Yosemite's glaciers have survived 20,000 years — but we could be the first people to see Sierra Nevada ice-free

New research finds the disappearance of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada will be unprecedented in the human history of North ...

As California glaciers disappear, people will see ice-free peaks exposed for the first time in millennia

For as long as there have been people in what is now California, the granite peaks of the Sierra Nevada have held masses of ...
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Sierra Nevada glaciers vanishing for first time in over 10,000 years

Sierra Nevada mountain glaciers in the western United States are on the verge of disappearance in 75 years or less.According ...

A surprising new fact just emerged about California's glaciers

The mighty glaciers of Yosemite National Park and the High Sierra date all the way back to the Ice Age - which has ...

Inside Yosemite on Day One

The federal government is keeping up appearances at Yosemite National Park, even as it’s furloughed much of its staff.
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Thawing permafrost raised carbon dioxide levels after the last ice age, study shows

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere vary naturally between ice ages and interglacial periods. A new study by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that an unexpectedly large proportion ...

This 1,200-mile Trail in the U.S. Follows the Path of the Last Ice Age Glacier—and It Has Waterfalls, Rock Formations, and Fall Colors

One of the most enduring of those remnants is the Ice Age Trail —a 1,200-mile route that traces the path of the last ...