SocraticGadfly: Rainier being devastated by global warming

March 05, 2009

Rainier being devastated by global warming

When Mount Rainier has been hit by three so-called “100-year-floods” in just 11 years up to the monster, landslide-inducing flood of November 2006, you know anthropogenic climate change is a serious, real issue.

And, while Rainier itself is getting all the monetary attention, followed by sister national park Olympic, the damage was severe in national forests too. And, they don’t get the same volunteer attention as an iconic national park, either.

Meanwhile, the Union of Concerned Scientists says it expects monster storms like the 2006 “Pineapple Express” to only increase. And, with less and less glacial ice sealing Rainier’s steep slopes, the landslides will surely continue.

And, that’s not all the damage they’re already causing. Read the full story for more

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