Say goodbye to Yosemite’s largest glacier

Grist: Hasta la vista, glacier. The world`s glaciers are withering quickly - researchers say they are contributing to nearly one-third of sea-level rise, despite holding just 1 percent of the planet`s surface ice. And while the glaciers in California`s Yosemite National Park aren`t the largest, they are suffering the same alarming fate as their icy ilk in other parts of the world. Yosemite`s granite cliffs and valleys were carved during the Ice Age as glaciers expanded. Now these vestigial masses......

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