22-01-2019 23:14 via thestranger.com

Washington's Glaciers Are Surprisingly Stable While Greenland's Melt Alarmingly Fast

Mount Rainier's ice fields actually grew a little bit according to a recent study, but we're still fucked when it comes to climate change.by Lester BlackHumans are melting the world's ice. DurkTalsma/GettyMount Rainier's glaciers have been melting surprisingly slowly, even adding ice in certain places, while Greenland's massive ice sheets melt at four times the rate of just 15 years ago. These two sets of recently reported facts seem to be contradictory but a closer look reveals that both signs
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