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Science Features » Mt Rainer http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features Highlighted USGS science Mon, 20 May 2013 15:32:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Mount Rainier Has Lost 1/7th of Its Ice and Snow http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/mount-rainier-has-lost-17th-of-its-ice-and-snow/ http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/mount-rainier-has-lost-17th-of-its-ice-and-snow/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:21:52 +0000 ocweb http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/?p=126444

Mt Rainer

Mt Rainer

Over the past four decades, about 14% of the ice and permanent snow of Washington’s Mount Rainier has melted due to combined recent warming and reduced precipitation.

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