9 now-and-then images of melting glaciers

Even as we witness rising sea levels, record high temperatures and increasingly violent storm systems, it's still easy for us to ignore the harbingers of global warming and convince ourselves that drastic climate change is either too far off in the future or only happening in distant lands.

As well tell ourselves that, however, one of our national treasures, Glacier National Park in Montana, is becoming ground zero for global warming.

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Since 1850, Glacier has lost more than 75% of its namesake glaciers due to soaring summer temperatures, earlier snowmelt and weakened winter snowpacks. Read more...

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