Terrifying Photos That Demonstrate The Effects of Climate Change

The Athabasca Glacier: Now

Because it is so accessible for tourists to go and visit, researchers and tour guides encourage people to make the trip before it’s too late. Unfortunately, the glacier has been receding at a rate of about 16 feet per year and has lost more than half its volume in the past 125 years. If it keeps receding and losing this much volume, experts say that it could easily disappear entirely within a generation. They note that even if there was somehow extensive snowfall to help add to the glacier, the summers are warm enough, and the falls are long enough, for all of the snow to melt.