The melting of Alaska's Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study.
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The Juneau icefield in Alaska, home to over 1,000 glaciers, is experiencing accelerated melting, now shrinking 4.6 times faster than in the 1980s. Researchers tracked snow levels back to 1948 and ...
Chunks of ice float on Mendenhall Lake in front of the Mendenhall Glacier on May 30, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer) (AP) — The melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than ...
The melting of Alaska’s Juneau icefield, home to more than 1,000 glaciers, is accelerating. The snow covered area is now shrinking 4.6 times faster than it was in the 1980s, according to a new study.