Climate-resistant rock glaciers could be hiding water in plain sight
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, Emily Kwong, Jessica Yung, Rebecca Ramirez |
Friday, October 11, 2024
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Just up the hill from White Pine Lake in Utah is a wall of loose rock that is hiding glacier ice.
Scott Hotaling
Even though there are more than 10,000 rock glaciers in the western United States, most people would look at one without knowing it. Unlike the snowy glaciers we're more familiar with, rock glaciers are under-researched and hiding in plain sight. But inside these glaciers covered with rocks is a little bit of climate hope.
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