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Water and Ice

Glaciers and Fjords

Is global warming causing the world’s glaciers to melt

Many scientists believe that greenhouse gases from human activities are directly causing glaciers in all parts of the world to melt and recede at an unprecedented rate. It is thought that by 2030 there will be no glaciers in Glacier National Park in Montana. In East Africa, Mt. Kenya’s Lewis Glacier in Kenya has lost 40 percent of its size in just the last 25 years.



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