Figure 1.
Three glaciers temporarily gained some area during part of the overall time period. The overall trend of shrinking surface area of glaciers in Glacier National Park is consistent with the retreat of glaciers observed in the United States and worldwide see the Glaciers indicator. Background Visitors from far and wide are drawn to Glacier National Park in Montana for its dramatic beauty and its glaciers.
About the Data Notes Surface area changes of these glaciers do not reflect how the total mass or volume of ice may have changed. Data Sources The data in this feature come from surface area measurements of the 37 named glaciers in Glacier National Park that have been tracked over time. Learn about other indicators in this section. Grinnell Glacier Unnamed Glacier on Norris Mountain Table depicting area of named glaciers in GNP.
Below are other science projects associated with this project. Date published: April 6, Contacts: Caitlyn Florentine, Ph. D , Lisa McKeon. Filter Total Items: 3. Year Select Year Apply Filter. Date published: September 13, Contacts: Clint Muhlfeld, Ph. D , Tabitha Graves, Ph.
Date published: May 9, Date published: April 5, Below are publications associated with this project. Filter Total Items: Year Published: Specialized meltwater biodiversity persists despite widespread deglaciation Glaciers are important drivers of environmental heterogeneity and biological diversity across mountain landscapes. Muhlfeld, Clint C. Year Published: Parsing complex terrain controls on mountain glacier response to climate forcing Glaciers are a key indicator of changing climate in the high mountain landscape.
Year Published: Glacier retreat in Glacier National Park, Montana Currently, the volume of land ice on Earth is decreasing, driving consequential changes to global sea level and local stream habitat. View Citation. Florentine, C.
Geological Survey Fact Sheet —, 2 p. Year Published: Reanalysis of the U. Geological Survey Benchmark Glaciers: Long-term insight into climate forcing of glacier mass balance Mountain glaciers integrate climate processes to provide an unmatched signal of regional climate forcing.
Year Published: Glacier recession since the Little Ice Age: Implications for water storage in a Rocky Mountain landscape Glacial ice is a significant influence on local climate, hydrology, vegetation, and wildlife. Mikle, Chelsea; Fagre, Daniel B. Year Published: Local topography increasingly influences the mass balance of a retreating cirque glacier Local topographically driven processes — such as wind drifting, avalanching, and shading — are known to alter the relationship between the mass balance of small cirque glaciers and regional climate.
Florentine, Caitlyn; Harper, Joel T. Year Published: Glaciological measurements and mass balances from Sperry Glacier, Montana, USA, years — Glacier mass balance measurements help to provide an understanding of the behavior of glaciers and their response to local and regional climate.
Clark, Adam; Fagre, Daniel B. Clark, A. Data, 9, , doi Year Published: Glacier-derived August runoff in northwest Montana The second largest concentration of glaciers in the U. Clark, Adam; Harper, Joel T. Harper, and D. Glacier-derived August runoff in northwest Montana. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. Year Published: Climate change links fate of glaciers and an endemic alpine invertebrate Climate warming in the mid- to high-latitudes and high-elevation mountainous regions is occurring more rapidly than anywhere else on Earth, causing extensive loss of glaciers and snowpack.
Joseph; Hauer, F. Richard; Pederson, Gregory T. Joseph Giersch, F. Richard Hauer, Gregory T. Pederson, Gordon Luikart, Douglas P. Peterson, Christopher C. Downs, and Daniel B. Climate change links fate of glaciers and an endemic alpine invertebrate.
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