California Glaciers Are Melting Away For the First Time
For the first time in human history, California glaciers are melting away. New research shows that the largest and longest-lived ice bodies in the Sierra Nevada—including Conness, Maclure, Lyell, and Palisade—are retreating fast and may disappear entirely within decades. This is not a natural cycle: scientists link the loss directly to modern warming trends, and the implications reach from mountain […]