National Park Quietly Removed Warning That Glaciers 'Will All Be Gone' By 2020 After Years Of Heavy Snowfall
Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor
06/07/2019
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/07/n...cier-warnings/
The National Park Service (NPS) quietly removed a visitor center sign saying the glaciers at Glacier National Park would disappear by 2020 due to climate change.
As it turns out, higher-than-average snowfall in recent years upended computer model projections from the early 2000s that NPS based its claim glaciers "will all be gone by the year 2020," federal officials said.
"Glacier retreat in Glacier National Park speeds up and slows down with fluctuations in the local climate," the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), which monitors Glacier National Park, told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
"Those signs were based on the observation prior to 2010 that glaciers were shrinking more quickly than a computer model predicted they would," USGS said. "Subsequently, larger than average snowfall over several winters slowed down that retreat rate and the 2020 date used in the NPS display does not apply anymore."....
...Roots also noted another sign had been changed from 2030 had also been changed to be more "nuanced." Roots put up a $5,000 bet that Glacier National Park would still have glaciers in 2030.
"Almost everywhere, the Park's specific claims of impending glacier disappearance have been replaced with more nuanced messaging indicating that everyone agrees that the glaciers are melting," Roots wrote.
"Now the Park Service is scrambling to remove the signs without their visitors noticing," Roots posted on his Facebook wall, along with video footage showing the sign changes....