Impact of Climate Change
A 2004 photo captures a boat cruising a strip of water where an 1899 picture taken from the same spot shows a giant glacier. On either side of the channel, green trees and shrubs cover a rocky landscape that a century ago had been blanketed with white snow. The Reid Glacier has retreated several kilometers and vegetation has colonized the deglaciated area.
Panorama of Chilkoot Pass from north of Boundary Monument 121 with view of Crater Lake and glaciers on both sides of the United States-Canada boundary. The Chilkoot Trail and structures on the pass are also visible. Upper photo: Late summer 1906, G. White-Fraser, International Boundary Commission, Library and Archives Canada, PA-162894-5 and 162901-3. Lower photo: August 5, 2014, Ron Karpilo. Notable changes: Glaciers on both sides of Chilkoot Pass have significantly retreated, there is a slight change in lake level, and deterioration of historic structures at the pass.
The photographs are part of a growing archive of images that demonstrate the actual impact of climate change on out planet.
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