In US Northwest, South Cascade is where glacier science grew up

For about 70 70 years, scientists have known, scale, screaming, drilling and generally in the northwest of the United States, which now promotes and honors the skills used worldwide.

Glacologist breeds have studied the slow motion Ice Mass in the state of Washington, named after the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) called the “Glacier of the Year” on Friday, and is one of the five “benchmarks” American glaciers, because they change the hot tabs.

Although glaciers have been studied in Europe since the 19th century, what the scientists have learned has been invaluable.

“We use many scientific methods to measure glaciers,” said Emirates, a professor at Portland State University, who specializes in glaciers and climate change.

It also includes the use of ice radar, which allows researchers to see how thick the snow is in a place where a glacier is probably more than a million years.

Ideal for study

The South Cascoid Glacier is sitting in a basin on the southern thorns of the Cascoid River, which eventually flows in the voice of a Pujet.

Basin size – more than 2 square miles (more than 6 square kilometers) – making it ideal for scientists to study with straight geometry about how these dynamic body are operating in a changing world.

A glacier accumulates a glacier of snow and snow that always walk, standing down the rocks and – in a long time, searching the valleys.

According to the US Geological Survey, the measurement began in 1958 from the place, which is a government -based government -studying government.

Next year, the USGS started as a “continuous mass balance” measurement project that runs in flow, rain, air temperature, barometer pressure, ice thickness and density, ice boiling, surface speed and surface height race.

Backwards

Along with the data collected here, four other benchmarks provides a permanent record from the Glaciers, three in Alaska and one in Montana, which provides their climatic changes and changes in the year by year.

Over the past seven decades, the glacologist “has been able to find out what the glacier is responding to the climate.”

The fountain says that what they are seeing is not good.

“As you can imagine, it’s backing up like crazy,” and now the size of the measurement was half the size.

The WMO said Friday that 19 glaciers of the world suffered a massive loss in 2024 in 2024.

With a complete record of the situation, it is clear that the industrial era is to blame the growing temperature, the fountain said.

A hot environment reduces the amount of rain due to snow that falls as snow and increases air temperatures, so the snow does not fall around.

Although people can find it difficult to detect long -term trends in different quantities of ice that one region can experience it year -to -year, the shrinking glacier is a clear sign that nature’s balance is closed.

“We can seem to understand that the climate is hot,” he said.

Since President Donald Trump – a climate change skepticism – according to power, he and billionaire adviser Elon Musk have reduced government spending after eliminating tens of thousands of government jobs, including scientists.

This week, researchers at the Environmental Protection Agency – who deal with environmental issues, including pollution, clean water and climate change.

For the fountain, whatever reason the government has to reduce the work of scientists, they should not be neglected.

About 22 % of the world’s water is preserved in glaciers, and if they all melt, it will eventually run into the oceans, which will increase the level of sea and affect human settlements around the world along the world.

Fountain said, for this reason, other than other reasons, this is why the science of glaciffs, which was age in the South Caskened Glacier.

“Just because we do not want to hear a message, it does not mean that this is not happening,” he said.

25 2025 AFP