I love when they go all sciency
Mount Rainier may be shrinking due to climate change: Study
Mount Rainer, the active stratovolcano located in Washington state, is likely shrinking due to climate change, according to new research.
The loss of snow and ice is one of the most visible signs of human-amplified climate change in mountainous regions worldwide. In the contiguous United States, five locations have maintained year-round frozen peaks over the past century — all of them in Washington state.
However, rising global temperatures in recent decades are threatening to change that, not only by accelerating ice decline, but also by altering the elevations of major mountains, including the popular hiking and tourist destination Mount Rainier.
Since the mid-20th century, the summit of Mount Rainier has likely declined more than 20 feet due to snow and ice melt, according to research recently published in the journal Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research (AAAR).
May. Likely. Likely.
Is it or isn’t it? If you’re going to make the claim one would think there would be actual scientific facts and data.
Researchers used satellite data, laser measurements and historical photographs to track how the five ice-capped summits have changed since the 1950s, employing new measurement techniques that offer unprecedented accuracy.
“Measurements taken on site used base stations around the state to correct the data. So, it gets the number down to the nearest inch,” Eric Gilbertson, associate teaching professor at Seattle University and co-author of the study, said in a statement released with the study. (snip)
Studying these impacts is challenging because there are currently no comprehensive databases, historical or contemporary, that track ice-capped summits.
So, there are no actual databases to truly measure it against? And there couldn’t be other causes, such as that we’re in a typical Holocene warm period, and Rainier is a volcano? Nah, your fault.
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All science is subject to correction all science is always being questioned . “The science is settled” means that at this time that a consensus has formed, and a theory has been accepted as the best (not the only) as the best possible explanation of the phenomena observed. There are/may be other theories of global warming such as that lizard people are controlling Earth’s thermostat, but there is no consensus believing that. Scientists would laugh at that. Despite the pro lizard people supporters saying ” well you can’t prove our theory is incorrect”
The accepted view is that CO2 increases are responsible for the temp increases. Even President Reagan knew that in the 80s. Since the. Temps have gone up .7F and the rate of increase has doubled.
Until a better theory of climate change comes along CO2 will remain the best explanation
Even Teach has no better explanation
Johnny boy-“there may be other theories of global warming warming….”. Congratulations on finally being able to read.
“Such as lizard people controlling earth’s thermostat..”. Uh, oh-I spoke too soon. As you should know, one of the other theories is a reduction in clouds. Shall I provide a link again so maybe you can try to read it? Sorry, it’s not the best explanation, as it’s never been verified, but rather it’s AN explanation. “There is no consensus in believing that (other theories)”. Consensus isn’t needed, as science isn’t a show of hands. Remember the overwhelming “consensus” not long ago was that the proper diet was low fat, high carb?
“The rate of increase doubled”. Doubled compared to what? Again, the rate is irrelevant unless the alleged effects can be shown to be overwhelming negative. Have you found anyone demonstrating that 400ppm of CO2 warms something more than 300ppm through an experiment?
So, the mountain itself hasn’t changed, just the thickness of the ice and snow on the summit. Mt Ranier isn’t shrinking at all.
It is a volcano, and it hasn’t erupted for a while now, but when it does, it’ll be all Donald Trump’s fault.
Dana
The height of a mountain has always included the snow and ice on the top
That is the way it has always been measured.
And over all the total amount of ice on our planet has been steadily decreasing that is largely due to the planet being warmer now.
Dana fo you think the planet is warming? If so, what do you think is causing the increase?
Johnny-you know the answer to that. It’s lizard people….
Yup, the total amount of ice on our planet is decreasing so fast that Al Gore has predicted the Arctic will be ice-free by 2014.
Oh, wait…
Not sure what Willie is whining about.
He seems proud of his ignorance! Scientific findings are provisional, always to be refuted or refined with further evidence!
from the article: We hypothesized that ongoing impacts of climate change are altering even the highest elevation mountains in the western United States. Indeed, all five of these historically ice-capped summits have shrunk since ~1980, with four of the five shrinking by at least 6 m (20 ft) due to loss of snow and ice. As of 2024, only two of the five summits still had perennial ice as their highest point. Free-air temperatures for the ice-capped summits indicate significant late summer warming of 2.75°C since 1950 and increases in summer melt days, with most of the change occurring since the late 1990s. Given the synchronous trends, we offer climate-induced loss of summit ice as the most likely explanation for the observed changes to ice-capped summits in the western United States.
Certainly the MAGA “scientists” accept that higher temperatures are consistent with decreased ice. Right? Do you feel the actual scientists are lying to you about the measurements? Measuring the height of mountain peaks is not that hard.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t it more likely that the land around Shasta is simply still recovering, upwards, from the last ice age? Isn’t that what they are saying about eastern coastlines?