Climate advocates hope the loss of St. Mary’s Glacier will bring ‘urgency’ to issue of a global warming and disappearing snowfields

Climate advocates hope the loss of St. Mary’s Glacier will bring ‘urgency’ to issue of a global warming and disappearing snowfields

For a century, the snowfield known as St. Mary’s Glacier has been a popular Colorado destination that captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of visitors. Only an hour or so from Denver, the snowfield had, until this year, always been known to last year-round, bringing sightseers as well as skiers and snowboarders seeking summer turns. Though it is called a glacier, scientists say St. Mary’s hasn’t been a true glacier — which is define…

Climate advocates hope the loss of St. Mary’s Glacier will bring ‘urgency’ to issue of a global warming and disappearing snowfields: Colorado researchers say other snowfields in the state, like Andrews Glacier, Arapaho Glacier and Isabelle Glacier, are also melting at rapid rates

Click the link to read the article on the Summit Daily website (Ryan Spencer). Here’s an excerpt: October 10, 2026 Colorado State University Associate Professor of Geoscience Dan McGrath is a glaciologist who has studied glaciers all over the world, including in Greenland, Antarctica, Alaska, Asia and here in Colorado. Colorado’s mountains were carved by … Continue reading Climate advocates hope the loss of St. Mary’s Glacier will bring ‘urgency…