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Stream near Blackfoot Glacier

Detailed Description

Photo of a stream near the Blackfoot Glacier in Glacier National Park. Scientists study alpine insects in streams like this one, which are particularly vulnerable climate change due to rapid warming resulting in loss of glaciers and snowpack, which feed the streams. Image captured by Joe Giersch, USGS, 2013.

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Public Domain.