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Welcome to the Timeline of Glacier Change
There are over 8000 glaciers and perennial snow fields in the contiguous United States, and they are changing. These glaciers are shrinking in response to global warming. This site shows the photographic evidence of the changes over the historic period when photographs were available.
To find out some about the fundamentals of glacial processes, please see
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Questions, problems, or other comments can be addressed
Invitation to participate:
If you would like to help us exand the timeline and our collection of historic glacier photographs, we welcome contributions of photographs of any glacier in the contiguous United States. Please make sure that you know the date of the photographs and the photographer so we can properly cite each image. Contact either one of us to make your contribution.
Credits:
Site designed and constructed by ...
- Frank D. Granshaw (Artemis Science and Portland Community College)
- Andrew G. Fountain (Departments of Geography and Geology, Portland State University)
- Lindsay St. Martin (Portland Community College)
- Jonathan Huster (Portland Community College)
- Andrew G. Fountain (Departments of Geography and Geology, Portland State University)
Funding provided by the National Science Foundation Grant BCS-0351004
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