Mt. Rainier Shrinking
This picture of John Race and Olivia Cussen, from Sunday on the top of Mt. Rainier, is subtle. You need to look closely to see two things: one, the 350 wristband that John is wearing (he's a premier American alpinist). And two, the summit marker from the top of Mt. Rainier, which has melted out of the ice for the first time since it was hammered in back in 1956. What does that mean? It means Mr. Rainier, the most iconic peak in the lower 48, is not 14,410 feet any more. And it means we better start doing something fast about global warming.
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Anonymous says... on Sep 30,2009
the photos a fake the marker was moved to this location from a historically snow free location according to the usgs see seattletimes.com for the truth
Anonymous says... on Oct 01,2009
Waiting for the retraction, since this post is plainly wrong.
Anonymous says... on Oct 01,2009
The REAL story:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009977050_rainiershrink...
Anonymous says... on Oct 01,2009
If you're truly interested in truth, not alarmist hype, pleas print a correction to this poorly researched and incorrect post. The marker was moved and pounded into the ice at the summit by someone. Here's a link to the facts: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009977050_rainiershrink...
InDooRherbGaRDeN says... on Oct 01,2009
Regardless of your opinion on climate change and the global warming debate, I would think the truth would be the most important goal. Allowing misleading or flat out false information on your website only serves to undermine legitimacy and gives the impression of propaganda or an agenda, regardless of whether or not your message holds any merit. Propagating false information weakens your argument, whether true or false.
Anonymous says... on Oct 02,2009
To quote Joe Wilson..."YOU LIE!!"
Your credibility is ZERO when outright lies are posted to further your agenda on such a critical issue as global warming.
Anonymous says... on Oct 02,2009
Is global warming shrinking Mount Rainier? A survey marker atop the Northwest's tallest peak sure makes it look that way.
Protruding from the summit with nearly 2 feet of pipe high and dry, the marker appears to have melted out of the ice cap that covers the mountain's highest point.
But records from the U.S. Geological Survey tell a different story.
The marker was never buried beneath the ice - and wasn't installed on the summit in the first place, said surveyor Larry Signani, who led teams that remeasured the mountain's height in 1988 and 1999.
"It looks like the original," he said after examining photos of the marker. "But it didn't melt out of the ice."
The marker was installed by the USGS in 1956 on bare ground on Rainier's crater rim, more than 200 feet from the actual summit. The rocky rim is almost always snow-free, swept bare by wind and warmed by steam that rises from the volcano's depths.
"We're not going to put a survey marker in snow or ice," said cartographer Dale Benson, of the USGS Denver office.
Anonymous says... on Oct 02,2009
Maybe the ice grew and moved the marker up by 200 ft...
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