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FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2002

Research appearing in today's issue of Science reports that glaciers in Alaska are melting at a twice the rate than expected.

During the past five to seven years, glaciers have thinned an average of six feet a year, according to the University of Alaska in Fairbanks. This is double that of melting recorded during the mid-1950s to the mid-1990s.

Get the Story:
Study Fuels Worry Over Glacial Melting (The Washington Post 7/19)
On thinning ice (The Anchorage Daily News 7/19)

Relevant Links:
Science - http://www.sciencemag.org